I think what Michael Moore said is right on. Gathering the crowd is what's happening- Wisconsin, NYC - making it spread... Great that he, Amy Goodman, Cornell West are in attendance getting mainstream media to pay attention to a developing movement. Your list is great, we need a movement to make them policy. Perry
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Lichty, Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been watching and producing media for the Occupy Movement, and from my > experience, there is a represented lack of focus in the media, which isn't > entirely true when you get to the meetings. But this is democracy in > action. What I want to do is just throw my two cents in and offer my > suggestions for demands. > > Capitalism exhausts itself. After so long, the concentration of wealth > becomes so egregious that it has to be overthrown and redistributed. In > Jeffersonian terms, this is the revolution every 40 years or so, but in the > States, this looks like the breaking of the monopolies in the late 1800's. > What we need is a redistribution of wealth, protection of standards of > living, and provisions for general welfare. Could these include: > > 1: Institution of Pre-Reagan taxation levels, or perhaps even > Eisenhower-era levels. Before Reagan, rates on the uppermost tiers were > anywhere from 90% (Esienhoer) to far above #0+% for post-Reagan) > 2: Reinstate a 35% Capital Gains tax. > 3: Nationalize Medicine and Insurance > 4: Institute wage disparity legislation. For example, make it illegal for > the top management to make more than 40 times that of the janitor, instead > of 300 times. > 5: Demand that companies delink pensions from the Market, including > TIAA-CREF for academics. > 6: Abandon Free Trade. Re-institute import tariffs to equalize labor > valuation between the US and exporter nations. > 7: Institute labor tariffs upon outsourcing companies. > 8: Eliminate outcomes-based education and focus on a balanced curriculum > with greater emphasis on arts and humanities. > 9: Greater public support for Culture. > 10: Demand a national mass rail infrastructure > 11: Demand more aggressive conversion to renewable energy forms. > 12: In times of surplus, either pay down the debt, or create a Federal nest > egg for recessions. > > > Patrick Lichty > Asst. Professor > Dept of Interactive Arts & Media > Columbia College Chicago > 916/1000 S. Wabash Ave #104 > Chicago, IL USA > "Sometimes you do things not for the logic of them, but only for the fact > that it is the right thing to do, and that is all." > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- www.perrybard.net http://dziga.perrybard.net
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