Saturday, March 17, 2012

Regulate Regulate Regulate

"Get up!  Get down!  There's revolution in this town!" shouted large and energetic crowds reported marching today by Occupy Wall Street on the 6th month anniversary of the movement - and among other chants denouncing the lack of regulation on Wall Street.  Extensive UStream livestream coverage below by Tim Pool:




Papers this week reported an early return of street activists with the early return of warm weather, along with a former Goldman Sachs executive's public denunciation of his company, and laid out in a column he wrote for the New York Times explaining why he resigned.

In speaking to NYC protesters retaking Liberty Square, AP reported via USA Today::
"I kind of like to think that the Occupy movement helped him to say, 'Yeah, I really can't do this anymore,'" retired librarian Connie Bartusis said of the op-ed piece by Goldman Sachs manager Greg Smith, who claimed the company regularly foisted failing products on clients as it sought to make more money.
Carrying a sign with the words "Regulate Regulate Regulate," Bartusis said the loss of governmental checks on the financial system helped create the climate of unfettered self-interest described by Smith in his piece, although Goldman's leadership suggested he had not portrayed the bank's culture accurately.
More photos from around the nation revisited here.

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