Direct Action

[Daniel Flack]

And tax opinion letters or listen to oligarchy author interview NPR

[Kevinz]

Could you also discuss the following proposal which was sent to this committee via e-mail?

http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?ei ... 5043867734

[Daniel Flack]

Too Big to Jail
Can we all agree that a $1 billion swindle represents a lot of money, and the fact that Citigroup agreed last week to pay a $285 million fine to settle SEC charges for "misleading investors" demonstrates a damning admission of culpability?

So why has Robert Rubin, the onetime treasury secretary who went on to become Citigroup chairman during the time of the corporation's financial shenanigans, never been held accountable for this and other deep damage done to the U.S. economy on his watch?

Rubin's tenure atop the world of high finance began when he was co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, before he became Bill Clinton's treasury secretary and pushed through the reversal of the Glass-Steagall Act, an action that legalized the formation of Citigroup and other "too big to fail" banking conglomerates.

Rubin's destructive impact on the economy in enabling these giant corporate banks to run amok was far greater than that of swindler Bernard Madoff, who sits in prison under a 150-year sentence while Rubin sits on the Harvard Board of Overseers, as chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations and as a leader of the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project.

[uniteordienow@gmail.com]

Daniel,

I want to suggest that you post your 'This is what the enemy looks like' in a new topic! So they we can further discuss who is the 1% and start naming names.

[Daniel Flack]

I apologize did not think it would read so long.

[choyce7]

Boycotting the corporations that have shipped jobs overseas is one way to counter Congress' inability to pass the jobs bill. The only ones I keep hearing about are the Koch's and of course, the big banks. There are so many more, American Express for instance. American Express shipped all their jobs overseas but expect us to pay the bills. The only thing that these corporations care about is money. When will we begin to strategically select and organize boycotts to hit them where they live, their pocketbooks.

[MMclau16]

Hi I just joined this committee and I have some questions. First, what is the policy on being arrested? At a GA I noticed that is being avoided. Is there strategic reason for this? Also, was there a decision reached about where we will occupy?
Thanks,
Meghan T.

[MMclau16]

A boycott is a good idea, so is defunding banks and having everyone move their money into credit unions, but I do not think Occupy has enough public backing to get enough people willing and coordinated enough to make a difference. An action like this is best suited a few months from now when we can really make a stand. For now, I think Occupy must focus on actions that will bring people to the cause and on getting a permanent site for the winter.

[MMclau16]

Also, have we had or do we have plans to get some nonviolence training?

[davidbeltran]

My thoughts.

1. Don't get arrested. Its a waste of time and resources and a tremendous burden to deal with the court system.

2. What is the difference between assembling downtown as opposed to anywhere else in Chicago? More parking, less police presence all seem like advantages to me.

3. How effective is it to camp out downtown everyday vs. every other day vs once a week/ divided by the costs of each. Should we be there everyday? Is the message that much more effective?

4. How effective is the downtown assembly as far as recruiting new people and teaching to new people? It seems a lot of it is preaching to the choir. Campaigns operate with volunteers moving door to door, wheate pastes, interviews. viral marketing. We have to think outside the box.

Thoughts?