Walls of Pennies

Most of us have a penny or two we carry around each day. What might happen if we all began dropping a penny at the doorway of any bank, financial office, or any other doorway we associate with greed and corruption? I picture small mound of pennies gathering outside of CEO offices, in the doorways of BOA buildings, outside the Stock Exchange and so on. Only one or two at first, barely noticeable but eventually if enough of us joined in…

It can even be done covertly, so no one need no who is giving.

Imagine the embarrassment of the bank executive stooping to pick up pennies, or even worse, ordering one of his underlings to do it.

Who would get to keep the pennies? How would they account for them?  Surely a penny is too small an amount to matter to a billionaire  (unless he had to step over a pile each day.) Unless there were a million pennies or ten million?

Imagine the effect of gathering piles of pennies on the steps of Congress? In front of the National Reserve? In front of your state Governor’s mansion?

The wonderful part of this is no one has to explain why he drops a penny. It is an act of random generosity. Perhaps when there is a pile of 77 cents someone who needs a little food might pick it up and benefit; then the front of banks would become true money exchanges from those who have a little to those who have less. What a lesson!

After all, a penny is 1% and we are the 99%