Monday, November 14, 2011

Fighting greedy bankers, an American tradition Long before OWS, celebrated patriots from Jefferson to Lincoln battled powerful, corrupting financiers By Mitchell Anderson, The Tyee / Salon

Thursday, Oct 27, 2011 5:00 PM 23:24:21 PST

Fighting greedy bankers, an American tradition

Long before OWS, celebrated patriots from Jefferson to Lincoln battled powerful, corrupting financiers

Thomas Jefferson
A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement holds a sign in Grand Army Plaza, New York. Right: Thomas Jefferson (Credit: © Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)
This piece originally appeared on The Tyee.
The Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement have more in common than they realize. Patriotic followers of the Tea Party exalt the vision and courage of America’s founding fathers. The common element uniting the diverse interests of Occupy Wall Street is rage against greed and corruption within the banking industry.
In fact many icons of the American Revolution were worried about the same thing and battled mightily against the unfettered power of the banks more than 250 years ago — a struggle that continues to this day.
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