dagblog - Comments for ""Dear 1%..." Does there need to be more?"

I think you're right.

erica20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:22:48 +0000

In reply to I was not frustrated about

I think you're right.

It already was--they called

erica20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:08:05 +0000

In reply to It's going to be Republican

It already was--they called it the Tea Party, and Democrats are just lucky that the Republicans screwed it up so badly....

Restoring that prosperity

Dan Kervick — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:15:26 +0000

In reply to comparing the general

Restoring that prosperity trajectory will require some serious redistribution, because the fundamental cause of the collapse is decades of a widening income gap, which first buried people under debt, and then finally led to a meltdown of the purchasing power of ordinary Americans.

There are obviously no

Verified Atheist — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:48:00 +0000

In reply to When do they have the

There are obviously no "independent" primaries, but there are Green primaries, Constitution Party primaries, etc. Of course, if we want to have successful third parties… (you know where I'm going with that)

I was not frustrated about

synchronicity — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:31:03 +0000

In reply to "Dear 1%..." Does there need to be more?

I was not frustrated about trying to get 2/3 majority to agree on vision, mission, and goals because we weren't even voting that night. I was frustrated because the facilitator did not seem to understand the distinction and why one comes before another and she had us talking about them all at once.

I really hope that the Occupy movement never releases any 'demands'. I think that idea was generated from the media and I hope they don't play into it. It feels much more powerful to choose vision, mission, and goals and move forward and let the politicians and the wealthy try to stop us or persuade us to accept less than what we have decided to accomplish.

This is going to take patience and persistence.

How do you like that? It took

Richard Day — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:17:05 +0000

In reply to we are poor but honest

How do you like that?

It took me two hours....two frickin hours to properly respond to this. hahahahaha

It's going to be Republican

Dan Kervick — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:39:54 +0000

In reply to The moment to know when it

It's going to be Republican candidates who do it before the clueless and slow-witted no-drama Obama gets around to it.

Re: Money, Power and

MrSmith1 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:36:47 +0000

In reply to "Dear 1%..." Does there need to be more?

Re: Money, Power and Political Influence

Dear 1%,

You've taken too much. Put some of it back.

Sincerely,

The 99%

P.S. Do it now and avoid us having to be-head you later.

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That's as simple as I can make it.

Gee, I was just going to say

erica20 — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:02:53 +0000

In reply to It becomes difficult going

Gee, I was just going to say "baby steps," because for a lot of the 99% it IS about money, or at least about making a living. So it's a little early for "Occupy Capitalism," even if Trope wishes for more...

Different people in the 99% have different priorities, but I'd say that since the group is called Occupy Wall Street, there's something there about asking for more fairness in the way the money is made. The 99% would be more likely to sign onto that...

The moment to know when it

Elusive Trope — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:26:42 +0000

In reply to The 99% concept is brilliant.

The moment to know when it has arrived is when some politician in an election race goes to the mic and says "I'm a 99%." The moment to know when the movement has power when said politician unseats an incumbent - primary or, dare one say, a general election.