Billions of dollars are donated to political campaigns by corporations, Super PACs, and lobbyists every election cycle, buying time and influence. Many issues within #occupy stem from policies made by elected officials acting in the interest of corporate profit rather than what is best for the people.
Corporate Personhood
Citizens United declared money as speech and corporations as people—allowing for unlimited corporate influence through monetary contributions. Human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.
Student Debt
Financial speculators have wasted the jobs economy, leaving graduates unemployed and in hock for decades to come. Education is a right and knowledge should not be a source of profit for Wall Street.
Wrongful Foreclosures
Bankers and speculators had been gambling with our most valuable asset, our homes. Because of the foreclosure crisis Wall Street banks created, millions of Americans have lost their homes and 1-in-4 are currently underwater.
"Too Big to Fail" Banks
Too big to fail is too big to allow. They've been bailed out at the expense of the 99% and now they need to be broken up so they can no longer threaten our economy.
Healthcare
The profiteering of private hospitals, insurance, and pharmaceutical companies is a threat threat to our human rights and economic stability both as individuals and as a country.
Living Wage
Workers—who bring the 1% their wealth—should be able to make a wage that allows them to afford housing, food, utilities, transport, health care.
99% Budget Cuts
We can no longer stand to have our schools shut down and public services withered away. Where we can not rely on our elected officials to work in the interest of the 99%, we will join together and offer each other mutual aid. We build community centers, free markets, workshops, and alternative structures. We will be the change we are seeking in the world.
All of the above taken from http://www.occupytogether.org/aboutoccupy/
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