What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket?
What would you do with an extra $18,000 in your pocket? That's
the amount of extra cash each and every Burger King employee in America
would have received last year if Goldman Sachs (one of the fast-food
chain's largest owners) had shared its bailout billions with
rank-and-file workers. Instead, Goldman Sachs squandered 6.5 billion of
our taxpayer dollars on bonuses for their financial staff.
These were
some of the highest bonuses on Wall Street! Meanwhile, Burger King
workers earn wages averaging just $14,000 a year -- well below the
federal poverty line for a family of three.
Goldman Sachs has
been having it their way with Burger King workers for too long. It's
high time you had it your way with Goldman Sachs. Tell the Wall Street
giant how they could have used the $6.5 billion blown on bonuses. We're
looking for the most creative, constructive, or comical ideas to curb
corporate greed and help fix the financial crisis. We will send all
ideas to Goldman Sachs as a reprimand for their wastefulness. The
winner of the Have It Your Way with Goldman Sachs contest will have
their idea featured in our next video. The contest ends March 3.
Enter the contest: http://warongreed.org
Pass
this video and contest to your friends and family. Tell them working
people all over the country are pushing back against Wall Street
excess. We're joining with SEIU and others to stage demonstrations and
hold Goldman Sachs accountable! And tell them it's time to end this era
of corporate greed and impunity.
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