Forum Post: Signed Pledge From Democratic U.S. Congressional Candidates Running In Primaries In 2012 For The Support Of OWS. The Quickest Path To REAL change! "Occupy Congress!"
Posted 12 years ago on Dec. 3, 2011, 8:46 a.m. EST by fwankie123
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"I pledge in writing that if I am elected to the U.S. Congress my top priorities will be passing legislation that includes the following:
Get Big Money Out Of Federal Politics - Pass the Fair Elections Now Act (S. 750 and H.R. 1404). A law where political candidates for federal office would raise a large number of small contributions from their communities in order to qualify for Fair Elections funding. Contributions are limited to $100.00. Strictly voluntary by the candidate to avoid legal issues. Revise the Fair Elections Now Act to include 100% discount (up from 25%) for TV air time for political advertising.
Create Jobs Now - A ten-year federal program that involves a New Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to create over 5 million jobs rebuilding America that includes infrastructure banks run by engineers, not politicians to extricate ourselves from the Great Recession now and increase productivity later. Pay for it by taxing all Wall St. financial transactions at 1%. Raises $400 billion a year. A 3% annual surtax on incomes over $1 million. Raises another $200 billion a year.
End The Housing Crisis Now - Congress can and should modify the bankruptcy laws to allow primary residence mortgages to be eligible for restructuring by making banks lower the principal balance on all underwater mortgages to current market value and refinancing these loans to current market interest rates."
Did you see the amendment introduced by Rep Deutch to ban Corporate money? See http://occupywallst.org/forum/rep-deutch-introduces-constitutional-amendment-to-/
that's a harder climb than what i am suggesting
much harder
I think that requesting a pledge to OWS is the wrong way to go, now if you were to say a pledge to honor their oath of office, a pledge to act in the best interests of their constituents, that I could agree with.
How would such a pledge be enforceable? Other, that is,than the obvious, being voted out of office...
norquist gets away with it
Norquist scares the hell out of me. Truly, I think the man is insane.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/02/990837/-Grover-Norquists-Greatest-Hits
and they say he is the most powerful man in America. great, another Hitler
an apt pupil, to say the least.
he's doing very well with his pledge
Did you know he formed "Americans for Tax Reform" and the pledge has been around since 1986? He's dedicated to painting taxes as evil, and any politician who would tax somebody as a dishonest politician. If it we're just about the taxes I would be worried but not frightened. He's also dedicated to painting government as evil and oppressive to liberty.
If he continues to go unchallenged, he said his organization's goal is to shrink government down to the size of a penny.
Say bye-bye forever to building infrastructure, social security, medicare, state prisons, etc.
Say hello to corporate privatized prisons, corporate privatized health care, etc.
he's a great model for success. we need to copy him!
You say copy, I say erase. But I get the gist of your meaning.
good
the rabid teabaggers did it. norquist does it.
I know, it doesn't make it right.
To mimic them, even with altruistic motives makes 'us' no better than they.
whatever gets the job done!
Do you honestly think it's good to have our representatives pledging or 'signing an oath' committing to any person or group other than the constituents that elected them and the country they are supposed to represent? I do not.
sweetheart, are they representing you now?
That was not the premise, which is what I responded to.
Either way, integrity in the halls of congress is in short supply.
no doubt!!! we need accountability
Promises, how many promises will they make? They make them all the time, need to look at each one's former campaign promises and then check their voting record. How many lived up to the promises they made in their campaigns; actions speak louder than words.
the rabid teabaggers did it. norquist does it.