The Occupy Movement is vital to the nation: United States is endowed with a lot of immensely rich congressmen who were elected to serve the people. Yet, many of them are all for servicing the rich 1% and corporations and shafting the 99%. We should be welcome at their homes this season to refresh their minds about who elected them. First, to find out where they live; then, to camp outside their homes trusting that, out of the goodness of their hearts, they shower us with food, donations and jobs. Corporations have been declared "people" by the Supreme Court. They need to be reminded too that earning a ten million dollars in one night manipulating stocks, not creating any jobs, and paying only 14% tax (like Romney does) is obscene, not free enterprise.

It is not tax reform, but spending reform that must be first resolved. We cannot coninue to police the planet. It is ridiculous and expensive. Look at spending and solve the problem. Even at 15 %, a person making millions is paying way more than someone paying 22% at 25,000. Think about it. Individual contribution is not insignifcant.

Keep it on Occupy Movement! The nation needs you more than ever. If the Righties win the WH, they'll throw us the 99% under the bus.

While everyone seems to be focused on the national/international levels, local governments everywhere are corrupting politics, as each partisan group has its own ideas about how to repair their communities. Especially difficult is the fact that many local communities are built on histories of housing, education, even employment and health discrimination. Then they seek to start as if everyone is at the same place on the starting line.

Important for the Occupy Movement to keep alive and well till next election. If the Righties win the WH, they'll throw all of us the 99% under the bus.

Too many OWS nut jobs thing they can make a dent into changing our government. I don't think so.
too many of us like our jobs, homes cars and pensions to side with these folks who think they deserve my money for doing nothing. I don't think they make sense. Wall street is not the problem, Lazy people are the problem on the dole.

When are Occupiers going to realize that the real enemy is in Washington DC?

Obama doesn’t want an economic recovery. His plan is to make as many people as possible dependent on government and hopes that they’ll get him re-elected. With his Whitehouse radicals in place, watch video, http://youtu.be/eA2NvAFGrJM he hopes to complete his mission to destroy capitalism and make this country a Muslim nation. Watch video, http://youtu.be/tCAffMSWSzY

stock speculators get an inside tip, they borrow a few millions, they invest at low price, price doubles next morning, they cash out and walk away with millions in net. they don't create any jobs. The politicians of the Right want them to keep all their money while the average worker is taxed at double their rate. that is why the Occupy Movement must keep alive.

We need Tax Reform more than anything in order to get eat country back to Greatness. "Tax Em Like 1938" is my motto and a great battle cry. In 1938 we had 33 tax brackets to cover all classes of income. These brackets ranged from 4% for all income up to $64,000. all the way up to 79% for income over $79,000,000. This is exactly what we need today to bring us out of our Great Recession just as the 33 brackets of 1938 helped bring us out of the Great Depression. "Tax Em Like 1938". God Bless the 99%.

This video sheds some light on how this movement got started. http://youtu.be/8qHmXMMCrlI

Why the occupy movement? Simple: Country's is heading for bankruptcy. There aren’t sufficient funds in Defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and Food Stamps and the pockets of the 99% to balance the budget. Nation is fighting two wars, the tag, $5-trillion; the trade imbalance approaches one-trillion/year, the Debt, 15-trillion, budget deficit, 1.5 trillion. Someone's got to put up the difference: The 99%--the poor and middle class—can't do it alone; they’ve already lost 7-trillion in equity due to the home bubble and bust. The don’t-tax-the-rich aberration sworn to by Republicans leads to bankruptcy and is a job destroyer--like the 10-trillion dollars added to national debt and eight million jobs lost the past eleven years of Bush's tax cuts. Wall St is main beneficiary of the tax cuts. That's why people protest.

It's still the UNACCOUNTABLE, the wealthy briber criminals and the law system bribe taker criminals that are the most criminal of all in this nation.

Start a new political party--the "99%party."

Here is an idea for the movement: March in front of Apple's US headquarters on the West Coast and have them return jobs to the United States of America from China (since the Chinese Govt is allowing the companies their steal ideas and profits anyway) Go to Immokalee Florida and retrain the migrant workers living in squalor there as slaves 15 persons to a dilapidated trailer with one bathroom. They get paid .50 cents a bushel 130 times a day for an amount of tomatoes that would cost the consumer $90.00 a bushel. In 1930 the Labor Leaders allowed Hotel and Farm workers to be exempt form labor laws so the hotel chain lie Marriott could profit form paying low wages and get away with it. Apple has enough cash on hand to buy outright every professional sports team in the USA with still enough cash left over to remain a successful company. Imagine Apple manufacturing in the US retraining the farm workers and educating them to the point where they could actually have a place of their own.

My wife and I are Singer/Songwriters performing in the Seattle area. We wrote a song called "Want Back My Life" that is about us 99 percenters, and we would like to play this song at some Occupy events this Spring. We have a demo. Does anyone know who we should contact?

I see that my earlier Comment concerning The infiltration of our Police Departments With Paid mercenaries ( who are Camoflauged as protectors of the People ) is still ''Alive and well. And the more I see it...and read it ..I Can`t help but wonder if my Words aren`t being misconstrued and Used Against What my Real intent was ..in trying to Warn about the dangers present. It might make some people Think they should View the Police force as a protective force...and Make allowances for their Bad actions towards Our Citizens. NOT a good Thing, That. So, Be aware and be Cautious...but DO Know All do not have Our best interests At heart..But are Only interested in Carrying forward their Own well Laid Plans That have been Put Forth FOR them to Follow. Regardless of Who they Hurt in the Process. In a few words. Not All is as It seems. Beware. The Tide is bound to turn, once the Good Cops Figure out for themselves Who the Bad Guys are...And Start Acting Accordingly ! In the meantime, it is to our Advantage to Keep this A Peaceful Occupying Movement... ( Correct Timing Is of the essence. )

Hey, it's Christmastime. Amid all the noise, of buying and selling, sometimes it's difficult to grasp the reason why so many people still celebrate this particular day. Why his words still survive and resonate today. But you don’t really need to be Christian, or even religious, to understand -and embrace- the idea that "Whatsoever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." But many of the 1%, in blind greed and endless schemes, have forgotten this. They have closed their eyes to what the word "society" should really mean, and what it can mean. But due to Occupy Wall Street, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding m-o-r-e budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured, for all too long. Instead of talking about even m-o-r-e cuts in the taxes of millionaires....we are now talking about fairness and justice - about an economy and a political system that is increasingly run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s going on in this country, and why. The attempt by OWS to occupy Duarte Square (the empty lot owned by Trinity Church) is much more than a plea for sanctuary. For like Zuccotti Park, it’s an attempt to carve out a protected space, a living conscience for the city, amid the repression. A refuge...in a city where control-freaks would sweep us under the rug, and out of the way. In a city where they would pen us in, and try to permit us to death. In a city that tells us to “move on, move on”..... you don’t belong, you don’t count, you don’t have a right to be here...don’t assemble, don’t block the street, don’t trespass, don’t EXIST! They would deny us, deny our lives, deny our very futures. IF WE LET THEM. But OWS responds, both in word and in DEED: it says we’ve had ENOUGH - we BELONG, we STAND our ground, and we DO matter! This IS our land, and we want it BACK! The word OCCUPY...says it all! That’s why OWS has captured our imagination. That’s why a living breathing OCCUPIED public space is important for OWS. Like Lady Liberty’s never extinguished torch that burns in our harbor, OWS needs to have a concrete, persistent, in-your-face presence.. ..to continually remind us of what we’ve lost, of what we are, and what we can be; a protected place to affirm, illuminate, defy...and inspire. Trinity Church, with its oft-proclaimed ideals (and its huge land holdings), should look deep into its collective soul, do the right thing, and help OWS secure a sanctuary. Not merely a space of refuge, but an enclave of hope, of non-violent change, and compassion. And dare I say: a space of love - love of country, love of your fellow man and woman, love for the poor and oppressed. Can thoughtful Christians argue with these simple Christian / these simple HUMAN values? For if Christ were physically with us today, as He was 2000 years ago, He would be among the FIRST to climb those fences, and occupy Trinity’s Duarte Square. Of this I am certain. Let us hope and pray and plea...that Trinity Church -and others- hear the call, and respond. For the old ways are not working. Find a quiet place somewhere, and consider this: Each of us has only one brief life....one chance....one roll of the dice....and many choices. The time has come to choose....to risk...and to act. If not now...then when? If not you, then....who? You DO have the power my friend....and the choice IS yours. Don’t let your hopes and dreams die: LIVE YOUR IDEALS!

For the Sake of the Planet - the 99% (US) are really the Top 5% of the World

Not to take away your thunder but that little tidbit should make the global 1% take notice

And it also makes the top 0.1% even more egregious

History has proven corporations unworthy of self-regulation. Slavery, child labor, dangerous products, hazardous working conditions, 70-hour work weeks, the Great Depression, scab wages and massive pollution all required government intervention. Bought and paid-for politicians of today won't help. Boycott ALL corporations. Form neighborhood co-ops for power, make bread and clothes, plant victory gardens, ride bicycles, carpool, look for natural remedies for sicknesses. Be like the pioneers that developed this great nation, not the corporations who suck it dry. Sliced bread is NOT a "great thing."

Occupy Wall Street should think about how Bolivia ousted privatized water. What if OWS issues an ultimatum such as, "If you don't tax Wall Street 12% and repeal corporate person-hood withing 72 hours, we will immobilize New York City." When Congress fails to do so, OWS blocks all inroads to NYC with junk cars, furniture, tires, rocks, whatever. Corporate-friendly Obama would probably send in troops, who would most likely kill some protestors. But more protestors would arrive to keep up the blockades. Soon Congress would see the point, tax Wall Street and repeal corporate person-hood to restore order. See the movie "Even the Rain" or in Spanish, "Tambien la lluvia." What if?