Sign the Petition Embodying the Original Demand of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

In yesterday’s post [1] I asked why President Obama doesn’t acquiesce to the original demand that sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement, specifically, the “demand that Barack Obama ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington.” [2]  As it turns out, there is a method that can get this demand to the President directly, but it will require the help of 25,000 American citizens.

One can post a petition at the White House web site, and if it gets 25,000 signatures in 30 days, the White House will respond to it.  150 signatures are required before the petition is searchable on the site.  I have posted a petition at the site that reads:

“We petition the Obama administration to: ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington.”

This proposal should be relatively non-controversial, so I urge readers of this blog to go to the site and sign the petition, which you can find here. 

You will need to register for an account at the site in order to sign, which is a fairly straightforward process.  Understand that you will be asked to create a password (not give them any passwords you already have). 

The 25,000 signatures will be needed by January 11, 2012, so please act on this as soon as you can.  After you have done so, please share this post with others. 

It's a reasonable demand.  Let's get it done.