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BANK ATTACKS: Archive

"The Growing & Real Threat"
Banker attacks, and what credit unions MUST do

The recorded version of the June 24 website was available for viewing on this website for 30 days following the webcast. The 30-day period has now expired. Copies of the webcast, on DVD, are being distributed to all of the state credit union Leagues. Please contact your League for more information on obtaining a recorded copy of the webcast after Aug. 9.

Credit Union Tax Exemption

• CUNA White Paper: The Benefits of CU Membership (from 2002)
• Michigan League Taxation Power Point
• Benefits of credit unions to bank loan customers

Bank vs. CU Comparisons

• Renee Fickel Personal Story
• Calvin Mills Personal Story
• "Separating Fact from Fiction" Straight Talk
• CUNA Straight to the Point on banker "grassroots"
• Banks and Credit Unions (a comparison in words)
• Commercial Banks and CUs: Facts, Fallacies and Recent Trends
• Mutual Savings Banks vs. Credit Unions: There Is a Difference
• "Who's Really To Blame?" Ad
• Bank Profitability Ad
• American Heritage Ad
• Mega Bank Ad
• CUNA Straight Talk: Why 85 Million Americans Benefit from Credit Unions
• CUNA "Connect the Dots" Ad
• "Opportunity" 1st National CU Ad
• "Heroes" 2nd National CU Ad
• Presidential Candidates Agree National CU Ad
• CA/NV league Roll Call ad on record bank profits

What Policy Makers are Saying

• Treasury Secretary John Snow Supports CU Tax Exemption
  
• Senator John Kerry Supports CU Tax Exemption

CUNA Correspondence and Statements

• CUNA Chief Economist Letter to American Banker on Small Bank Profits (Aug. 27, 2004)
• CUNA Memo on Credit Unions and Form 990s (July 1, 2004)
• CUNA Letter to Ways and Means Chairman On 990 issue (July 8, 2004)
• CUNA seeks answers from IRS on Sub S for banks (April 26, 2004)
• Mica to Congress: Bankers More Interested in CU Tax Than Fighting Terrorism (April 22, 2004)
• CUNA letter to all House Members supporting CU tax exemption (March 25, 2004)
• CUNA Chairman Dick Ensweiler letter to the editor of American Banker, "Banks Distort the Facts About CUs" (March 4, 2004)

What the Banks Are Up To

• ABA's "The Morphing of Credit Unions"
• "Out Credit Union the Credit Unions" (May 2004)
• Texas Bankers Association magazine article on ABA's anti-CU strategy and messages
• ACB's "If it quacks like a duck..." ad
• ACB's "American families will pay..." ad