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Monday, January 30, 2012

Occupy Working Washington Rebukes Wells Fargo Vandals

Posted by Dominic Holden on Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:02 PM

Responding to the damage to a Well Fargo branch we posted about at 9:30 a.m., Working Washington—which is holding two days of Wells Fargo protests starting today—disavows the vandalism in a statement:

Working Washington is a nonviolent organization and we had nothing whatsoever to do with the vandalism at the Madison Park Wells Fargo branch overnight. Our events at 4 other Wells Fargo locations today were peaceful actions intend to raise awareness about Wells Fargo's $0 Federal income tax bill. Our rally and march tomorrow (Tuesday) at noon will also be a peaceful action calling on Wells Fargo to pay their fair share of taxes.

People have reason to be frustrated with Wells Fargo not paying their fair share, but vandalism is not the way to make progress in the fight for good jobs and economic justice. Our campaign is completely nonviolent because we believe peaceful persistent action is the way to make change happen. Corporations not paying their fair share of taxes is a very serious issue, and we want Wells Fargo to change its ways so we have the resources we need to create jobs and stop the cuts. That's why hundreds of people are going to call on Wells Fargo to pay their fair share by taking peaceful nonviolent action at Westlake on Tuesday.

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Nice try.

Posted by Occupy a Job assholes on January 30, 2012 at 4:53 PM

@1...

Go fuck yourself, fascist prick.

Posted by Rujax!

on January 30, 2012 at 7:51 PM

Given that I abhor corporate welfare in the form of generous tax loopholes, I still have to ask: what is the "fair share?" If Wells is working within the current tax code, they are paying their fair share. Please spend all available energy on amending the tax code and not on companies well-funded enough to afford accountants and lawyers adept enough to ensure they abide by the law.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball on January 30, 2012 at 8:59 PM

@3: Your argument is somewhat disingenuous considering that these companies lobby the government to get favorable changes to the laws, thereby allowing them to pay less in taxes.

Posted by Greg on January 30, 2012 at 9:22 PM

@4 - my argument is hardly excluding the dynamic you describe. It is certainly happening. But I'd be willing to bet that if the people painting banks would phone bank their elected officials, worked their precincts and organized voters, it would put the people being swayed by lobbyists in a hot place. I'm not saying "no direct action." I am saying that politicians need to feel it at the ballot box.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball on January 31, 2012 at 7:33 PM