Forum Post: let's get specific
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 14, 2011, 10:40 p.m. EST by jdlopez0224
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Please come up with specific goals or solutions to America's problems because while this will create a lot of fuzz and will bring up many issues ignored by politicians, nothing will really be changed unless it is demanded. Lets do as the Egyptians and the Lybians did, they started revolutions but with a clear goals ahead. Unless we do something similar here in the US this protest will never grow to become a revolution. Thank you for listening and thank you for helping change the US for the best.
How easily we can Reform Wall Street--Simple & Direct
It's Time for a Million People March on Washington, D.C. to Reform Wall Street--Time to take back our Country from their Influence over OUR lawmakers! Here's how easily we can do it, a focused good start: Take away their powers "once again."
"We are here Congress because we want to REINSTATE the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp#axzz1aPEc3wX which saved our country from the Great Depression by preventing banks and insurance companies from merging and becoming large brokerage firms; instead of Banks and Insurance companies--can't we learn a history lesson here Congress? Btw, why did most of you vote for its repeal in 1999? http://www.counterpunch.org/2008/09/19/shattering-the-glass-steagall-act/
And also we want you to CHANGE the Commodities Future Modernization Act of 2000http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodity_Futures_Modernization_Act_of_2000 BACK to where it was before 2000, which since has deregulated energy markets and has allowed such scams as The Enron Loophole; whereas in the early 2000's Enron Corp. was charging 400 bucks plus for a kilowatt hour...They all when to jail for this. But, the Enron loophole is still not CLOSED, for example, allowing speculators to resell barrels of oil over and over again before it reaches the gas station owner. It's basically, legal gambling at our expense. What were those lawmakers thinking then? What are you thinking now? Either do the right thing, or you're part of 1%."
Reasons:
Why are oil prices high? The Enron Loophole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbdtTGYQBMU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNp0y0SjOkY&feature=related
Rolling Stones Reporter: Truth about Goldman Sachs--how they have cornered the markets--basically, The Enron Loophole and the Repeal of Glass-Steagall Act in 1999. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waL5UxScgUw
It's a matter of choosing the optimal time, when constituent base has been maximized (at least marginally). Demands backed by a few hundred thousand are significant, demands backed by a few hundred million (1/2 the pop.) are astounding.
Granted I don't think we'll get there, but we can come close.
I suggest standing on the shoulders of giants and following through on social justice demands made long ago and yet still unfulfilled http://j.mp/MLKOfficialDemands
This is how it was with slavery. It took decades, but then the moment finally arrived. Today, it's 45 years since Martin Luther King Jr. first made these demands. Now is the time.