Why OWS Should Endorse
A Constitutional Amendment
to end corporate personhood
A Constitutional Amendment to
end corporate personhood
will reverse the Supreme Court’s insideous
Citizens United decision, ending the absurd
legal fiction that corporations are persons.
The General Assembly’s OWS Declaration
of the Occupation of New York City states
that a democratic government derives its just
power from the people, not from corporations.
In the the ABC/Washington Post poll –
85%of Democrats oppose Citizens United.
81% of independents oppose Citizens United.
76% of Republicans oppose Citizens United.
So if OWS endorses this amendment,
OWS will gain immediate widespread
support across the political spectrum !
Starting with 83% support means that we
begin our quest – requiring no efforts or
time wasted “educating” or “convincing”
In the the PFAW Poll -
85% of voters say that corporations have
too much influence over the political system today.
77% think Congress should support an amendment
to limit the amount corporations can spend on elections.
74% say that they would be more likely to vote for
a candidate for Congress who pledged to support a
such a Constitutional Amendment.
No other OWS goal or demand starts
with this kind of
overwhelming support.
The Prohibition movement started as a disjointed effort by
conservative teetotalers who thought the consumption of
alcohol was immoral. They remained a minority until they
sought support from the liberals – many of whom
considered alcohol partially responsible for spousal
and child abuse. Together, they decided to concentrate
on one issue nationally – a constitutional amendment.
They pressured all politicians to sign a pledge to support
the amendment. Any who did not, they defeated at the
ballot box. Within just 17 months they were successful
in getting ¾ of the state legislatures to ratify the constitutional
amendment into law. Eight other amendments took less than
a year to pass and the 26th, granting 18-year-olds the right
to vote, took less than 4 months.
A Constitutional Amendment to end corporate personhood
will be relatively easy to pass using the unified approach
in the Prohibition amendment model– and taking advantage
of the pre-existing83% support.
A Constitutional Amendment to end corporate personhood
will immediately overturn court decisions like Citizens United
that have handed our political system and our politicians
over to the rich organizations.
A Constitutional Amendment to end corporate personhood
will enable additional, powerful campaign finance laws
that will get big and anonymous money out of politics,
sapping the power of the plutocracy to control the
peoples’ elections, the peoples’ government
and the people.
Then we can elect representatives that can accurately
represent the people.
Government of the people,
by the people, for the people
To sum up, when OWS endorses
a Constitutional Amendment to end corporate personhood,
OWS will get instant, massive support from the left,
the right and the center. The amendment will sap
corrosive corporate power and enable us to elect
representatives only beholden to
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Join us at the Restore Democracy Working Group
http://www.nycga.net/groups/restore-democracy/
See the entire plan and supporting evidence at
http://bit.ly/vK2pGI .
DEMOCRACY IS FOR SALE
ONLY IF YOUR INACTION ALLOWS IT !