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sabrina 1

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3. Yes, sickening and it's personal to me also as it was done to a friend of mine. She is currently
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 07:34 PM
Oct 2012

filing a law suit against them and has been in touch with the NY US Attorney who has stayed in touch with her. They thought the little people who were obviously not wealthy, would not be able to do anything, which was true in many cases, they could not fight back.

I remember wishing Occupy would get involved in trying to stop foreclosures. ACORN had been doing so, and I am sure that was part of the reason the Far Right hated them so much. But when they were destroyed by Congress, there was really no one left to stand up for people.

I love that Occupy is doing this and hope it spreads and grows across the country. The NY US Attorney credited OWS with giving him the backing he needed to stand up to the pressure that was placed on him to make a bad deal with the banks so they could not be sued or prosecuted for these crimes. He met with Occupy Albany I believe.

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