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[Edited by Travlin]
If I were part of the movement (and I’m not) I would advocate for making "Prosecute the Fraud" as the first or one of the first demands. We’ve all made mistakes (of commission and omission) but only some of us have committed actual crimes. Let’s start there by prosecuting the frauds that are currently illegal (starting with the biggest frauds and working our way down the food chains). The system has to be either reformed (which begins with prosecution) or it has to be replaced. Demanding prosecutions would be a good way to help us decide if reform is possible, or if replacement will be required.
Secondly, prosecution is one of the few steps that could be taken without educating and moving millions of people. All it would take is one courageous public servant here (an order by the President) or there (the NY Attorney General, the US AG, the FBI Director, the SEC Chairman). This would be a clear litmus test as to who we should vote for or against.
Third, prosecutions would have a huge deterrent effect on those who thrive on ripping us and the system off. This is something we could build on. Besides, who could be against "Prosecute the Fraud"? I know, I know. Bush and Obama, Greenspan and Bernanke, Geithner and Paulson, and Holder: they’re all opposed to prosecuting the fraud. But that makes them obvious targets for replacement, doesn’t it.
Who in America CAN’T understand "Prosecute the Fraud?" Who in America, the Tea Party, the left or the right, the students and the retired, or the OWS movement wouldn’t be heartened and energized by seeing a huge wave of prosecutions begin? Think of how many aspiring future national leaders would see this as their ticket to higher office and jump into it with both feet?
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Thc
I love the brilliant simplicity of your proposal. It is exactly what is needed. You have a very clever mind.
Travlin