The collapse of America's economy is the result of conscious choices made over thirty five years by a small number of other Americans: mostly leaders of corporations and their allies—the ones who “make things happen”—people like Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, Hank Paulson, Phil Gramm, Larry Summers—and the biggest lobbying interest in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To this small group, our country’s economic collapse is not a catastrophe, but rather the planned outcome of their long, patient work. Their just reward. For the rest of us, it is merely the biggest heist in American history.
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10 WAYS WE CAN TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY!
- PROTECT your own assets: transfer your money in banks "too big to fail" to credit unions, and learn about the risks in investing in the stock market through your 401k and 403B plans.
- HELP us finish and distribute this film. DONATE—whatever you can.
- STAY in touch with us through email or Facebook or Twitter. Bookmark this page.
- TELL your friends and family and colleagues what you think and why you support the making of Heist. Use your favorite social media—facebook, twitter and digg.
- LEARN more about the issues described in “Heist.”
- MOBILIZE! Encourage your church, synagogue, mosque, union, PTA to use the resources on this site to help your community understand what is happening to our economy, and what we can do to make it work for all of us, as well as for the planet. This is what democracy really looks like.
- JOIN your union at work. If there is no union, learn how to organize one.
- END foreclosures now.
- PRESERVE, PROTECT AND RESTORE local communities by buying locally grown food, patronizing local businesses instead of Wal-Marts, and building local green businesses with local money.
- BREAK UP banks that are "too big to fail."