Forum Post: Missing the obvious
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 13, 2011, 10:55 a.m. EST by fredastaire
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What people don't seem to get is we are caught in a battle between warring international corporations. We are simply caught in the middle. This is why nobody understands what is going on, the numbers don't make sense. How is it all these institutions are sitting on so much money and none is being spent? It's not lack of something to invest in or hesitation about lending. It's about suffocating the competition and expecting they can make it while the weaker companies die off. When all is said and done, they will have wiped out enormous amounts of their competition and we will be controlled by and dependent on even fewer big shots. There is no international SEC.
The soldiers of these battles are our politicians. Instead of focusing on the people, they have spent 30 years fighting battles for these companies.
http://occupywallst.org/forum/the-war-with-america-was-won-before-the-first-shot/
Your last paragraph is very true. For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for. We need to get the money out of our politics. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the lap dogs of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests.