Forum Post: What should my sign say in the day of action tomorrow?
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 16, 2011, 8:43 p.m. EST by Juliusisme
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from Staten Island, NY
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I'm not gonna be able to come at 7 am but I will in 3 pm.
Here are some suggestions for you:
It needs to say "Give us back our democracy - End the Legalized Bribery"
For decades now the corporations and special interests have had our "representatives" bought and paid for (both on the right and the left). Don't get distracted by the symptoms - we need to address the root cause. Concentrating our efforts on getting the money out of our politics is the best way we can create an environment in which further reforms can be realized. Until we end the current system of legalized bribery (campaign donations) and paid lobbying our politicians will continue to be the LAP DOGS of the corporations and special interests. What we need first and foremost is real, loop-hole free CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM!!!! If the corruption is not dealt with first, the chance of any other meaningful reforms becoming a reality is almost zero - the special interests will just use their money to buy votes and put forward bills that create loop-holes or otherwise twist the law in their favor. If we want our children to live in a country where there vote matters, we need to get the money out of our politics, otherwise they will increasingly become the 21st century version of the "landless peasant." Spread the word - End the LEGALIZED BRIBERY!!! CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM needs to be THE main goal of the protests!!!
"Corporations are not People!
People are not Commodities! "
or..
"Stop declaring Class Warfare on us!!"
or..
"We're just a different kind of lobbyist!"
or...
"It doesn't Trickle Down, you idiots!"
or...
"We're all voting in the next primaries! Good Luck!"
That's all I got so far..
I'm a person too
Here's what it should read: I have no idea why I'm here and not in front of the White House and the Capitol.