Yes, this list of demands is different than the prior ones.
It is more polished, more coherent. Political pros no doubt were involved in writing this one.
I think that David Axelrod and the AFL-CIO are directing OWS, whether the protesters realize that fact or not. And they are being aligned for use in conjunction with Obama’s re-elect strategy.
But I still think planks like “getting the money out of politics” and “easing the student debt burden” will have broad appeal amongst the great mushy middle out there.
Michael Parsons, Facilitator of the OWS Working Group on the 99% Declaration
Need some research into who this guy is.
All I can find is:
http://www.skgf.com/professionals.php?PeopleID=353
Fits the profile of someone who could write this. Obviously the writing is drawing in a lot of people with a libertarian bent - esp. the first four points.
I’m anxious to see when the reference to union campaign funding in I. is removed. Unless that’s removed, this document is dead in the water.
Bits of red meat for those on the left/middle/right of the political spectrum are being tossed out as bait. That’s not a coincidence.
I’m finding it a bit bizarre that this document was crafted by an “OWS Working Group”, yet there’s not one mention of Wall Street in the entire piece.
The movement thus far has been about punishing rich people like Wall Street bankers. That’s what most of the protestors THINK their complaint is.
But now that the crowd is all riled up and in place, the focus shifts off Wall Street and to the Obama re-election agenda. The Wall Street rabble, as was suspected, is being used as pawns in a media campaign.
Clever, but not clever enough not to see through.