(11 links, 3 photos) OCCUPY WALL STREET should demand that decision makers choose between their government jobs and their corporate affiliations. Corporations got tax cuts and bail-outs while Americans got left out. To reverse that, only one change is necessary: DEMAND THAT ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS DIVEST THEMSELVES OF CORPORATE STOCK. Three main reasons for America's economic woes are wars, mass incarceration, and outsourcing jobs to prisons and overseas. Corporations benefit by all of these. Officials are not inclined to vote against their own wallets and stock portfolios. Decision makers who own stock that performs best during wars or because of high incarceration benefit by continuing those conditions. That is why wars escalate, environmental protections suffer, and corporate interests are prioritized over Americans regardless of what political party is dominant or the races of decision makers. Simply put, our representatives and other decision makers ARE the 1%.
America has many problems, but only ONE SOLUTION that will address them all. Our elected and appointed officials must DIVEST themselves of corporate stock or RESIGN from office. Few people are patriotic or humane enough to vote against government actions that are earning them millions. It constitutes a major conflict of interest for decision makers who own or invest in corporations to vote for or against government programs that impact corporate earnings.
ELECTED AND APPOINTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD DIVEST THEMSELVES OF CORPORATE STOCK OR WE THE PEOPLE SHOULD DEMAND THEIR RESIGNATIONS.
DIVEST OR RESIGN! DIVEST OR RESIGN!
Choose ye this day whom ye will serve - the People or international corporations. You have proved you cannot serve both.
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other" - Matt. 6:24. Americans are in this grievous position because decision makers serve their bank accounts rather than constituents. As corporate owners and stockholders, they have a serious conflict of interest representing the People. Remove the conflict and eliminate the problem. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves [and us] through with many sorrows ~ 1 Timothy 6:10.Today I am with the Occupy Wall Street Atlanta protesters in the 100 block of Peachtree Street in Troy Davis Park, as it was renamed by the Occupy Atlanta. It was formerly Woodruff Park. Mayor Reed announced that he will not order Occupy Atlanta protesters forcibly removed until Monday, October 17 in order to prevent their removal from casting a negative shadow on the dedication ceremony of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Memorial in Washington, D.C. on October 16. Having people speak at the King Memorial who have no interest in protecting or promoting peace or civil and human rights, especially for blacks, already overshadows the event.
Discuss Occupy Atlanta on television. Fred V-Mann's "PrimeTime Good News" live TV show Wednesday, October 19. Internet Access at http://www.peopletv.org/ from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. EST. The call-in number is (404) 873-0149. Guests are welcome to come to the studio for the show at 190 14th Street, Atlanta, GA. (Take the 10th- 14th St. exit located near Georgia Tech.)
As America's economy is deliberately "flattened" so that corporations can pay equivalent wages in America as in Africa, India and China, unemployment and homelessness are prevalent problems. Learn about Atlanta Task Force at this link: http://www.homelesstaskforce.org/programs.html . See the entire article suggesting that DIVEST OR RESIGN become Occupy's demand at this link - "Occupy Wall Street Protest Demand" http://marylovesjustice.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-protest-demand.html
And the LORD said, Behold, the people is ONE, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do ~Genesis 11:6.
