Forum Post: Two Goals for OWS
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 20, 2011, 10:46 a.m. EST by Idaltu
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"28th Amendment
Corporations are not people. They have none of the constitutional rights of human beings. Corporations are not allowed to give money to any politician, directly or indirectly. No politician can raise over $100 from any person or entity. All elections must be publicly financed."
from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/how-to-regain-our-democra_b_1021067.html
two goals for OWS
- Get the money out of politics
- Ratified the above constitutional amendment.
I propose we stage a mass March from all over the country converging on the capital, demanding immediate expedition of an amendment to the constitution reinstating at the federal level an old Wisconsin law which states:
"No corporation [period!] doing business in this state shall pay or contribute, or offer consent or agree to pay or contribute, directly or indirectly, any money, property, free service of its officers or employees or thing of value to any political party, organization, committee or individual for any political purpose whatsoever, or for the purpose of influencing legislation of any kind, or to promote or defeat the candidacy of any person for nomination, appointment or election to any political office. "
This should be our only focus. Once we can get properly motivated elected officials, THEN we can begin to effect any change We the People want...such as repeal of Citizens United.
I agree with this 100%. This should be the principal point on the list of demands. Anything else will be accomplished as soon as this is implemented. We need to remove the control from the 1% and pass it to the hands of the 99%. This is the best and the only way. If we get any concessions now, they will be quickly removed in the near future if the politicians are "owned" by the corporations.