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Fifteen Issues, Eight Demands, One People, One Revolution (g1a2d0022c1)


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FIFTEEN ISSUES, EIGHT DEMANDS, ONE PEOPLE, ONE REVOLUTION
Global Revolution 1: American Revolution 2: Day 22: Communication 1
8 Oct 2011 (g1a2d0022c1)

The steering committee of the "October 2011 Movement" – the patriots
presently occupying Freedom Plaza in Washington DC – published a summary of
the 15 issues which are the focus of their protest here:

october2011.org/issues

The 8 demands which are the focus of my personal protest are these:

1. End the Fed.
2. Reverse Citizens United.
3. Repeal PATRIOT Act.
4. Expose 9/11 Truth.
5. End Profit Wars.
6. Refund Taxpayer Trillions.
7. Imprison the Kleptocrats.
8. Single Term Limits.

To highlight the fact that addressing their 15 issues would go a long way
towards meeting these demands and vice-versa, over the past 15 days I have
posted 15 articles – one per issue, and each with an associated image and
video – which I recap below. For the sake of our cause, please feel free to
republish or otherwise make use of any of my original content in any manner
you choose:

ISSUE #1. "Corporatism – firmly establish that money is not speech,
corporations are not people, only people have Constitutional rights, end
corporate influence over the political process, protect people and the
environment from damage by corporations."

Article: Corporatism: "Sold Glory", the U.S. Flag After Citizens United v.
FEC (g1a2d0009c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-corporatism
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Sold_Glory.jpg
Video: www.hulu.com/watch/118169/the-corporation

ISSUE #2. "Wars and Militarism – end wars and occupations, end private
for-profit military contractors, reduce the national security state and end
the weapons export industry. War crimes, crimes against humanity and crimes
against peace must be addressed and those responsible held accountable under
international law."

Article: Wars & Militarism: The Real Cause of the Debt Crisis (g1a2d0006c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-wars
Image:
ironboltbruce.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/htv-2_darpa_loc…
_boondoggle.jpg
Video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9219858826421983682#

ISSUE #3. "Human Rights – end exploitation of people in the US and abroad,
end discrimination in all forms, equal civil rights and due process for all
people."

Article: Human Rights: No Flame Burns Hotter Than A Human Torch
(g1a2d0012c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-humanrights
Image: images.democracyreview.com/Tunisia-Mohammed-Bouazizi.png
Video: www.hulu.com/watch/151119/the-end-of-poverty

ISSUE #4. "Worker Rights and jobs – all working-age people have the right to
safe, just, non-discriminatory and dignified working conditions, a
sustainable living wage, paid leave and economic protection."

Article: U.S. Corporations Firing At Home While Hiring Abroad (g1a2d0016c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-jobs
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Outsourcing_American_Jobs…
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2em1x2j9-o

ISSUE #5. "Government – all processes of the three branches of government
should be accountable to international law, transparent and follow the rule
of law, people have the right to participate in decisions which affect
them."

Article: Government: The Kleptocracy and You (g1a2d0007c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-government
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Kleptocracy_and_You.jpg
Video: vforvendetta.warnerbros.com/

ISSUE #6. "Elections – all citizens 18 and older have the right to vote
without barriers, all candidates have the right to be heard and to run and
all votes should be counted."

Article: Elections: Vote All You Want. The Flight Plan Doesn’t Change.
(g1a2d0011c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-elections
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/kleptocracy_right_wing_le…
_bird.jpg
Video: www.hulu.com/watch/177439/peace

ISSUE #7. "Criminal justice and prisons – end private for-profit prisons,
adopt evidence-based drug policy, prisoners have the right to humane and
just conditions with a focus on rehabilitation and reintegration into
society, abolish the death penalty."

Article: Prison for Profit: CCA, GEO et al Put Revenues Ahead of
Rehabilitation (g1a2d0018c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-prisons
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Prison_Industrial_Complex…
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHVu4ZD9XQE

ISSUE #8. "Healthcare – create a national, universal and publicly financed
comprehensive health system."

Article: Healthcare in America: Who’s Paying Who? And Who’s Getting What?
(g1a2d0014c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-healthcare
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Big_Pharma.jpg
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKP_ISD3rvQ

ISSUE #9. "Education – all people have the right to a high quality,
publicly-funded and broad education from pre-school through vocational
training or university."

Article: Students Drown in Debt as Predatory Lenders Bank Billions
(g1a2d0017c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-education
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Student_Loans_Predatory_L…
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpZtX32sKVE

ISSUE #10. "Housing – all people have the right to affordable and safe
housing."

Article: HAMP Disaster Shows U.S. Treasury is "Fully Captured by the Big
Banks" (g1a2d0021c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-housing
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Mayer_Amschel_Rothschild.jpg
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXt1cayx0hs

ISSUE #11. "Environment – adopt policies which effectively create a
carbon-free and radio-active free energy economy and that respects the
rights of nature."

Article: The General Electric Company ("GE"): Misinformation at Work
(g1a2d0020c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-environment
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/GE_Misinformation_At_Work…
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf0khstYDLA

ISSUE #12. "Finance and the economy – end policies which foster a wealth
divide and move to a localized and democratic financial system, reform taxes
so that they are progressive and provide goods, monetary gain and services
for the people."

Article: Finance & The Economy: A Kleptocracy Tutorial Video in 12 Parts
(g1a2d0008c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-finance
Image:
ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Fascism_Socialism_Capital…
enSystem.gif
Video: www.hulu.com/watch/235716/trading-on-thin-air

ISSUE #13. "Media – airwaves and the internet are public goods, require that
media be honest, accurate and accountable to the people."

Article: Media: Only Part of What We See is Real, Only Part of What is Real
We See (g1a2d0010c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-media
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Psywar.jpg
Video: www.openfilm.com/videos/psywar

ISSUE #14. "Food and water – create systems that protect the land and water,
create local and sustainable food networks and practices."

Article: Mighty Monsanto, King Corn & The End of Family Farms (g1a2d0015c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-food
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Monsanto.jpg
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH4OwBYDQe8

ISSUE #15. "Transportation – provide affordable, clean and convenient public
transportation and safe spaces for pedestrian and non-automobile travel."

Article: Gasholes: Every Oil Shortage/Crisis/War Could Have Been Averted
(g1a2d0019c1)
URL: tinyurl.com/ironboltbruce-transportation
Image: ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Gashole.jpg
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVzJhlvtDms

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LABELS (A POEM OF PROTEST)

"Democrat", "Republican",
The parties of the system;
Puppets both, for sale their votes,
No character or wisdom.

"Liberal", "Conservative",
For change or status quo?
Pick either one, the change is none,
All charlatans and whores.

Far "Left" we place the Anarchists,
Libertarians claim far "Right";
Yet both decry the government:
False continuum brought to light.

For oil, "We" bomb their mud huts,
Strip them bare, then offer "Aid";
And fake their retribution as
Pretext – a false flag raised.

Unarmed hundred thousands killed
By weapons of "Defense",
While rights are lost for "Freedom" sake -
On profit, all depends.

With stroke of pen, the "Patriot" Act,
And patriots’ gifts are taken;
Then "Citizens United" leaves
Our citizens forsaken.

We protest loss of liberties,
Put "World Wide Web" to use;
Cloudmark Authority censors us
For "messaging abuse".

They label us to finger-point,
With labels, "They" deride us;
Their labels keep us all at bay,
For with labels, "They" divide us.

IronBoltBruce

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PUBLIC NOTICE: No talking heads on Comcast/GE’s NBC/CNBC/MSNBC speak for us.
No talking heads on Murdoch’s Faux News speak for us. No talking heads at
the Kleptocracy’s Compliant News Network (CNN) speak for us (no matter how
dull, deliberate or subtle their delivery). No talking heads in the
lamestream media speak for us, period. And neither do ANY of the 537
bought-and-paid-for Kleptocracy puppets in Washington DC who will soon be
joining our legions of unemployed!

Implications Of Strong Yen On World Wide Foreign Exchange Market

InvesTechFx

Hong Kong (PRWEB) October 22, 2011

InvesTechFX, a leading online Forex platform, has been taking a close look at the yen and its broader effects on the Forex trading markets. The strength of the yen has been a concern in the world’s foreign currency exchanges for most of the year. Analysts and Forex trading experts are contemplating different yen scenarios and how they could affect the world’s Forex currency exchanges.

The Bank of Japan has considered intervention against a steep rise of its currency, but thus far Japanese commercial and investment banks have done a good job of purchasing U.S. dollars. Japanese investors aren’t alone in these massive purchases, American and British investors involved in Fx trading have also been stocking up on the greenback, thereby keeping the yen from becoming even stronger.

The strong yen is not having a very positive effect in Japan. Industrial production is shifting overseas to take advantage of inexpensive labor costs and lower taxes. The Bank of Japan has expressed deep concerns over the possible effects of a prolonged period of yen strength in the Japanese economy, and it stands ready to enact monetary policy in order to keep it from rising. But the possibility of intervention is currently unlikely, leaving Japanese exporters wondering if they’ll ever get any relief.

There seems to be a sense of duty among Japanese politicians to not worry too much about the yen. More important issues are at hand, such as the approval of the ¥12 trillion budget aimed at post-earthquake and tsunami reconstruction efforts. The Bank of Japan also recognizes that intervention may not be as swift as desired, since the yen has become a safe-haven currency in the Forex currency exchanges.

InvesTechFX experts are looking at the yen in a similar fashion as they looked at the Swiss Franc until not long ago. The Swiss National Bank intervened to lower its own currency once it noticed that it had become a safe-haven for institutional investors. Online Forex traders were also looking at the Swiss Franc as a flight-to-safety strategy until the Swiss National Bank made its decision. It is now the yen’s turn to be the major currency of choice for traders who aren’t fond of the volatile greenback or the euro.

Any intervention by the Bank of Japan to devalue the yen would probably be short-lived. Should the yen take a sudden dive, it would definitely shake the online Forex trading world, but probably not for long. The concerted efforts of the U.S. Federal Reserve have been successful in keeping the greenback from weakening, thereby keeping the yen from suddenly skyrocketing. If the yen tumbles, the foreign currency exchanges would probably help it along, leaving other traders to capitalize in the short-term.

Not all Japanese are terribly concerned about living with a strong currency. The current state of deflation in Japan has increased consumers’ purchasing power. After the devastating earthquake and risk of nuclear meltdown, Japan is more interested in importing natural gas, something they can better accomplish with a strong currency.

InvesTechFX sees the strong yen as a new chapter in the Japanese economy and a forerunner of new trading strategies. Traders who are partial to stable currency pairs will probably gravitate towards the USD/JPY, while those who love volatility will probably enjoy EUR/JPY. A tumbling yen will not rewrite history, but will open the door for some very interesting trades. http://www.investtechfx.com.

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Tax revenue is a vital part of the United States government. The income generated from taxes allows the government to finance public works programs, build infrastructure and maintain a military. When the government needs to raise more revenue it generally raises the tax rate to create more income. The idea of raising taxes to raise revenue generally works; however, history has show that more revenue is not gained from the capital gains tax. When the capital gains tax rate rises there is less revenue generated, investment capital decreases, and the economy slows.

The capital gains tax is a tax charged to the profit realized from the sale of an asset that was purchased at a lower price. Capital gains are commonly realized from the sale of stocks, bonds and property. A capital gain is treated as an income and like any income, it is taxed. Under current United States tax code there are two different types of capital gains, short term and long-term gains. A short-term gain is considered to be the purchase and sale of an asset for a gain in less than one year. Long-term capital gain requires a year or more between the purchase of an asset and the sale of the asset for a gain. Short-term capital gains are taxed at the ordinary income tax level of the investor, however; long-term capital gains are taxed differently. Currently investors in the 10% to 15% income tax range pay no long term-capital gains tax and everyone else pays a 15% tax on capital gains. (Beach, Hederman & Guinevera, 2008)

Economic growth in America is important and relies on the input of two factors: input of capital and labor, and the productivity of the inputs. For the economy to grow capital and labor in the market must increase or a more efficient way to produce products is found, or both situations occur. The need to invest in capital is directly related to the growth of the economy by increasing the amount of capital available in the economy and by enhancing labor productivity.  Labor productivity can be directly complemented capital in the economy for investment in more productive operations. (The Economic Effects of Capital Gains Taxation, 1997)

When capital gain tax rates raise the return on an investment is lowered and the cost to acquire capital increases.  When the return on investment is lower there is less investment and the amount of available capital in the economy decreases. The inverse to an increase in the capital gains tax would be a decrease to the capital gains tax. A decrease in the capital gains tax rate is believed to stimulate investing and the amount of capital in the economy by producing more profitable and successful businesses, because they are able to acquire the funds required to under go new potential income projects.  The trickledown effect would produce higher wages, raising the standard of living and create jobs. (Throning, 1995)

A recent study was conducted by DRI/McGraw-Hill it was estimated that the reducing individuals long-term capital gains taxes by 50% and corporations capital gains tax by 25% the level of business spending would have been billion dollars higher than it was in 2007 creating the GDP of America to be roughly 0.4 percent higher. The conclusion of the study notes “the evidence suggests to almost all economists that a capital gains cut is good for the economy and roughly neutral for tax collections.”(Jorgenson, Dale, Yun & Kun-Young) The lower tax rate would only have positive effects on the economy such as higher standards of living, increased productivity and increased investment. A lower capital gains tax would increase individual wealth that could be re-invested or contributed to a personal savings account.

Over one hundred million Americans own stock, the majority of Americans that hold stock hold them in mutual funds. (Chait, 2008)  In 2007 mutual fund holders paid over billion dollars in long-term capital gains taxes.  Congressman Jim Saxton, the ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee states: “…Under current law, if shareholders do nothing more than buy and hold mutual fund shares, they will be hit with taxes on long-term capital gains realized by the fund, even if they are immediately reinvested in the fund.”(Mutual Fund Shareholders Slammed Again by Higher Taxes, 2008) As stated that is capital transferred directly to the federal government rather than directly re-invested in the economy.  One recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research stated that the each dollar in federal tax increase has led to an additional .07 in federal spending. (Tax Increase Would Damage Economic Outlook, 2008) 

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The federal government requires large amounts of funds to continue operation and generally overspends, the current solution it to raise taxes to help pay for large expenses. Despite