I hope people are reading your drivel with a critical eye, Ricky. Of course it sounds stupid, when you over simplify the problem as you did. Banks have been kicking the poor and middle class in the teeth for as long as I can remember. Didn't the banks just get 750 billion in welfare a few years ago? For what? Golden parachutes. This only encouraged them to believe that kicking regular folk was allowed. So they continue. They continue to mount hidden fees, they continue to play god with the public capital, and they continue to believe that they are untouchable. Big corporations were never what our founding fathers had in mind. Now we have entities which do not hold people accountable, because they don't have to. Too many of us don't have the type of mentality you describe. Shame on you for characterizing people in exaggerated ways, while ignoring the reality of the issue!

Kkristileo: All of the things that I poked fun at where actual statements by various “occupy” people over the last few weeks. And you stepped right into my trap! I like to use peoples or movements own words and statements. There were people saying that Bank of America should not take back their home simply because they could not pay for it. There was one who said that he should not have to pay his student loan back because he didn’t get a job with his expensive education. His exact quote was “pay it back, for what?” There were people “occupying” the pearl district to quote “target” those who had more than them, saying that it was “economic inequality”! You can read that last statement any way you like, but it sounds a lot like the “have not’s” want some of what the “haves” have without the trouble of working for it. And, yes you are right the consumer votes with his feet. If you are unhappy with an institution, by all means walk out. BUT, bear in mind that a lot of consumers keep very little money in their checking and the bank makes little or nothing on their account. How would YOU suggest the bank maintain the whole debit card system? I can swipe my card and watch the charge come up on my account in online banking in seconds with my ipad. Care to think about the infrastructure this takes? Sorry to poke fun at your crusade, but it pales in comparison to what we protested against. WE where being sent to a foreign country against our will (drafted), and dying in droves for a purely political war. WE had two choices, go to war or go to prison! Some of us died protesting this outrage. (Remember Kent State)? So forgive me if I chuckle a little at your so called “occupy” antics. It all seems a lot like the tantrum a small child throws when he cannot get his way.

Your right Ricky These punks want a free ride on everything..hope EPD sicks "Taser Judd" on these clowns and misfits. Most have never had a job anyway

This is not a hissy fit about not want to pay fair value for a necessary service, weh have simply decided to no longer support businesses who have assisted in the divestment of American prosperity and jobs. Don't people have every right to choose who they do business with based on whatever critera they find most relevent? Why are you so irritated that more Eugeneians want to keep their hard earned money in the community? I think you are just outraged by a group people who don't have "proper respect" for the institutions and protocals that you identify with. You show no respect for values outside of your own narrow view.

Yes that’s right! We don’t want ATM fees. We don’t want Fees for anything! Why should a business be able to charge US for anything! Everything should be free, free FREE. This is a free country and simply because we’re here, we should get everything for free! Free checking, free cable, free electricity, free food, free homes, free education and a big fat check from the government every month so we can live the way we want! Why should I have to pay those fat cat bankers anything! I don’t want to pay back the $275,000 loan I took out on my house! It’s MY house even though the bank say’s THEY own it! Why should I have to pay back my $25,000 student loan? It’s MY education, NOT theirs! Why should I have to pay back the $23,000 car loan for my new car? It’s MY car, and those BIG car companies got big bail outs! AND, how about my credit cards? WHY should I have to pay those BIG banks back for things I need, like my 50 inch flat screen, washer and dryer, microwave, furniture and don’t forget MY ipad! I’m sick to death of all of these people infringing on how I want to LIVE. I need ALL of these things to live. Having to pay for them is unjust! ---(See how really, really stupid this sounds)---