8.05.2008
protest at the Fed
Some of these signs are pretty awesome.
http://cunningrealist.blogspot.com/2008/07/bens-noisy-lunch-hour.html
But this raises the question: why aren't more people pissed off enough about this to do something? Is it because it takes a little knowledge of econ and finance to understand what's going on - vs. the relative simplicity of anti-abortion (stop killing babies!) or animal rights (omg they hurt bunnies!)?
Since when do people care less about billions of dollars than they do about research involving rats or rabbits? BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. seriously.