Jesse Jackson to poor: buy DELL!

[Enrique Diaz-Alvarez]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says religious leaders must help teach
the poor about stocks, bonds and mutual funds so they can catch
a ride on Wall Street and not take a chance on the lottery or a
roll of the dice.

"We expect to see ministers in the ministry and the marketplace," the
civil rights leader said this week.

Jackson, president of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition,
detailed his initiative during a news conference at the United
Theological Seminary.

Jackson said he would like to see 1,000 churches organize investment
clubs, tapping into the knowledge of bankers and others in their
congregations to educate people in debt about the "capital
finance culture" and the language of the market.

The poorest people spend the most on chance because they feel they do
not have
a choice," he said. "At the time of a bull market, they
choose a bear lottery."

Jackson said the investment clubs would teach people "to read the
stock page, not just the sports page."

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