FairTax

November 21, 2011 at 8:49 am.

Categories: Open Mic

Have the organizers of Occupy Wall Street looked into the FairTax Act, or is there another fair tax base that they are proposing? We need to have a goal or some sort of solution, to aim for, alternatives to the existing tax basis that is totally lopsided and allows loopholes for the rich. From what I have seen of the FairTax Act it is simple and fair. If this isn’t agreeable, what can we propose what are some of the goals?

WandaKay

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One Response to “FairTax”

Jeanne November 21, 2011

I want to welcome you to a group discussing Occupying Political Action. We believe there are concrete steps that Occupy Oakland can be taking to bring about real and lasting change in our community. We feel that we are not alone in wanting Occupy Oakland to come up with goals and to take steps to realize these them. We think that it has become necessary to engage local political groups, the media, for-profit, and non-profit entities so that we may have our collective grievances addressed.

This is purely a discussion group! We would not work autonomously from Occupy Oakland. Instead we would work together to propose ideas in order to guide Occupy Oakland towards becoming more politically engaged with the world that exists outside of the GA bubble.

The topics that I will have prepared, but that we no means have to follow, are: What specific demands do Occupy movements around the World share in common? How are Occupy movements successfully working with-in the law to meet these demands, and how can their demands/strategies be adapted for the specific needs of the Occupy Oakland? As a framework for this discussion I have chosen the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, the first official release of demands from Occupy Wall Street. I have done so because it is fitting to honor the city in which this all began. Also, as demands go, these are pretty bad-ass.

I would like to meet Tuesdays @730PM at Le Bateau Ivre located on the corner of Telegraph and Carleton, across from Andronico’s 2629 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, California.http://www.lebateauivre.net/

I’m the blond with the tiny laptop.

Amanda

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