everybody can find some common ground. We just found ours.
I'm not kidding.
I like dealing with real local people who I can connect to. I dont mind spending a little more knowing the money is going to help these people and their bills locally. Everyone has bills to pay and i would rather know my money is helping local people than the faceless criminals I cant see or deal with.
The money spent on these criminal enterprises known as BOA, Citi, GS, etc, are going to fund lifestyles of the rich and famous for people who will spit on me if I am in need of anything. Hugo, I worked in Greenwich CT for years and have seen homes that make the WH look like an outhouse. I have no love for the bankster class of criminals. Most of these robber barons need the gallows, not a bailout.
Anyway, I used to do my banking with Bank of New York. However, JP morgan and Chase bought them out and the entire culture of the bank changed. It was terrible! Totally corporate nonsense on everything, even to the point they made their own damn employees purchase the crappy blue shirts they have to wear! Long lines, terrible serivce, employees who barely spoke english, etc.
About a week later I went up the street to a local bank and have been very happy ever since. On every level they are great and they sent all the customera a detailed letter explaining how they never got involved in sub-prime, CDO's, CDS's, etc.
The best thing everyone can do is follow Michael Moores' advice and take your money out of these big banks and deal with loca but stable banks who are not in the business of gambling, but deal with "boring banking". I agree with Michael Moore 100000000000% on this. We need to focus on local businesses and dealing with local suppliers of the things we need.
