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[RainDog]

44. The 99% should support basic minimum income

This covers everyone. IN ADDITION to this - the issue of reparations can be addressed. Also - Jubilee for student loan debt. Banks were bailed out. Hedge fund managers make money being able to call "first" by seconds on transactions - they don't deserve to make more money than a teacher, btw, in my opinion.

Traders really do NOTHING to add to the quality of life in this nation while teachers serve an essential function. Same for police and firefighters. Let our taxes be used to pay professions and expect professionals to do them. That's how to attract talent and retain it - not attacking teachers, etc.

Let the richest in this nation deal with the reality that they're better off moving toward such policies rather than living with their current fear that the 99% are talking, metaphorically, about guillotines (including me.)

The current situation is SO out of balance. Something must be done - and it can be done willingly, or it can be done by other means.

I encourage other nations to take similar actions - for instance, the wealth among the few in the middle east due to oil.

We need to overthrow the mindset of the oil barons and move on to communities building infrastructure for their own energy, water and food needs. It's time for a change. Those who would hold others back by insisting on special treatment for their industry should, if a god existed, drop dead with such statements.

If those in positions of power cannot feel the push back coming - they're out of touch and out of time.

Part of this change, btw, is legalization of hemp (and marijuana) because of the symbolic issue, and b/c of the reality of biomass as better than petrol for products, etc.