“Check out the powerful, compelling new protest song, the video of a live performance of the song, and the dramatic new novel, THE BANKERS’ GREED BLUES, that take on the Wall Street-Big Banks disaster and its terrible impacts, the corrupted Congress, and America’s distorted democracy. The novel also shows the way to changing the system! But it also has engaging human elements, love stories, music, striking action, humor, and hope for the future.”
THE SONG & VIDEO: “The Bankers’ Greed Blues”
Performance on YouTube: See the evocative LIVE performance video of this powerful protest
song by Dr. D, master Minnesota musician Papa John Kolstad, and superb singer-guitarist
Becca Leathers, recorded in St. Paul, Minnesota, November 16, 2011.
DrDmusic 1356 Eustis St., St. Paul, MN, 55108 612-388-2925 DrDmusic@earthlink.net
The Bankers’ Greed Blues
The bankers gambled recklessly
With their arrogance and their greed
Homes were lost & the economy crashed
So many folks left in need.
Then billions were given in bailouts
But the bankers continued their greed
Taking millions in pay bonuses
The public outcry they would not heed.
Then to cover their failures
Credit card rates they raised
The public rip-off was so great
We all were amazed.
And the rich got so much richer
Grabbing more & more for 30 years
But the middle class & workin’ folks
They only got more toil and tears.
And the people in Congress
What did those folks do?
Finally passed a law
Kept taking bankers’ money, too.
So rise up all you people
Get mad and boost your nerve
Take it to the election and the streets
Give those bankers what they deserve.
Dean Alger/”Dr. D” Nov. 2009/Oct. 2011
U.S. Copyright by Dean Alger, 2011
THE NOVEL: THE BANKERS’ GREED BLUES
The Bankers’ Greed Blues
A documentary of the near future
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A novel
by Dean Alger
James Madison: “History records that the money changers have used every form of
abuse, intrigue, deceit… possible to maintain their control over government.”
Mark Twain: “A banker is a fellow who lends you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and then wants it back the minute it begins to rain.”
This novel speaks powerfully and compellingly to people’s deep concerns about the state of economics, politics and values in America today; it can have an impact in the 2012 election.
It can be the Primary Colors of 2012; but Primary Colors was about the political game and people are sick of political games. This novel deals with the Big Banks mess, with the broader issue of severe economic inequality, with a degraded democracy, and with a skewed tax system and distorted economy that don’t work for the general public. In PART 3 of the novel the story broadens out beyond the Big Bank disaster to a tale of what could and should happen in election 2012. A “documentary of the near future” is presented that has a powerful realism; yet it offers hope and inspiration. It’s written with style and flair—and a sense of outrage. The novel also speaks to the increasing concern about a loss of values in America. A key element of Part 3 is the formation of a “New Declaration of Independence” coalition and movement by progressive leaders—independence from Big Banks, big money special interests, and the corrupted Congress and election process.
But this book works well as a novel, with interesting and engaging characters, a compelling story, and striking dramatic action; that action includes an extraordinary caper where fed-up regular folks take things into their own hands and take action that uniquely holds the Big Bankers accountable, in a modern day Robin Hood manner. people will cheer that section of the story, with great lines and wit that capture the public’s concerns about those issues.
The tale includes engaging love stories, computer hackers, a major musical element, with “The Bankers’ Greed Blues,” as the continuing musical theme. There are also striking and satirically funny uses of music such as Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” plus appearances by other music legends in a couple of scenes. Other fun yet significant elements include an appearance by a key character on Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show,” and use of other pop culture icons like YouTube.
The novel includes the presentation of revealing poll findings and related issues and political developments like nobody else has put together and that tell a different story about the state of public opinion than the shallow, simplistic one that was bandied about for too long; and those materials show how this nation is ready for genuine change.
Dr. Alger’s expertise in polling and American society and other professional credentials relating to these matters give the book realism and credibility. See the Public Affairs/Media Consultant page on this website for details on those credentials.
