Tom Petruno, of the Los Angeles Times, has written a great article about how you can cut loose from our current financial system dominated by big banks.  He gives several steps you can take ranging from relatively easy to much harder.  It describes how you should move your money from the big banks to a local credit union.  And look at getting better rates on Money Market funds as well as investments in stocks and bonds.

It’s a sign that things are beginning to change as awareness grows, sparked in part by the Occupy Wall Street protests.