A look at populism: the right wing - tea party - version and the left-wing - Occupy - version.

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1. The Left/Liberals, being intrinsically inclusive, is troubled by the presence of Movement to Amend,

which, in its current configuration, has NO reciprocal for the damage that over-turning Citizens United WILL do to Labor. In terms of the Left in general, that's kind of a "kill them all, let God sort them out" attitude, but, in terms of the Left/Liberals within the Occupy & 99% Spring, that abrogation of the responsibility for strengthening VERTICALITY between Corporations and Unions (by trying to return Labor to its old POWER -LE$$$$$$$$$$$$$ condition pre CU) is a violation of the horizontal principles NECESSARY to an authentic people's movement. So, while those of us in the Occupy movement, look at a "Left" that is not only acting VERTICALLY in association with a Movement to Amend that appears to be hostile to Labor, we also see that the whole movement is also attacked aggressively no matter which way it moves.

The general public perception is that the Occupy is "tooo Left".
There is a strong perception, NOT necessarily within the movement itself, that it is too Right, because of constraints upon its address to Labor, which constraints, amongst other things, are the product of a Movement to Amend that does not address the systemic issues that CAUSED Corporate Personhood.

MTA seeks to treat symptoms EXCLUSIVELY and NOT causes. Ask yourself WHY.