WASHINGTON — As part of CUNA's increasing efforts to grab the attention of members of Congress and their staffers on credit unions' good deeds and their need for CURIA, CUNA brought a banker up to Capitol Hill.
Sounds counterintuitive? Well, the presentation was made tongue-in-cheek in the waning hours prior to the month-long August recess.
CUNA hired an actor–Wes Johnson, but for these purposes he was simply known as "The Banker"–who greeted commuters as they exited the Capitol South metro station during the morning rush hour. He stood before a "big bank" background and shouted, "Up with profit, down with people," and asked, "May I nickel and dime you today?" Large bills were dripping out of every pocket and he fanned himself with stacks of cash in the sticky Washington, D.C. heat July 31.
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