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Friday, October 14, 2011
What would you say to a Wall Street CEO?
Before the Occupy Wall Street protests, the focus of the 98/99% was to lobby politicians to fix taxes so that the rich pay their fair share. Dialogue or conversation with Wall Street CEOs was not demanded. But since OWS protests are appealing directly to Wall Street CEOs, it’s clear that we now ask for something like dialogue or negotiation directly with CEOs. While responses from Wall Street have more typically consisted of derision, mockery, dismissal, or even antagonism, notably, on Wednesday Citi CEO Vikram Pandit said, “trust has been broken between financial institutions and citizens” and that he’d be happy to talk to the Occupy Wall Street protestors “anytime they want.” -- What kind of realistic dialogue would you like to see between the people and CEO such as Vikram Pandit? If you had ½ an hour with a Wall Street CEO (conversation only!!!), what would you say/ask?
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