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New campaign to reduce the power of giant banks

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Tags: Move Your Money, It's A Wonderful Life, bank bailouts, alternatives to big banks, Eugene Jarecki

Is there anything citizens can do to fight the power of big banks?

There’s a new movement to do something about those big bank bailouts and hefty bonuses for Wall Street executives. The initiative is called "Move Your Money", and it’s encouraging Americans to take their money out of big banks, and move it into locally-owned banks and credit unions.

We’re joined now by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who may be better known to this community for his pro-peace fi...