The Occupy movement needs a central theme:
It is Time to Stop the Romance between Corporations and Politicians

"The Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special interest money in our politics," Obama said in a statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling that stated that Corporations have the same right as individuals to give money to campaigns. He continued to say, "It is a major victory for big oil, Wall Street banks, health insurance companies and the other powerful interests that marshal their power every day in Washington to drown out the voices of everyday Americans." (President Obama Jan 21,2010)

When the Supreme Court completely opened the floodgates on corporate financing for political campaigns in 2010, that is when these Occupy Wall Street protests should have started. It took some time for Americans to wake up to what it really meant to allow unfettered access by corporations to fund political campaigns. This Supreme Court ruling effectively reduced every American individual’s right to participate in the political process. Instead, corporations are making all the decisions for us.

It is no longer a, to paraphrase President Lincoln, a government of the people, by the people, for the people, but rather a government of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations.

American politics have reached a point where they are indeed no longer strongly bi-partisan in the campaign finance arena, both parties are taking millions from Political Action Committees, and corporations.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, as of September 2011, Goldman Sachs has already funneled $35 million into Washington for this election cycle alone, mostly dumped into Republican campaign coffers, but there are Democrats on the take as well. President Obama accepted $45 K from Goldman Sachs, but even that pales in comparison to the $290 K given to Mitt Romney. (Federal Election Commission Report 2012)

Not that Goldman Sachs is alone. It is one of many that are literally throwing money at politicians, knowing that it will sway policy decisions in their favor. Another big spender is AT&T, which has spent a cool $47 million to see that Washington politicians attend to their best interests. So the question that arises is, how can the needs of the middle class be met, when so much energy is spent making sure that corporations are being coddled?

Second, what have these Corporations gained by their benevolence towards their favored politicians? Quite simply, they gain a government not willing to enforce the tax code so mercilessly pressed upon average American families. They also continue to reap the benefits of dozens of tax loopholes that favor tax evasion and the misrepresentation of taxable income.

To the point, Businesses Against Tax Havens have reported that Goldman Sachs, in 2008,with 29 subsidiaries located in offshore tax havens paid a tax rate of just one percent, which was an amount less than one third what they paid their CEO Lloyd Blankfein ($42.9 million). The end must come to these egregious corporate tax loopholes.

There can be no true economic, political, or social equality without addressing the corruption that has been allowed to take place in our nations capital. Politicians need to be held accountable by the American public that voted them into power in the first place. Publicly financing campaigns, as many other countries do, would take the overwhelming power out of the hands of multi-billion dollar corporations.

We can do this by creating a publicly funded website, television and radio station similar to PBS hybridized with CSPAN. The election website would have pages for each individual campaigner, including their past voting records These media outlets would be in operation for three months prior to November elections, and focus on live political debates on the issues that matter to most Americans. That is all that they would focus on. For voters, the opportunity to tune in to hear their politicians speak would negate the need for rampant corporate-paid advertisements on network and cable television. In fact, it should be illegal to advertise at all. This is the kind of campaign finance reform that would make a real difference in how our government operates, and would free good politicians to stay true to their goal of public service instead of being enslaved to private interests.

OK First of all

For those that keep saying TAX THE TOP 1%.

Maybe you should read an IRS REPORT SOME TIME.
THE TOP 1% already pay over 90% of all TAXES in this COUNTRY!!

HOW MUCH MORE DO YOU WANT TO TAX THEM??? DO you want them to pay 1000000% of the taxes?? (yes I know the number is stupid, but so is the tax the rich call).

Another thing that will happen if you tax the rich, is that they will take thier money and businesses to another country so they don't have to pay so much taxes. HELLO it has already happened in the past with textiles and other similar businesses. Overseas lower costs and taxes.

What will happen if the Billionaires take their companies and monies overeas?? WHere wll those "NEW JOBS" come from?? The Gov't can only provide so many jobs in construction and re-building (also these jobs are only temporary, what happens when the porjects are done??)

OH YEA, just to let you know I am a middle class Public School Employee, so I am not some BIG RICH EXECUTIVE trying to influence you, but I READ AND UNDERSTAND things, I don't just jump on the band wagon and espouse the philosophy of everyone else!!!