Forum Post: Pass American Jobs Act or lose Black Friday

I propose a specific demand/threat: Congress should pass the President’s American Jobs Act in its entirety by Thanksgiving or Occupy brings gridlock to the shopping malls on their busiest day. (The day after Thanksgiving, so called “Black Friday” when the big retail chains start making money: get out of the red and into the black.)

Congress rejected the entire plan. They’ve passed politically appealing bits – not enough to make a difference in the employment picture. They’re also taking the entire week of Thanksgiving off. I say to them: get to work and pass the entire plan! Now, they may not listen to us 99%’ers but they’ll listen to the wealthy investors who contribute to their campaigns and usually get the legislation they want. And those investors do NOT want anything to get in the way of sales and profits. The threat of lost sales and profits will get them on the phones to their congressional cronies.

The Occupiers joined by the unemployed and others can: •take up precious parking spaces and reduce the number of real shoppers in the mall •keep salespeople busy with questions and small talk to keep them from selling and ringing up sales •fill up the checkout lines just to ask questions. Lots of shoppers won’t even enter a store if they see long lines •fill up tables in the food court so real shoppers won’t spend money on food and maybe they’ll even leave the mall •in short, clog up the malls to the point of ruining companies’ sales and profits for the entire year
Imagine all the occupiers and 14 million unemployed Americans in the malls Black Friday “just looking.”

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