OWS - Top 3 objectives

[Klukie]

Objectives that I would like to become reality.

1. Reinstate Glass-Steagall

2. Campaign Finance Reform

3. Overturn Citizens United

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Disagree.

All the objectives occur in the same plane.

[Klukie]

3. How so?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

7. Indeed.

[secondwind]

2. Nice....edit Steagull and put an "a" there instead of the 'u' ....

[Klukie]

4. Thanks...I always want to make it a u!

[TheWraith]

5. Maybe the OP wants to regulate glass seagulls.

Like those little knickknacks. :D

[Klukie]

8. Ooh...I probably would regulate all knickknacks given the chance

:D

[seabeyond]

6. seems like the top three to me. good choice. nt

[banned from Kos]

9. you can't repeal a SCOTUS decision (thankfully)

because Roe, Griswold, Brown, others would be up for repeal.

and Dodd-Frank is far stronger than G-S.

[Klukie]

12. If you can't repeal it then what could be done to overturn it?

And how is Dodd-Frank stronger than G-S?

[banned from Kos]

15. you have to change the Supreme Court justices who voted for C-U out

and then challenge it (hopefully after a new law is enacted to prevent corporate funding of campaigns is passed).

this is the problem the right has always had with Roe v. Wade. Roe is settled law like C-U is now.


On Dodd-Frank, it is far reaching. It regulates the Credit Raters, for instance (makes them legally liable for bad ratings). D_F has Elizabeth Warren's CFPB in it, while G-S did nothing for consumers. Mush more....

[Klukie]

16. Still, I would much rather see commercial and investment banks

as separate entities.

[Kennah]

13. True, but you can override it - Dred Scott and 14A

[defendandprotect]

10. Meanwhile, let's remember this is also about our candidates SELLING themslves

and our government to corporations/elites --

There are two ways to stop this --

one of them is to prevent candidates from SELLING themsleves and our government

to elites/corporations!

Good question to be asking candidates now is ...

"Who did you SELL yourself to today?" --

[Rabblevox]

11. Three good ones, but to me the absolute top is...

KILL ALL FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS!!!

[On the Road]

14. Excellent -- Thank You

This is a good list.

[PDittie]

17. Fairness, Justice, and Jobs

Fairness: Tax the wealthiest one per cent. Roll back the Bush tax cuts.

Justice: Prosecute the banksters.

Jobs: A national infrastructure rebuilding program modeled on the WPA during the Roosevelt administration would be even better than Obama's jobs bill.