It's a Wonderful Life - George Bailey's Run On The Bank

<George Bailey during the run on the bank>

"You're thinking of this place all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in Joe's house...right next to yours. And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Macklin's house, and a hundred others. Why, you're lending them the money to build, and then, they're going to pay it back to you as best they can. Now what are you going to do? Foreclose on them?...Now wait...now listen...now listen to me. I beg of you not to do this thing. If Potter gets hold of this Building and Loan there'll never be another decent house built in this town. He's already got charge of the bank. He's got the bus line. He's got the department stores. And now he's after us. Why? Well, it's very simple. Because we're cutting in on his business, that's why. And because he wants to keep you living in his slums and paying the kind of rent he decides. Joe, you lived in one of those Potter houses, didn't you? Well, have you forgotten? Have you forgotten what he charged you for that broken-down shack? Here, Ed. You know, you remember last year when things weren't going so well, and you couldn't make your payments? You didn't lose your house, did you? Do you think Potter would have let you keep it? Can't you understand what's happening here? Don't you see what's happening? Potter isn't selling. Potter's buying! And why? Because we're panicky and he's not. That's why. He's picking up some bargains. Now, we can get through this thing all right. We've got to stick together, though. We've got to have faith in each other."

[George Bailey to Uncle Billy]

"Where's that money, you stupid, silly old fool? Where's the money?! Do you realize what this means? It means bankruptcy and scandal and prison! That's what it means. One of us is going to jail! Well, it's not gonna be me! "

WELL WHADDAYA KNOW ABOUT THAT? 

GET THE MESSAGE?  FORT KNOX IS EMPTY.  THE DOLLAR IS MELTING LIKE A SNOWBALL IN THE TROPICS.  OUR GOVERNMENT HAS ROBBED OUR SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND.  OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS $52 TRILLION AND RISING.

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD WITH YOUR LEGISLATORS?