Posted on 10/04/2011 4:37:49 AM PDT by Libloather
Protest time: Support the Occupy Wall Street movement and a new American Spring
By Brent Budowsky - 10/03/11 09:45 AM ET
I propose that the entire liberal, labor, civil rights, equal rights, environmental, pay equity and women's movements put their full force behind the Occupy Wall Street movement and its new counterpart in Washington. In recent months I have been calling for major marches for powerful change. I believe this new surge of all-American protest could be the beginning of a new American Spring that could rejuvenate the progressive and populist movements and win majority support throughout the nation.
The Occupy Wall Street movement does not have a clear agenda or clear leaders, which is perfectly fine. Therefore I am not endorsing every single action every member of the movement might take. I am endorsing a full mobilization of the entire progressive movement to join the cause and take the case throughout America.
Now Bank of America takes the abuse of middle-income and poor Americans to new levels with its grotesque new debit card fees.
First these financial institutions made huge money from the crimes and scams of the financial crash. Then they paid themselves gigantic salaries for causing the crash. Then they begged American taxpayers to bail them out for the crash. Then they paid themselves gigantic bonuses during and after the crash.
They caused and profited mightily from the crash; they asked average Americans to pay for the crash through the scams that caused it; through the bailout; then through Mafia-like interest rates on many credit cards; then by laying off many of their own workers; and now by charging new fees.
The above is a short, partial list of what Americans are being forced to endure in our Grapes of Wrath economy by those who made Gilded Age fortunes from this epic disaster. And then perpetuated their power through massive campaign donations to politicians, mostly Republicans but also some Democrats.
It is time for change; real change. It is time for protest; strong protest. It is time for patriotism; real patriotism where the many Americans are no long ripped off by the few. It is time to mobilize, organize, rally, to stand in the streets with signs and register to vote in elections.
I propose that tens of millions of progressives, liberals, true populists, workers, unions, the liberal blogosphere, women, civil rights supporters, equal-rights advocates and environmentalists join this movement in full force, now, today, and begin a new American Spring for our country.
Oh yes, it does.
The "Occupy Wall Street" protesters have listed 13 proposed demands from their website.
**SNIP**
Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
Demand thirteen: Allow all workers to sign a ballot at any time during a union organizing campaign or at any time that represents their yeah or nay to having a union represent them in collective bargaining or to form a union.
If you get a 'guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment', there will be no need for unions. Goofballs.
This astroturf movement payed for by Soros and manned by unemployable slackers is just what the American people need to see.
These are the idiots that want to bankrupt our future. Hold them up to the light so we can all get a good look!
How could it??? THAT kind of ‘demonstration’ is needed in countries where there is no representative government and people have to make themselves heard in the only way available to them. Then it ALMOST makes sense.
In a country like the U.S. where free elections are regularly held, THAT kind of ‘demonstration’ is nothing more than civil disorder and criminal trespass, etc.
If you want to make your views known in the U.S., get your a&^ to the polling place on election day. If you don't like the result of the election, just live with the consequences until the NEXT election!!!! IT'S CALLED DEMOCRACY...USE IT OR STFU!
These idiots voted for Obama now they wonder why they dont have jobs.
The comparrison is scary. Just when we thought communism was dead.
Demand three: Guaranteed living wage income regardless of employment.
They don’t want jobs. They just want an income.
It is time for patriotism; real patriotism where the many Americans are no long ripped off by the few.
Um...isn’t that “real socialism?”
Let there be no doubt where “The Hill” is comming from. These socialists see this as a classic Kerensky Menshevik vs Bulshitviks style movement. Trouble is nobody seems aware enough to sound the alarm
no wonder the author feels a kinship with the zombie impersonators.
Matthews I think interviewed one last night asking one what policies he wants out of Washington and he replied that he and many others are communists and anarchists and cant talk about fixes because they just want to bring down the system to 'end it all'.
Meanwhile you get liberals calling this the liberal tea party. Typical Obama voters.
When we see deals like TARP and Solyndra, you have to admit that the guy does have a point. I suspect that our ends, a constitutional republic, and their ends, a communist paradise, radically diverge at this point however.
Apparently the only gray matter between his ears is five pounds of boiled oatmeal.
Libs love to complain about TARP but I never hear them complain about Solyndra.
As I predicted in 2008 TARP gives them an endless excuse for handouts :"You bailed out the banks so...." (which is why they went along with it I guess)
The worst part is that these people are as sensible as anyone in the Democrat party these days.
Most of the “flee baggers” look like they could use a multivitimin.
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