maybe it's more accurate to call us "we are the 99.95%."
The United States has so much money - and so much poverty. Read the article in Mother Jones Magazine, entitled Goodbye, Columbus.
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You can do something, by joining the We are the 99%.
occupy together
Democracy is for people
As the 99%, we are just asking for Congress to represent us. After all, the founding Fathers and Mothers wrote documents that said something about "of the
people, by the people and for the people." There's nothing there that mentions corporations. It's true that individuals do the dirty work of those corrupt
entities, but corporations have never been and never will be people. It is also time to revoke the charter of Citizens United. Those two words don't stand for us.
As the recent Election Day has confirmed, the 99% have made great progress and will continue to do so. If Congress does not listen to us, it is up to us - the 99%
(we are all over the country) - to remove those representatives and senators not serving us and replace them with those who will. Note that the words in italics
in the last sentence are not in capital letters since their approval rating is at 11%. Just when you thought it couldn't get lower, I recently read in the Hightower
Lowdown of December 2011 that the rating is at 9% - I think the devil has a higher rating. By the way, who are those people that actually approve of Congress?
Are they comatose? Probably, just the lobbyists. Congress is just like garbage and every so often we have to remove it . This applies to Democrats, Republicans
and all the other parties, especially those that drink tea. I am a member of the Working Families Party and proud of it.
We have other things to take care of. Some of these are:
1. Removing certain members of the Supreme Court, starting with those who gave us W as President for 8 years.
There are some in the court who've made decisions that went against our Constitution - Citizens United is the most obvious.
2. Ending the influence of the PACs in the election process.
3. Bringing all the men and women in the armed services home - not in the next decade or the
next year, but now. Each of these people can serve in the Peace Services, rebuilding the infrostructure of
our country as well as working in other countries to help others, much like the Peace Corps of yesteryear.
4. End our reliance on fossil fuels, since they are so costly compared to green technology. When the experts
mentioned that the costs of nuclear, coal, gas and oil were so much less than wind and solar, what were they smoking?
All that effort did was to create a smokescreen to confuse and ignore a hidden, undeniable concern about health care costs.
5. Tax the 1%
6. Retrieve our money from the thieves responsible for the world economic crisis of 2008. For a list of
these crooks - many refused to talk to the filmmakers - watch the 2010 movie, Inside Job. Some of them
are interviewed onscreen, but would have been better off not appearing, sparing us the el toro crappo.
The most distressing thing about this great crime is that none of the perpetrators is behind bars - rather
they're spending their time sitting at the bar, having a scotch and water. It's time to make them pay back
what they stole, fine them and put them in jail, which will help to insure that this doesn't happen again.
If you or I commited a much smaller offense, we'd be put in prison or worse. It's time justice is served.
7. Restore regulations, thus creating numerous jobs. This can be paid for with the fines and some
of the cash obtained from the thieves already mentioned. It will also spur the economy. At the same
time, those making outrageous salaries need to be taxed. This will also be a source of necessary funds.
8. Pass the jobs bill. Rebuild the infrostructure and put people back to work with high-paying jobs.
Some of these are listed above, but here's a wish list for Santa
