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The replies at the actual demand site are priceless.

http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/

TruckerTom 7 points 8 days ago
Way too many demands, Lloyd. I’m not the only person saying this. Occupy Wallstreet needs a laser-like focus if you want to get people on your side!
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julespeg 2 points 14 hours ago
You are so right! Focus the message! Make it a sound bite! Liberals suck at this, but we need to change. Otherwise this looks like a freak show.
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HankWaters 2 points 2 hours ago
Too late. It already look like a freak show.
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MidasRex 1 points 51 minutes ago
lol
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navingrey 1 points 59 minutes ago
These demands are inconsistent. And rather funny.

Take, for example, 1 (no free trade) and 9 (free immigration). they have the same effect, economically speaking

If Foreign is Labour abundant, then free trade would cause wages to fall at home and rise at foreign. Free factor movements (the phrase economists use to describe the movement of capital or labour instead or goods) have the same effect.

Yes, there is a consensus on this.

Try this: http://nationofbeancounters.wordpress.com/2011/10/04/this-is-funnier-if-you-ve-finished-third-year-international-trade/
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1DemandLibertyandFreedom 1 points 7 days ago
End The FED! Is something that people on the right and left agree is at the root of the problem. Without the FEDERAL RESERVE, the GOV couldn’t bailout Wall Street, nor could they de-value your money. As for the Government bailing out the american people debt, I’d rather have that then them bailing out Wall Street, but both perpetuate more GOV, as do these overseas wars.
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LloydJHart (Vineyard Haven, MA) 1 points 8 days ago
If you want public support to continue to grow we had better shape a living wage platform that the public can sink their teeth in. If generalized statements continue to be the organizing principal of this action then the public won’t continue to lend their trust. They have been burned so many times trusting the campaign rhetoric of the democratic party that they will be very careful to research this actions real platform.
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guntotinsquaw 2 points 1 hour ago
Hurry let’s change all the power from big oil and nuclear to ....unicorn farts and fairy dust...ROFLMAO...Thank God you have given us your insight...priceless!!
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HankWaters 2 points 2 hours ago
The majority of support you have is young kids who haven’t a clue about what they’re even there for and that list of demands only shows that this is nothing but a liberals wet dream of utopia.

KEEP UP THE FIGHT COMRADES!!
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mattscud55 (Queens, NY) 1 points 1 hour ago
I agree. I’d like to see how they plan to pay for all of these “free” services from the government. Also, if everyone had a college education, a college degree’s value would plummet, causing a higher demand for Masters, PhD’s, etc. Such a myopic list of demands.

I’d like to add a few more:

Make the Middle East stop fighting.

Everyone gets a helicopter that runs on children’s laughter.

Gummy bears are free.

Nobody judges anyone for having dumb ideas or lists of demands. (cough)