Taxpayers Against Wall Street Bailout

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We the undersigned refuse to be held accountable for the massive debt incurred on the watch of the major US financial institutions and the United States government. The Wall Street Bailout Bill, currently being considered by Congress, would do just that, buying back $700,000,000,000 worth of bad debt, passing this cost directly to the taxpayers, which amounts to a tax hike of just over $18,000 per US taxpayer. In addition, this bill puts unprecedented and unchecked power in the hands of one man, Henry Paulson Jr, our United States Treasury Secretary, who is coincidentally the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, one of the world's largest and most successful investment banks.

Americans, in the aftermath of September 11th, 2001, were so frightened by the possibility of chaos in America that they stood silently by while the Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26th, 2001. This law has severely curtailed the freedoms and liberties of every single US citizen, and has given unthinkable and unchecked powers to the executive branch. The Wall Street Bailout Bill is simply part two of this maligned coup. By transferring the power of the purse from Congress to the Executive branch, we are treading very dangerously close to dictatorship in the United States.

There are a number of reasons why this bill is irresponsible and potentially fatal to the United States economy. The undersigned will not stand idly by this time around, while the health of our economy is being flushed down the toilet.

126 Signatures

  • Travis Hill
  • Christian Eyert
    • Comments
    • No bailout without oversight and without penalties
  • James Stone
  • claire butler
  • Sheri Richard
  • Jane Burkett
    • Comments
    • Hire Elliot Spitzer to watchdog this fiasco!
  • Tami Mason
    • Comments
    • This bill istinks. It is the same kind of policy that has gotten us to this point. Those with money have no accountabilty for their actions. They need to be held responsible
  • kathleen dolan
  • Kristana Arp
    • Comments
    • no economic dictators please
  • Martin Johns
    • Comments
    • Funny how the number of rights we lose is directly proportional to the amount of urgency this admin insists is required. In other words, they want it all this time.
  • Edwin Parra
  • Laura Mazar
  • Tia Carson
  • Sean Donahue
  • Van Estes
    • Comments
    • I pay my debts. Let them collapse... they have earned it.
  • Jason Sprigman
    • Comments
    • Bailout Main Street before Wall Street
  • luanne harvey
  • Patrick Toomey
  • Kathleen Hendson
    • Comments
    • To quote Sarah Palin "Thanks but no thnaks"
  • Deborah Carlin
  • Rubye Thornton
  • Richard Bohn
    • Comments
    • Enough ... This is a railroading of the American taxpayer. Stop the bailout !
  • Christine Hokanson
    • Comments
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  • James Sanders
    • Comments
    • No Blank Checks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Kathi Anderson
  • RENEA REVARD
  • Kathryn L. Gustafson
    • Comments
    • Hold the perpetrators accountable!
  • Carolyn Murrow
  • Steven Lugerner
  • C. Jeff
  • Patricia Richards
    • Comments
    • NO Blank Check!
  • Stan Getz
  • Dan DiFabio
  • Judith A. MacKenzie
  • J MacKenzie
  • Thomas John Chappell
    • Comments
    • No bailouts for shareholders and management!
  • Gretchen Lapres
    • Comments
    • No hijacking of the US economy.
  • Brent E. Adrian
    • Comments
    • Let stock prices get low so I can afford to buy. The government shouldn't keep stock prices high.
  • Aly Farrow Wilkins
  • Charlotte Frock
  • Mose Wintner
  • john thurmon
  • Anne Padilla
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  • Don Chamberlain
  • John Scheider
  • kathleen miller
    • Comments
    • there is no need to rush through this horrid bill...we are not responsible, we will not pay
  • Roberta Richardson
    • Comments
    • I will not pay what I do not owe!
  • Fadel Fulkerson
  • Abdul El-Tayef
    • Comments
    • Let's not reward reckless decission making. I and my family should not be forced to help fix a problem which the majority of US tax payers stayed away and live within our means.
  • Allen Aune