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KamaAina

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Tue Jul 7, 2015, 04:14 PM Jul 2015

The California County That's Leading the Way in Cutting the Banks Out of Its Economy (xpost from CA)

http://www.alternet.org/economy/california-county-thats-leading-way-cutting-banks-out-its-economy

What exactly does it mean for a big Wall Street bank to plead guilty to a serious crime? Right now, practically nothing.

But it will if California’s Santa Cruz County has any say....

The county’s board of supervisors just voted not to do business for five years with any of the five banks felons.

The county won’t use the banks’ investment services or buy their commercial paper, and will pull its money out of the banks to the extent it can.


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The California County That's Leading the Way in Cutting the Banks Out of Its Economy (xpost from CA) (Original Post) KamaAina Jul 2015 OP
This sounds like a winner. Now how to get the rest of our counties to do this. jwirr Jul 2015 #1
doing what the obama admin refused to do. way to go! nt msongs Jul 2015 #2
Creative strategy. Clearly they will suffer few other consequences for their massive crimes. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2015 #3
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