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Mar 19, 2009 3:23 pm US/Mountain

Demonstrators March In Denver Protesting AIG

DENVER (CBS4) ― Demonstrators marched in 35 states on Thursday, including here in Colorado protesting big bonuses paid out to AIG executives.

The rally in Denver started at Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Denver. The group of about 60 marched ten blocks to the AIG offices downtown.

The marches were organized by the website www.takebacktheeconomy.org. Organizers say their main goal is to push laws to help Americans. They're focusing on affordable housing and health care and strong banking reforms.

"We're in a situation where we're giving bonuses and millions of dollars to executives of banks and workers don't have a voice," said protestor Graham Ray. "That doesn't seem right."

Organizers say they chose major banks whose behavior before and since the government bailout epitomize an era of CEO and corporate excess at the expense of broader prosperity that has weakened the nation's economy.

As many as 10,000 were expected to take part in the first coordinated national public protests since the federal bank bailouts began.

Colorado State Senator Morgan Carroll was among those marching in downtown Denver Thursday. She represents Aurora.

"Aurora is an excellent district that really is a broad cross section of working people," Morgan told the crowd. "And frankly, I gotta tell you that people are mad. People are really mad."

Local business owners, faith leaders and Colorado workers also took part in Thursday's rally.

Some of them performed skits illustrating how bad bank bailouts have hurt American tax payers. Others held sings that called AIG "greedy" and read "Enough Is Enough".

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