Proposal for Objective of Occupy LA: END CORPORATISM

Submitted by StevenVincent on

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Here's something that is being proposed for the Objectives and Demands Committee and I wanted to solicit thoughts and comments to help our process along:

My suggestion would be that we focus on Objectives/Goals, which are broader and less specific and therefore easier (I think) to reach consensus upon.  We can make the proposed Objective very condensed and brief, which will also facilitate a consensus.  And I think that we have all learned enough about this Occupy to reasonably craft something(s) that reflect the underlying consensus that is already latently present.  I propose the following QUICK DRAFT:

A major Objective of Occupy LA is to END CORPORATISM on the National, State and Local levels.  We define CORPORATISM as the nexus between Corporations and the State.  Some examples of this nexus are: 

  • the pervasive influence of lobbyists throughout government
  • the revolving door between the private and public sectors as corporate executives and lobbyists become governmental regulators and legislators and then move back into the private sector again.
  • The awarding of public contracts to private political cronys
  • The dependency and predominance of the public Electoral process on private Corporate funding
  • Commonplace Legislative action blatantly prejudicial to the public interest and grossly beneficial to favored Corporate interests
  • The elevation of Corporations to the legal status of persons enjoying the rights and privileges of citizens.

The marriage between Corporations and Governmental Power has overthrown the basic principles of Rule of Law, Equality Under the Law, Due Process and the protection afforded to the Citizens of the United States by the Constitution.  As long as the above described condition is allowed to persist, the interests of the People will be prejudiced in favor of the Corporate interests of the 1%.  We will seek out all peaceful means, including citizen  legislative, legal and protest action to END CORPORATISM.

Feedback on the above would help us move forward more quickly on something that GA can quckly approve.  Please discuss!  Thank you.

 

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Sounds great, would like to also see DEBT mentioned.

Submitted by OccupyNews.net on

Consumer debt with unreasonable interest rates attached is just as big of a problem, in some ways bigger because this is how wall street sustains itself and thirsts for even more profits.

Interest rate charges on existing consumer debts are destroying local economies. Forget debt forgiveness, forget debt reduction, DO NOT forget that interest rate charges are how the consumer is constrained into a life of indebted servitude.

Any consumer who could swing from going further into debt because of interest rate charges to actually being able to pay off their debts with severely reduced interest rate charges, should be allowed to do so.

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Larceny, not greed, s/b Occupy's focus

Submitted by HankQT on

Corporations confiscating America’s savings are the root cause of our current financial state.

I have worked the trenches. I am a retired computer financial systems analyst.

A decade of looting has impoverished the middle class to subsidize corporate goals: Lavish executive pay. legions of lobbyists, profit growth exceeding GDP growth, campaign funding as of 2010, M&A frenzy, etc. The illicit transfer of funds from the masses to a few created a huge wealth gap. With fewer solvent customers, commerce slowed and the market tanked. Retirement dreams have faded. Jobs outlook is bleak.Housing is kaput. Ad nauseam. This crime wave has brought us to the brink of ruin.

A democracy is being traitorously forged into a plutocracy.

Greed is not illegal but larceny is.

Alert the Administration, daily. Harangue your Congressmen. Enlighten your friends. 

If you incurred substantial losses since 2000 insist the FBI investigate your situation.

Impale or hang in effigy the SEC as a poor guardian / rogue cop / gang leader.

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