Forum Post: What are Occupy Wall Street solutions?
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 13, 2011, 3:27 a.m. EST by TheDoctor
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Ok so I started tracking this since about the end of last month when i first read about it in the newspaper. I was intrigued by this movement and started to follow what it was doing and find out more about it. At first the group seemed to have similar complaints but wasn't saying anything offically until the declaration. Then it started to seem like an actual collective protest and I got really excited, so much so that I told a friend of mine about it to spread the word. All the way through though there was just a frown on my friends face. when I was done I asked if their was anything else my friend didn't understand or didn't like that would cause the frown on their face. My friend responds back to me by asking me this question "What are their solutions how are they going to do all these things and fix the problem?". I thought about this, then searched the web and now am asking you the same question, what are your solutions to these problems? What do you think needs to be done in order to fix wall street? Please comment on this your answer because I and probably good number of others would like to know.
I am not a member of Occupy Wall Street in the sense that I am not camping out in the park. I have been down there, and seen what is going on, but I am not yet a believer.
Don't misunderstand: I believe that the influence that Wall Street wields over our political process MUST change, and change soon if our democracy has any hope of survival. This protest and the "organization" that is sponsoring it is not yet that change.
I think that the movement needs to focus its energy on fixed point and an achievable set of goals. If the issue driving this is, "Wall Street has too much power" (and I think it is and does) than our goal is clear: campaign finance reform.
I think that this protest and the others going on around the country should be the first step in a "March on Washington" type demonstration for campaign finance reform. The organizers of this demonstration and those of the others going on around the country should focus on putting together a singular protest on a singular date on the National Mall. Can you imagine the power of 100,000 or 200,000 or half a million people, standing on the Mall in Washington, and demanding a reform to political spending laws?
What clearer target do we need?
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Remember Marie Antoinette? She thought we should eat cake. Or we boycotte every corp. who pays their ceo over $1,000,000/yr and over charges the consumer to pay for it (99% of us). Mao "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."