The Coffee Party has floated a draft of their position paper for public comment, and I’m going to share my comments here as well as with them.
The fourth paragraph of the Executive Summary reads: “The Citizens Intervention campaign will include the development of a grassroots Citizens Lobby based in Washington DC, promoting lobbying activities online and at the district-level.” Really? What the heck is “a grassroots Citizens Lobby,” and why would I put it on K Street? K Street lobbyists are a major part of the problem, and they have no part in the solution. I want my representatives to listen to me; not to anyone’s lobbyists.
The next paragraph identifies three primary legislative goals. Well, neither Party is going to lift a finger to reform campaign laws to limit fund raising from special interests, and money talks. Therefore, neither Party is going to seriously reform banking and Wall Street oversight laws; nor will they seriously transform the tax code. These folks are already on the hook and the hooks are deeply set.
Farther down, they list two steps on the “path to restoring democracy.” I’ve just said why I don’t give the first step much credence UNLESS we first and effectively take the second step. We need to change the existing culture and take personal responsibility for who we allow to represent us. Sifting through the misinformation from both Parties is a challenge, but clearly we can no longer depend on them.
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We accept that neither Exxon nor BP will clean up the oil business, and that neither GM nor Ford will transform the auto industry, but we want to work with the Democratic and Republican Parties to transform politics? Really? Seems like a waste of time. It’s said that no man can serve two masters, and Party hacks are boring anyway.
We need to work on pushing for open primary elections. We need to support local candidates whose first allegiance is to their constituents, and to promote those who maintain that commitment throughout their tenure. Bernie Sanders is ideal, but I can live with Ron Paul or Heath Shuler or maybe even Joe Lieberman. (Besides, only Heath Shuler actually represents me… and I wasn’t serious about Joe Lieberman.)
We can be doing Occupy Wall Street demonstrations ten years from now, or we can start working the problem. If I’m going to invest my seventh decade in political activism, I’d rather we accomplish something.
I’m on your team
Good to see you posting again!!!!!!!!! I tend to agree with you — as usual! I’m ‘occupying’ as I can’t think of a better way to get it across that we’re tired of the irresponsible GOP and the people that have bought them.
I agree with you. I think the main answer is finding candidates to run for office for the goals which we believe are important. The tea party got power when they got enough of those with their beliefs to take over the House. We need to take it back with candidates who have progressive beliefs. The demonstrations are all very well but they don’t vote or get rid of the leaders who are paying minimal (no more than they must) attention to this. We need to change who those leaders are. So we support those who support things like universal health care, concern for the environment, getting out of wars we have no business being in, using morality in our government which means we don’t torture, supporting our returning soldiers, working on jobs, regulating Wall Street, fair taxation, and staying out of people’s personal lives when their actions don’t hurt others. etc etc etc.
AQ–I think it takes both: the demonstrator to get people to thinking and the honest-to-gosh candidate to run. Until/unless we put forth candidates with the best interest of all of the people at heart, we will continue to have office holders who are bought and paid for to do what’s in the best interest of the affluent and big businesses.