A self-described "Wall Street occupier" has some advice for Democrats:
"Dear Democratic Party,
Cave into pressure from us.
Do it.
Go whole hog with it.
Now is your moment.
"You have never had the type of political cover you have now, and you never will again. Stick a big middle finger up in the direction of Wall Street, fire your revolving-door-begotten staffers, declare yourself now and forever the party of working people, and be done with it...
"You will be seen as hypocritical, and this assertion will be just.
"After all, you spent the first few years of this global economic crisis letting Wall Street sweethearts do whatever they felt like doing with the American economy. Sweethearts like Tim Geithner, whom bankers call 'our man in Washington.'
"Sweethearts like Larry Summers, whose major career achievement is deregulating the derivatives market in the 1990s. Sweethearts like Chris Dodd, whose top three lifetime contributors were, in ascending order, the American Bankers Association, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, before he retired.
"Sweethearts like Barney Frank, whose top staffer, Michael Paese, cashed out after writing the 'financial regulation reform' bill by becoming director of governmental affairs at Goldman Sachs.
Some Unsolicited Advice to the Democratic Party: Cave to Occupy Wall Street Movement | Truthout
November 2012: Wall Street v. 99%
"Dear Democratic Party,
Cave into pressure from us.
Do it.
Go whole hog with it.
Now is your moment.
"You have never had the type of political cover you have now, and you never will again. Stick a big middle finger up in the direction of Wall Street, fire your revolving-door-begotten staffers, declare yourself now and forever the party of working people, and be done with it...
"You will be seen as hypocritical, and this assertion will be just.
"After all, you spent the first few years of this global economic crisis letting Wall Street sweethearts do whatever they felt like doing with the American economy. Sweethearts like Tim Geithner, whom bankers call 'our man in Washington.'
"Sweethearts like Larry Summers, whose major career achievement is deregulating the derivatives market in the 1990s. Sweethearts like Chris Dodd, whose top three lifetime contributors were, in ascending order, the American Bankers Association, JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America, before he retired.
"Sweethearts like Barney Frank, whose top staffer, Michael Paese, cashed out after writing the 'financial regulation reform' bill by becoming director of governmental affairs at Goldman Sachs.
Some Unsolicited Advice to the Democratic Party: Cave to Occupy Wall Street Movement | Truthout
November 2012: Wall Street v. 99%