Occupy Your Free Time, I mean Wall Street

Unless you either don’t have a television or the internet, you are aware that there exists this movement called “Occupy Wall Street”.

What is the official goal of “Occupy Wall Street”? you ask, great question.  The answer to this question is the largest problem with this movement. 

Wikipedia says:

Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City^[5] based in Zuccotti Park, formerly "Liberty Plaza Park". The protest was originally called for by the Canadian activist^[6] group Adbusters; it took inspiration from the Arab Spring movement (particularly the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, which initiated the 2011 Egyptian Revolution) and from the Spanish Indignants.^[7][8]
The participants of the event are mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government, among other concerns.^[9][10] Adbusters states that, "Beginning from one simple demand – a presidential commission to separate money from politics – we start setting the agenda for a new America."^[11] The protest's organizers hope that the protesters themselves will formulate their own specific demands, expecting them to be focused on "taking to task the people who perpetrated the economic meltdown."^[12][13][14]

The problem is the lack of clarity and communication of their goal which in the end is a great goal that would help rescue this nation.  I have voiced this goal many times for many months and maybe years (my memory and willingness to search my blog is lacking). 

The goal is to separate MONEY from POLITICS.  Until we do this, our politicians will NOT have OUR best interests in mind; they will have their re-election interests in mind which is accomplished with MONEY.  Politicians obtain re-election MONEY by doing what those with the MONEY (very wealthy people and corporations) want them to do.

I agree that our government and Wall Street culture are bending us over and making us squeeeeeeel like a pig. I also support the ultimate goal of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement but I don’t think their method nor their lack of organization is going to get anything done.

What they are doing is kind of like praying, “Prayer: How to do nothing and still think you’re helping.” What they need to do is support initiatives like http://www.getmoneyout.com/ or start grass root organizations to elect officials that are pro campaign finance reform or public campaign finance reform.

Until we separate the MONEY from our political system, occupying wall street is going to do jack shit.  Hold on that’s wrong, it does give a lot of fodder for the “Talking Heads.”