Excellent to see we can post as anons few sites allow this these days.

I am supportive of this attempt to occupy Wall Street, and other financial centres,
however I do agree with other posters regarding the lack of a common cause... so I shall make a few suggestions - some of which have undoubtedly been made. do what you like with them. feel free to skip over anything that seems to much of a rant.

Remove from corporations the legal status as a 'person' as this, combined with the obligation of the corporation to act in the best interest of its investors (read itself), defines an unusual sort of 'person'
- one without any conscience, and little obligation to society. The only rights a corporation should have are the rights of the individuals which make up said organisation.

Demand that decision makers consider alternative to spending trillions of taxpayer dollars to maintain 'business as usual' and question the commitment to endless 'economic growth'. for example 'Is the current economic system stable?' As far as I know, any system in which some quantity becomes an unbounded exponential (as would be the case with endless 'growth') is the very definition of an unstable system.

Another question: is endless growth sustainable? As we live on a finite planet, with a finite energy budget, carrying capacity (ability to support population), and a finite amount of accessible resources,
it would appear that this is not the case. and this isn't even mentioning the damage done to natural resources by 'economic activity' - damage of which the true cost is hardly taken into account.

So why do our politicians and media constantly make the case for perpetual economic growth, and call anything less a great tragedy / 'recession'.

Another point which seems to be almost a common cause here is the enormously unequal allocation of resources. it seems somewhat unlikely that one person can make a greater contribution to society in 6 months than the average person does in their entire lifetime.
So why do they get paid so much more? Why does such a small percentage of the population control such a large amount of the worlds resources.

Perhaps we should also demand greater transparency in both the public and private sectors. In terms of the public sector, We should know what advice was available to politicians, How they acted on it, and their reasons for acting the way they did. That way we, the public (and effectively their employers) can asses their performance, and use this to make decisions about the come election time.

In terms of the private sector, More information should be available about products we buy, and the services we use - for example "Where was this manufactured and in what conditions?" "What were the conditions for the workers?" "Where were the raw materials and component parts sourced" "What is the expected failure rate for this product?" " what is the total environmental, and human impact,
of this product or service?" Much of this information is already available, just not to the general public.

Most 'efficient market' theories depend on the assumption of "Perfect Information" that is all parties know exactly what they are buying and selling, so they can accurately judge it's value.

That will have to do for now, but these are just a few ideas, Get reading, start taking notice of what is going on in the world around you. don't be uninformed. Despite what some posters seem to think, there is little evidence of a great conspiracy to keep people in the dark, just an imperfect system, where the people who benefit don't exactly make a big point of the imperfections.

Just saw the NYT article, it did a much better job than me...
- keep a narrow focus on wall st.
but that's why they are journalists.
cheers for Australia.

Right, who is going to be your leader? Show us a leader. People are laughing at you and your silly demands. The crazy ones far outweigh the good ones leaving them all muddled together. This will acomplish little.