Herb Riede's Blog

Have you actually read the Occupy Declaration? I don't think the goal is just fixing what has gone wrong by making people pay their fair share and getting people back to work and general economic and social fairness, but fixing it permanently.

The declaration says "THEY" often. Who are "THEY"? It's not Millionaires - it's CORPORATIONS.

What action would permanently address every point in the Declaration??

Perhaps a constitutional amendment permanently reversing parts of, any or all Supreme Court "Corporate Personhood" decisions:
- Citizens United v. FEC
- Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad
- Dartmouth College v. Woodward
is required.

Specifically, I can imagine demands/effects such as:

- The ability of a state to revoke a corporate charter (Corporate death penalty)
- The invalidation of Corporate "personhood" and revocation of all Constitutional protections given to corporations given to people unless specifically spelled out as "and corporations"
- The revocation of board member and executive immunity from criminal liability and shareholders from financial liability
- The permanent banning of corporations for use in government, politics and healthcare.
- The ending of the idea of "non-profit corporations", as the correct designation here is Tax Exempt Corporation, 501(c)3. Associations, Charters and Trusts without corporate structure should be revisited, and charitable works shouldn't model itself after Bank of America.

These are dramatic, far reaching demands that would remake the country, our economy and the world.

But it's a starting point for conversation.

//IMHO//