“Billionaires” back bailout

As the bailout bill inches closer towards congressional approval, the workers rights organization Jobs with Justice met in 17 cities to voice their opposition. In DC, this took a unique form: Political theater.

A satirical group calling themselves Billionaires for the Bailout donned homemade top hats, thrift store suits, and cheap cigars to imitate the Wall Street elite at a rally held in Farragut Square. The group demanded “blank checks for billionaires” as they paid visits to the surrounding banks, stopping at each to perform a short skit.

“Senator, I need you to scrub the dirt off my feet,” pleaded one of the skit’s “billionaires” before resting her foot on the back of an actor labeled “the American taxpayer”. The Senate archetype eagerly obliged, and scrubbed the billionaire’s feet with money as actors representing foreclosed home owners, oppressed workers, and uninsured patients encircled the group in opposition.

When asked how Jobs with Justice felt about the President’s promise, event organizer Carlos Jiminez replied, “the President has said a lot of things” and mentioned the absence of WMD in Iraq.