Occupy Opinions?

[IAmBatman]

I guess I just don't think "we want to fix everything wrong in the financial and government sectors!" is a good rallying cry. Sounds like biting off more than you can chew ...

[robbdaman]

Well you'd be right for sure. But the economy didn't get in this situation overnight and it won't be fixed with any quick solutions but there are a lot of things that could be done to start us down the right path. Unfortunately there is a lot of opposition to the contrary to make things better. LilMoochie's suggestions would be great but making that happen will not be an easy battle. The DemoRepubs government is just one party that exists as a force to help big biz and doesn't listen to its citizens.

[IAmBatman]

Which is why I wish they'd focus on a few small, easier to push for items and rally folks around those, like, say ...

Originally Posted by LilMoochie

1) Overturn of Citizen United decision. This, IMO, has perhaps the darkest implications of any Supreme Court Decision since Dred Scott.

2) "Too big to Fail is too Big to Exist." Reinstatement of Glass-Steagal. This is what got us into this mess in the first place and the first place we should look to keep it from happening again. We're not 5 years out from the bailout and little has changed. I'd be willing to wait at least until Volcker goes into effect but I think that major changes need to happen.

3)Increased tax rate on the top 1% Heck- we don't need to raise it to European levels- just take it to Reagan-era.

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[robbdaman]

Here is also a great article explaining things very well, its not from American mainstream media of course, it takes a foreign source to get facts straight.

[IAmBatman]

That's usually the case, given American media's bent on "infotainment."

[Rich10]

Originally Posted by robbdaman

Here is also a great article explaining things very well, its not from American mainstream media of course, it takes a foreign source to get facts straight.

From the article, it says "US citizens of all political persuasions are still reeling from images of unparallelled police brutality". I'm not minimizing being pepper sprayed (and I don't view pepper spray to be just a food product), but protesters around the world have been killed, tortured and imprisoned. This is hardly "unparallelled police brutality". When an article starts with this sort of bias, its hard to trust anything else in it. I trust this viewpoint no more than I trust Megyn Kelly's.

[IAmBatman]

Honestly, the source did seem to be pretty one-sided and biased. For instance, while it took comments from Occupy participants, there was no sign that comments were even sought from police officials, public officials, etc.