Sometimes it's very easy to think about an issue or understand an emotion, but it can be entirely different when asked to express it in words, verbally or written.

Or there have been times when I have defended & sided with a group of friends, never really fully knowing why or understanding what or why I was siding with them.

This is a very important social grassroots movement, more important than any I have been involved with in my life. I have never been concerned with becoming wealthy, my goal has always been to provide a comfortable living for my wife & kids, nothing too materialistic, and a stable retirement life. I, as my parent's & their parent's always felt that the American Dream was attainable, as long as you stayed employed, lived within your means & out of perpetual debt, were able to stay relatively healthy & sane, and have something planned & put away for your golden years. But two major Federal Legislative changes were made, one in 1986 loosening up the electronic media market allowing corporation's to purchase as many radio & TV station's in the same geographical area's as they desired. Putting the public at risk of the dangers inherent with a Monopoly styled news media. Which has potential to provide political & legislative influence through limiting the public an equally thorough presentation of the opposing interest's, beliefs, stories & representation for our, the public's, consideration. Remember, the Government can't demand, require or request a news outlet/agency that they need to cut back on this story & cover the other one a lot more, that's censorship.

So in 1986 our fair & impartial news outlets were compromised, the start of "THE DUMMING DOWN OF AMERICA"

Then in 1999, under President Clinton's watch, the congress passed the Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, which repealed a law put in place back in 1933, hmmm what years did the great depression take place? (1929 to the late 1930's in the States).

This act passed in 1999 opened up the market among banking companies, securities companies and insurance companies. The Glass–Steagall Act prohibited any one institution from acting as any combination of an investment bank, a commercial bank, and an insurance company. The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act allowed commercial banks, investment banks, securities firms, and insurance companies to consolidate. For example, Citicorp (a commercial bank holding company) merged with Travelers Group (an insurance company) in 1998 to form the conglomerate Citigroup, a corporation combining banking, securities and insurance services under a house of brands that included Citibank, Smith Barney, Primerica, and Travelers. This combination, announced in 1998, would have violated the Glass–Steagall Act and the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 by combining securities, insurance, and banking, if not for a temporary waiver process.The law was passed to legalize these mergers on a permanent basis. GLB also repealed Glass–Steagall's conflict of interest prohibitions "against simultaneous service by any officer, director, or employee of a securities firm as an officer, director, or employee of any member bank".

A Nuclear Version of Pandora's Box was opened, and in just a little more than seven years later, most hard working peoples retirement funds & portfolio's, home equity, small businesses & careers were wiped out.

Answer this question, why would the Financial Industry want to loan money to a young or middle aged person, unknown to most of the world, who want's to start a business. When all they have to do is point back to all the Bad loans they orchestrated during the 2000's, shake their large heads NO & continue dropping money into the fortune 500, or the 1/10th of 1 percent of the US population. We are in Serious Trouble People!

This is why I'm here.