Forum Post: OK, here are the TOP 3 Issues that should be a part of our Message, and why....
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 26, 2011, 11:03 p.m. EST by newearthorder
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First the why. If we choose these things in the beginning no one will be able to point a finger at us and say we are just a bunch of liberals or conservatives, or anything else that already exists because for everyone who is playing the game now, they depend on these things to keep them in power.
Tax-payer funded elections. No candidate for any office will be allowed to take donations from anyone. They won't even be able to use their own money. They get one check for a certain amount and they will be audited. In this way the 99% own the politicians instead of whatever corporation or special interest group can shovel the most cash into their coffers.
Use non-partisan citizen panels to redraw every legislative district in the country so they are all as close to 50/50 as possible, based on voting in the last presidential election. How much will they hate that? Fair elections? What is this country coming to?
Dismantle the Military-Industrial complex. It has always gotten under my skin when a corporation is allowed to make a profit building war machines and accessories, knowing they will make even more money every time the equipment is destroyed and blood is spilled. No corporation can sell anything to the DOD, any government security agency, and so on,..unless they are 'not-for-profit'. That's insane!!!
Nope, it's the future. I want my grand kids to read about us in their history books. It will happen if we stand together and have a clear & coherent message.
good ideas, but please speak for the work you are going to do; don't try to set an agenda for the rest of us.
http://occupythiswiki.org/wiki/Ego_Centered_Front_Burnerism-_Whats_wrong_with_putting_your_pet_issue_to_the_front_of_the_priority_list.
I'm just putting forth some ideas. We need to have a consensus on a clear and coherent message that resonates with the 99%.
I'm asking you, please, to recognize a need to put forth what is important to you in a way that takes personal responsibility to move things forward without being bossy to the forum about what we should do.
I see some good ideas, but how you have approached the problem of communicating about them makes me anxious. because my need is to find middle ground sufficient to work with you on this, i'd like to request that you reframe the discussion in terms which are neutral to the question of priority or agenda.
Try these:
https://sites.google.com/site/the99percentdeclaration/
http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-please-help-editadd-so-th/
https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/endorse-wwwthe99declarationorg-which-petition-redress-grievances/Q6qYt2H9