All Discussions Tagged 'article' - Occupy Cafe2024-03-29T15:59:09Zhttp://www.occupycafe.org/group/solutions/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=article&feed=yes&xn_auth=noReform constitutional amendmentstag:www.occupycafe.org,2011-12-06:6451976:Topic:158442011-12-06T19:40:18.352ZJoel S. Hirschhornhttp://www.occupycafe.org/profile/JoelSHirschhorn
<p>I speak both as a strong Occupy supporter who participated in the OWS protest when in New York City and as a former senior official at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the National Governors Association. To fix the USA we no longer can think in terms of elections, because the iron grip of the two-party plutocracy has so corrupted the political system that we need an end run around this dysfunctional system. Our Constitution gives us what is needed: an Article V…</p>
<p>I speak both as a strong Occupy supporter who participated in the OWS protest when in New York City and as a former senior official at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and the National Governors Association. To fix the USA we no longer can think in terms of elections, because the iron grip of the two-party plutocracy has so corrupted the political system that we need an end run around this dysfunctional system. Our Constitution gives us what is needed: an Article V convention of state delegates that could propose reform constitutional amendments (e.g., getting all private money out of politics). It has never been used because Congress and nearly all other political powers fear the convention route to political reform. Learn more at foavc.org and read my blog here:</p>
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