Occupy2012PAC

Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Today was created to elect political leaders willing to address the serious social and economic issues being faced by the 99 percent. The Occupy Wall Street movement has focused a bright light on problems that have been ignored by our leaders for too long. We will work to ensure that the candidates for President and the Congress make commitments to address these issues if they expect to be elected or reelected in 2012.

We Will Work to Elect Candidates that Support:

The millionaire members of the 1 percent club should not be taxed the same as teachers, firemen, construction workers or farmers. Our tax policy should be progressive and fair and recognize that the individuals that can pay more, should pay more.

College graduates often enter the workforce with as much as $100,000 in school debt. Most entry level jobs don't pay enough to cover these loans, especially in this economy. We need programs that make higher education more affordable and we need relaxed payment policies that that give recent graduates an easier way to enter the job market.

We should invest in local, renewable energy projects that create jobs, protect the environment and promote responsible growth. Energy development should be regulated by the states.

Programs that were put in place to support the 99 percent have been under assault. Social Security, the minimum wage, Medicare and Medicaid must be secured and strengthened in order to reduce poverty and promote equality.

The recession has brought renewed attacks on organized labor. Working men and women willingly make sacrifices in tough economic times. Unions make sure the sacrifice is evenly distributed. We must protect workers right to organize and bargain with their employers collectively.

Fair Tax Policy

"Fair Tax Policy" calls for support of the Buffett Rule.

Populist support gives rise to the Super PAC

By Gaelen McKee - February 23, 2012

We’ve all heard a lot about Super PACs lately. The current trending story highlights Obama’s position change from denouncer to reluctant acceptor of this new breed of political action committee, showing just how alluring unlimited contributions can be. Submitting to Super PACs was inevitable for Obama, as he competes with Romney, Gingrich and Santorum, who have been reaping big financial rewards from their benefactors and sugar daddies. Savvy Republicans knew this day would come, patiently waiting for the opportunity to lambast the President as a flip-flopper while quietly reaping the benefits of the Citizens United decision in his absence.

Caught on the wrong side of a game-changer decision Obama had no other option then to reluctantly take off his shirt and jump into the Super PAC pool. Like a fat kid at summer camp he left himself open to Republican ridicule…

The Trickle Down Myth

"The Trickle Down Myth" is a call to action for people to occupy the 2012 elections by supporting candidates that support a fair and progressive tax policy.

Money in politics; the rise of super PACs

By Gaelen McKee - February 6, 2012

January 31 was the deadline for independent expenditure-only committees, or super PACs, to file their year-end reports. This means that after months of waiting we finally get to see how much money super PACs have raised, and spent, and who their contributors are. However, if contributors decided to channel their money through a 501(c) non-profit, they will remain anonymous and their contributions will appear as gifts from the non-profit organization.

Thanks to watchdog groups, like OpenSecrets.org, this financial information is more readily available. As of February 6, groups organized as super PACs have reported total receipts of $98,650,993 and total independent expenditures of $46,192,418 for the 2012 election cycle…

Puppets of the One Percent

Video produced by Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Today that appeared in South Carolina markets during the Republican primary.

Can a super PAC be a force for good?

By Heather Michon - January 30, 2012

With the presidential race looking like a dull Obama-Romney plod to November, the most memorable thing about this election cycle may end up having nothing to do with the candidates.

Instead, 2012 seems poised to go down in the history books as the Year of the Super PAC.

Look at the figures: As of Monday, independent expenditure committees had spent over $38 million on the Republican primary candidates. That’s already over three times more than candidates themselves spent on broadcast advertising during the entire 2008 Republican primary season…

New PACs appropriate rhetoric of Occupy movement

By Rachel Leven - December 07, 2011

Two political action committees registered with the Federal Election Commission Wednesday claiming to represent the values of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Todd Bailey, a senior government affairs specialist at KSE Partners in Vermont, registered Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Today and Occupy Your Democracy as PACs.

“Really what we're working on are the issues exposed with the Occupy Wall …

Blues Harp Player And His Occupy-Inspired Super PAC ‘Riding The Coattails’ Of Stephen Colbert

By Ryan J. Reilly - December 14, 2011

Why put off till tomorrow what you can do today?

Perhaps that’s what individuals seeking to donate to Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert’s political action committee Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow will be asking themselves if they stumble upon a newly formed — and similarly named — super PAC called Americans For A Better Tomorrow, Today…

If money is speech, 2012 could get loud

By By Peter Hirschfeld, Vermont Press Bureau - December 25, 2011

One of the biggest announcements of the 2012 elections might come not from any candidate for office, but from a federal judge presiding over the U.S. District Court in Burlington.

Sometime next year, William Sessions will issue a highly anticipated ruling in a case that pits a pro-life advocacy organization against Vermont’s campaign finance laws. Among other things, the Vermont Right to Life Committee is asking Sessions to undo the $2,000 contribution limits by which political action committees operating in this state must currently abide.

If Sessions agrees, uncapped spending on state and local political campaigns could radically change the landscape of Vermont elections…