Forum Post: We, the Occupy Wall Street Movement Demand...

• That the architects of the 2008 financial and economic collapse be brought to justice • That regulations be enacted so that unchecked greed never again bring economic calamity to the United States • A tax system that fairly distributes burden according to ability to pay • Closing the loop holes that allow corporations and the wealthy to not pay their fair share • That Americans expose “tax breaks” for the greed and selfishness that they are • That Americans take civic pride and patriotism in paying their taxes • A return to an era of corporate responsibility and a repudiation of corporate greed and excess • Corporate executive compensation that reflects the proportionally greater value that leaders bring, not outsize, excessive compensation based on greed • A corporate culture that holds executives responsible for their actions • New laws that hold corporations and corporate leaders directly and criminally responsible when their actions have a broad detrimental impact, whether that be financial, economic, environmental, or social • An end to the poisonous extremism that has infected American politics, and a return to moderation and sanity • An understanding that the extremism that has gripped political debate serves the wealthiest individuals and corporations at the expense of the middle class and the poor • That Americans expose and hold accountable the media outlets, media personalities, and political leaders that espouse extremism • An end to harsh rhetoric and policies that blame and punish those who are less fortunate for their circumstances • An end to the War on Drugs and the mass incarceration of people of color that is the direct intent and result • Investment in policies that close financial, educational, and opportunity gaps in America, which will re-create the middle class, and which create viable, direct paths out of poverty • A re-commitment to government as the solution to our collective problems • A re-commitment to the belief that when Americans work together, consider the needs of their neighbors, and give from their hearts, there is nothing we cannot accomplish