Hello Sisters and Brothers. My name is the Reverend Squeaky-Eye, and I come here today to testify. When I look out across this great world, I see that the hard-working Brothers and Sisters are troubled. The dream of financial equity, for so long dangled before the eyes of those that labor, has turned to dust and ashes in the fireplaces of the very wealthy few. The life-savings of the workers are gobbled up by the greed of hedge-fund managed predators. Corporations are given the same rights by law as human beings, without being required to show the common decency or human compassion with which we treat our Sisters and Brothers, and with which we expect to be treated. The people have a right to be troubled! These are troubling times.
Some of my Brethren have taken to the streets and institutions of our cities and towns, demanding an end to the tyranny that the Financial Demons wield over the people. I salute those that have taken to the streets tin an effort to make their voices heard! And yet, and yet my best beloved, the Reverend can, and does, speak from the vantage point of many years experience marching and protesting and manning the barricades. Protest is not enough to bring down the greedy! Action is what is required! We cannot suffer the slings and arrows of these Demons fortunes, nor can we take arms against them for they control the forces of the law, whether just or not. The working people ask, what then can we do? What we can do is take action.
While protest will make our voices heard, action will make our voices felt. These Demons of Greed understand one thing and one thing only: Profit. Profit is the golden calf, the be-all and end-all of the corporate world. Profit is the mantra of the Financial Demon. Take away the Demon's profit and you will strike fear into the heart of the corporate world. It is each of us, Sisters and Brothers, who contribute to the profit, and hence the power, of the Corporate Demon. We have been duped into freely bestowing this power on the monster, and we have the wherewithal to take this power back.
The power, my Brothers and Sisters, lies not in our protests, but in our pocketbooks. How and where we spend, bank and invest our money determines who profits from that money. If we spend, bank and invest our hard earned money with the greedy corporate demons, the demons profit from our actions and grow more powerful. If, on the other hand, we reduce our spending, bank and invest responsibly, and, most importantly, pay off as much of our consumer debt as possible, then we take back the power from the Financial Demon and bestow it upon those that we trust.
In the coming days and weeks, I will devote myself to bringing you a simple message and that message is this: "Take Back the Power by Taking Back the Money". The Reverend Squeaky-Eye will do his level best to offer up simple, concrete and achievable plans and ideas that we can all use to fight the power. In the meantime, here is the gospel that will be my guiding light as we struggle against the Demons.
The Gospel According to the Reverend Squeaky-Eye
1) Every Brother and Sister strives for Financial Freedom.
2) The Financial Demons, and their Down-Pressors, only have the power that we give them. There is a message of hope, Sisters and Brothers: We can take that power back!
3) The forces of the Financial Demons, The Down-Pressors, constantly strive to enslave our Sisters and Brothers in a net of debt, deceit and the false promise of a better life through consumption. These are lies!
4) Credit Card debt, and the rampant consumer spending credit cards encourage, are the two greatest scourges to our people’s Financial Freedom.
5) The Down-Pressors spread lies throughout the land, beguiling our Brothers and Sisters with the falsehood that purchasing the devil’s goods, with the demon tool of the credit card, bestows freedom on the People.
6) It is futile for our Brothers and Sisters to simultaneously protest the actions of the Down-Pressor if they are at the same time contributing to the Down-Pressor’s wealth, and thus enhancing the Demon’s power over our Brothers and Sisters.
7) If our Sisters and Brothers, across the lands, band together and begin to throw off the chains of the Corporate Demons, then a shock wave will roll across these lands, shaking the very foundations upon which the Down-Pressors have built their prisons.
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