Last night, Jon covered the new credit card regulations that just went into effect, and how the big banks are already working their way around to still screw the consumer. Wyatt Cenac's segment on this compares the big banks to the Mafia, where at least they'll let you keep your house; they'll only break your bones.
Cenac also was able to meet with Jackie Ramos, who was fired from a Bank of America branch in Georgia last November, after she helped customers get on modification programs, which went against the bank's interests. She then posted a tell-all video on YouTube explaining what her job had been like.
Folks, the Daily Show is providing us all the ammunition we need to take on the big banks. The only question is if Democrats will listen and learn from it. Video after the fold.
So what now? Well, for starters, let more people know about this. Post the video on Facebook. Share it with your friends and family. Not too many people, of any political stripe, is going to be siding with Bank of America, other than some politicians bought and paid for by the banking industry. And when you do, tell them to call/write their members of Congress in both houses to DEMAND real regulatory reform on the "too big to fail" banks. Their lobbyists have been going wild trying to kill reform behind the scenes. One thing you can tell your friends and family when they call is to insist the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency that Elizabeth Warren has been championing stays in the bill.
And pay extra attention to the Senate, because that's where the gridlock is. Even call Republican Senators, because they need to hear from the PEOPLE that we demand these reforms, and if they stand in the way of them, there WILL be hell to pay. See, right now, we're losing to the teabaggers because they're being much more vocal (albeit in a psychotic way) about it. Look at what they're doing to Scott Brown just for voting for cloture on a jobs bill. Like Alex Pareene says:
So now you basically know what it is like to be the legislative aide for any given congressman who fields calls from constituents. And that is one of the many reasons why Congress is broken.
We cannot let the teabaggers' voices be the only ones heard on the phone lines on Capitol Hill.