The Big Banks crashed our economy, destroying jobs, foreclosing on millions of homes and wrecking cities and states budgets across the country. After trillions in taxpayer funded bailouts, Wall Street is making billions in profits and giving away record bonuses to CEOs. But our communities are still hurting. Here in New York City, tens of thousands have lost their homes and their jobs. Now, Billionaire Mayor Mike Bloomberg is proposing devastating budget cuts as the only solution to the economic crisis that Wall Street caused. Enough is Enough. On Thursday May 12, 2011 we’ll be bringing some of that spirit of Wisconsin to Wall Street when thousands of people, from all walks of life, converge in a unique and inspiring action in the heart of the financial world — Wall Street. Join us — because it's time to make the Big Banks and Millionaires pay!
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A growing coalition of community, labor, and progressive groups will kick off a week of events on May 9th, calling for Mayor Michael Bloomberg to tax Wall Street and millionaires to mitigate his proposed budget cuts, and culminating in a major mobilization in Lower Manhattan on Thursday, May 12.Join in on May 12, which promises to be more than a typical “rally." It will be a day of diverse, and creative actions across the financial district.Find out more at onmay12.org!WHENMay 12, 2011 at 11:00 AMWHEREWall StreetFinancial DistrictNew York, NY 10005
Bloomberg to NYC: 'Do More with Less'
"…Fewer cops, fewer firefighters, fewer teachers, fewer this, fewer that.”
We’re just going to have to cut some more.
At least that’s Mayor Bloomberg’s solution for closing the budget gap. Cut and then cut some more.
This week Mayor Bloomberg dismissed the notion big banks and millionaires should pay their fair share in taxes in order to avoid some of the harshest cuts, saying struggling New Yorkers are simply going to have to find “ways to do more with less”.
Really?
We’re just going to have to do with less police, fewer firehouses, bigger class sizes, unaffordable college tuition, less health care and child care, and on, and on? In fact, Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed budget will hurt nearly every single New Yorker, except for the ones put us in this mess to begin with, the Wall Street bankers. But rather than listen to the wishes of his constituents who want fairer tax policies, he chose to side with his wealthy friends when he lobbied Albany for a tax cut for the rich—a move that cost our city billions. That’s billions in lost revenue that could have gone to keep our schools, firehouses, and senior centers running.
Well most New Yorkers think that's just plain wrong. The answer isn’t simply to cut jobs and starve our city services. We need millionaires and big banks to pay their fair share of so we can begin to reinvest in a strong and just economy for all.
On May 12 join us in telling big banks and millionaires it's time to pay.
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