MAINTAIN FORWARD MOVEMENT THROUGH NON-VIOLENCE!
THIS WILL NOT BE THE FINAL VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT. IT STILL MUST GO THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE UNITED IN SOLIDARITY BEHIND A SINGLE PLAN AS A SHOW OF STRENGTH. THIS IS THAT PLAN.
IT IS NOT PERFECT, BUT IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE.
CRITICAL ACTION STEP:
Print, Copy, Distribute, Post, Hand Out, Read Aloud, and Most Importantly
DELIVER THIS DOCUMENT TO YOUR CONGRESSMEN
WITH SIGNATURES N O W!
I. We, The 99%, In Order To Forge A More Perfect Union, Hereby Decree The Following Solutions Be Enacted Via Constitutional Convention, Effective Immediately:
1. BREAK UP THE BANKING MONOPOLY:
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o CONGRESS PASS HR 1489, RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT. This Reinstates Many Of The Provisions Of The Glass-Steagall Act, Separating Investment Banks from Commercial Banks, etc.
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o Congress Immediately Create A Task Force Consisting of Federal Agents Charged With INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING THOSE BANKERS responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. (Reference documentary film “Inside Job”)
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o Investigate how the Fed determined which assets to purchase in the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
2. CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM & ELIMINATING CORPORATE “PERSONHOOD”:
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o ***CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION Allowing Corporations to Make Campaign Contributions.***
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o Enact Legislation Requiring Corporations To Act, DUALLY, In The Interest of Shareholders AND The Public Good.
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o GRANT POLITICAL CANDIDATES PUBLICLY FUNDED AIRTIME.
o Lower the American corporate tax rate to be among the LOWEST in the world.
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o CONGRESS ENACT “Revolving Door Legislation” BANNING FORMER CORPORATE EMPLOYEES FROM BECOMING GOVERNMENT REGULATORS OR OFFICIALS, AND BARRING THEM FROM ANY POSITION WITH THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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o Enact Legislation Requiring TRANS-NATIONAL corporations (and subsidiaries) doing business in America to apply for PROJECT LICENSES with an expiration date, for every new project and product launch. Fees Shall Be Calculated Using Project’s Scope and Cost and SHALL BE CONSIDERABLE.
3. REVISE THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM:
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o Using the Netherlands as a model, the Whole of America Shall Be ONE District, and Legislative Seats Allocated By the Percentage of Total General Election Votes Received By A Party. Proportional Representation.
4. AUDIT THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE:
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o Expose the Fraud and Unconstitutionality Inherent in The Current System.
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o Close ALL Tax Loopholes So EVERYONE Pays Something.
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o Create an Equitable Income Tax System System, On A Sliding Scale Based On Income, From 1% to 11%.
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o THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS SHALL PAY THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF INCOME TAX, 11%.
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o National Sales Tax On DOMESTICALLY Manufactured Goods Produced by Companies Whose Headquarters are Located WITHIN America Shall Be Locked At 1%.
National Sales Tax On DOMESTICALLY Manufactured Goods Produced by Companies Whose Headquarters are Located OUTSIDE America Shall Be Locked At 3%.
National Sales Tax On IMPORTED Goods Produced by Companies Whose Headquarters are Located WITHIN America Shall Be Locked at 5%.
National Sales Tax On IMPORTED Goods Produced by Companies whose headquarters are Located OUTSIDE America Shall Be Locked at 8%.
State Sales Tax Shall Not Exceed 8%.
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o Declare Inflation a Form of Taxation Without Representation, Making it Illegal and Banning Quantitative Easing.
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o Repeal the Bush era tax cuts.
5. BAN BILL RIDERS, ALSO KNOWN AS “PORK” LEGISLATION.
6. RETURN TO SOUND MONEY:
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o Repeal the Federal Reserve Act AND Abolish the Federal Reserve Bank.
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o Create a NEW central bank (Credit Union) run by ELECTED representatives from the United States. Only Natural Citizens (Not Corporate Persons) Shall Have The Right To Have An Account At The Central Bank.
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o Institute a mint of new Gold-Backed Treasury Dollars and a ban on Federal Reserve Currency AND a BAN on all FIAT Currency.
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o Enact Legislation Requiring The Treasury To Hold Reserves Of Strong Complementary Currencies (Berkshares, Ithaca Hours, Chiemgauers, Bitcoins etc.) in Addition to The Usual Reserve Currencies And Gold. End Fractional Reserve Banking.
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o Enact Legislation requiring an independent audit of the U.S. Treasury.
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o Prohibit Private Banks From Minting, Issuing, or Printing Official ‘United States of America’ Currency. Declare This A Form Of Treason. (Reference: documentary film “The American Dream”.)
7. REPEAL THE PATRIOT ACT.
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o ENACT LEGISLATION DECLARING ANY CIVIL RIGHTS ABUSE OR INFRINGEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES PERPETRATED ON AMERICAN STATE CITIZENS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE AN ACT OF TREASON.
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o Streamline and Consolidate the Process Of Attaining Citizenship, Requiring ALL New Citizens To Attend A Publicly-Funded Year-Long University-Run Citizen’s College. All Minors (Children) In The Country Illegally (Who Are NOT Violent Offenders) Shall Be Automatically Enrolled Into The Citizenship Program. Those Who Do Not Meet The Criteria For Citizenship Or Fail To Complete Citizen’s College Shall Be Deported.
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o REVISE the “Posse Comitatus” Act of 1879 TO PROHIBIT the federal government FROM using the military, INCLUDING MILITARY CONTRACTORS, for law enforcement on American Soil, INCLUDING American Non-Naval Airspace, UNLESS EXPRESSLY CONFRONTED WITH AN ATTEMPTED MILITARY INVASION BY A FOREIGN POWER.
8. INVESTIGATE THE FDA, USDA, AND AMA FOR SUSPECTED TREASONOUS ACTIVITIES FAVORING CORPORATIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WELL-BEING OF NATURAL PERSONS (CITIZENS).
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o Pre-Emptively Declare Codex Alimentarius Treasonous, Illegal, and Unconstitutional.
9. ENACT LEGISLATION PROTECTING THE INTERNET AS A PUBLICTRUST WITH A LAW PROHIBITING POLLUTION AND A LAW PROHIBITING CENSORSHIP.
10. CONGRESS IMMEDIATELY CREATE A TASK FORCE OF FEDERAL AGENTS AND U.S. MARSHALLS CHARGED WITH INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTROLLED DEMOLITION OF BUILDING NUMBER SEVEN, WORLD TRADE CENTER, ON 9/11/2001.
11. DECLARE A FEDERAL BAN ON THE DEATH PENALTY,SUPER-CEDING STATE’S RIGHTS.
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o Abolish private, corporate-run prisons.
12. ALL SCHOOLS THROUGH UNDERGRADUATE FOUR-YEARCOLLEGE SHALL NOW BE PUBLICLY FUNDED AND TUITION SHALL BE FREE FOR STUDENTS WHOSE APPLICATIONS HAVE EARNED THEM ADMITTANCE AND WHOSE GRADES AND CONDUCT ARE CURRENTLY IN GOOD STANDING. FORMERLY PRIVATE SCHOOLS SHALL NOW BE CHARTER SCHOOLS ON A SLIDING TUITION SCALE BASED ON INCOME AND MERIT.
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o All Pre-Existing Domestic Student Loans Shall Be Subject To 50% Total Dollar Amount Forgiveness. The Remaining 50% Shall Be Subject to A Fixed Interest Rate of 2% As Well As Subject to Income Contingent Payback Over A Twenty-Five Year Term.
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o Enact Legislation Requiring ALL American Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) programs have REQUIRED courses in Ethics, Ecology, and Sustainability in addition to law courses.
13. ENACT LEGISLATION REDUCING THE MAXIMUM YEARLYGOVERNMENT SPENDING LIMIT FOR THE SO-CALLED “BLACK BUDGET”.
14. OFFER TAX INCENTIVES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TALLEST SKYSCRAPERS AND LARGEST ARCOLOGIES UNDER THE CATEGORY OF INTENSIFICATION OF USE.
15. ENACT LEGISLATON REQUIRING THE GOVERNMENTACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE TO ADMINISTER A PUBLIC WEBSITE TRACKING EVERY DOLLAR OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING, DOWN TO DEPARTMENTS, INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE, AND CONTRACTS.
16. LEGISLATE A GENEROUS MINIMUM LIVING WAGE FOR ALL ESSENTIAL SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER PERSONNEL; SOCIAL WORKERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIREFIGHTERS, EMT’S, JANITORS, SCHOOL TEACHERS, ETC. AND MAKE THE NEW PENSIONS RETROACTIVE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM THEIR POSITIONS AND ARE STILL ALIVE.
17. CONGRESS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME HEALTH CARE PLAN OR SYSTEM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SUBJECT TO, WHATEVER THAT SYSTEM MAY BE.
18. REPEAL THE SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION WITH REGARD TO STATE CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
19. ENACT LEGISLATION REQUIRING ALL BUSINESSES TO MAINTAIN APROFIT-SHARING PLAN OF SOME KIND WITH EMPLOYEES.
20. REQUIRE GENERAL MOTORS AND DELPHI TO PAY RETIRED SALARIED NON-EXECUTIVES THEIR FULL ENTITLED PENSIONS. Government should not have access to, or be administering, any private sector employee retirement funds.
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o Legislate Pension & Retirement Reform For Private Companies. No More Hundred Million Dollar Pensions For Executives While Pensions of Non-Executive Workers Get Cut.
21. DRAFT A PLAN TO REFORM ENTITLEMENTS, ENACTING LEGISLATION THAT ANY CHANGES MUST HAPPEN GRADUALLY OVER A PERIOD OF FORTY YEARS TO PROTECT CURRENT RETIREES.
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o Changes To Unemployment Benefits Shall Take Place Immediately; Shortening The Maximum Length of Time One Can Receive Unemployment Benefits Per Claim, While ALSO Setting A Universal Living Wage Amount Regardless of Prior Working Wages. The Living Wage Amount Shall Be An Average of The Total Pool Of Benefits Of All Those Currently Receiving Benefits.
22. REPEAL THE BAN ON THE COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP. HEMP CAN BE USED IN A VARIETY OF WAYS INCLUDING MATERIALS FOR CLOTHING THAT ARE SUPERIOR IN DURABILITY TO COTTON, AS WELL AS FOOD, ROPE, NUCLEAR DECONTAMINATION, PAPER, CONCRETE, AND BIOFUELS.
23. NATIONALIZE THE SHAMEFUL AMERICAN OIL-REFINERIES. (Reference: Price of Gasoline in Venezuela)
24. LEGISLATE FORECLOSURE PROTECTION FOR AMERICAN HOMEOWNERS.
25. At the very least, we must have a referendum so the people can vote on the single biggest economic policy change in our lifetime. And there have been several changes.
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