Friend,Yesterday's Washington Post reports that there is no extension of unemployment benefits in sight for the long-term jobless. The Senate is filibustering. It's a dire situation.
We need your help to pressure Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America, to pressure John McCain to break the filibuster:
Brian Moynihan, what are you doing about unemployment benefits?!
It sounds like a strange demand--why not ask McCain himself?--but we all know that BofA has incredible power in Washington, and McCain has ignored pleas from activists.
Here's the idea: If Bank of America came out with an urgent demand for extensions, McCain would act--they've given him enough money, after all. (Along with Goldman and Citi, over a million.)
Tell Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan that he needs to make a statement and proactively lobby for emergency unemployment benefits:
Brian Moynihan, what are you doing about unemployment benefits?!
The big banks need to help fix the disastrous unemployment they've caused, just like BP needs to pay for the oil spill. Join Bob Borosage, Mike Konczal, Steve Lerner, Mike Lux and Nomi Prins and make the demand.
Bank of America is heartless not to fight for unemployment benefits extensions. They have so much power in government--we cant let them off the hook.
Pass it on.
Break up the banks!
- Tiffiniy, Donny, Zephyr
A New Way Forward
www.anewwayforward.org
Some copy from their petititon-signature page on the flip.
| Bank of America, What Are You Going To Do About Emergency Unemployment Benefits? ? The big banks broke the economy and took huge checks. ? Now 10-16% of the country is unemployed. ? The Senate refuses to pass an extension of emergency unemployment benefits. ? Big banks need to take responsibility for the high unemployment they caused, just like BP needs to take responsibility for the oil cleanup. ? Bank of America and Goldman Sachs should be speaking out and sending armies of lobbyists to support an emergency extension of unemployment benefits. |
Join Bob Borosage, Mike Konczal, Steve Lerner, Mike Lux, Nomi Prins, and sign the petition below. We think there's a chance we can get to BofA.
Dear Brian Moynihan, CEO of Bank of America,You have a responsibility to fix the unemployment problem you caused.
We ask that you make a public statement strongly supporting the extension of emergency unemployment insurance. If you don't, we'll have to conclude that you don't care about the millions of unemployed workers.
Your lobbyists should be demanding unemployment extensions.
You got access to cheap credit when you lost liquidity, but now you aren't helping businesses by passing it along, making it difficult for them to make payroll, making it inevitable they will lay off workers.
Call John McCain and tell him he should break the deadlock on emergency unemployment benefits. We know he will listen to you.
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