Soros-backed MoveOn.org is Funding the 'American Dream Movement'

George Soros is a Hungarian-American financier, businessman, and notable philanthropist focused on supporting progressive-liberal ideals and causes. He is Chairman of the Soros Fund Management. Soros is also the chairman of the Open Society Institute and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. MoveOn.org aggressively supported Barack Obama’s 2008 election campaign and is now “perhaps the lead lobby organization for his policies…apart from Obama’s own Organizing for America,” reports Source Watch. Soros-backed MoveOn.org is actively attempting to hijack the growing Occupy Wall Street movement and turn OWS protesters into an Obama campaign re-election tool.

Protesters Set to Descend on Frederick, Maryland: American Dream Group Backs Occupy Wall Street

October 12, 2011

News-Post - Frederick will have its own Occupy Wall Street style protest today.

The event will show support for the Wall Street protests that started in New York and have spawned rallies in several cities around the country, said Jeannette Bartelt. Bartelt, who is organizing the rally, said the movement is about making it possible for working people to survive.

"We have contributed to the wealth of the country," she said in a telephone interview.

"I have worked hard all my life," she said. "When I work I give everything. ... We shouldn't have to work two jobs. ... These are real life issues."

Both major political parties at the federal and local levels are being influenced too much by wealthy citizens, said Bartelt, MoveOn.org Frederick Council organizer.

The Frederick rally is one of 390 American Dream Movement events scheduled Oct. 10 through 16 as part of the Jobs Not Cuts: Week of Action movement.

The movement endorses 10 steps, including investing more in the nation's infrastructure and education, free health care for all, and living wages for all jobs [all big government, socialist initiatives]. Today, Bartelt wants to get people to sign the American Dream contract petition to show support for the contract's 10 steps.

She particularly wants to reach Frederick County's congressional representative, 6th District Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, and Commissioners President Blaine Young, a Republican, and urge them to support the contract.

She doesn't expect them to, considering they have conservative voting records that put them at odds with the movement, she said.

The protest is part of a nationwide campaign to shift the conversation away from deficit reduction and towards addressing a jobs crisis, Bartelt said.

Locally, the county should stop considering outsourcing government services to private contractors, she said.

Young said the county is doing what it can to create jobs in the private sector "by bettering the business environment."

If the county decides to outsource some services, it will be to reduce the cost of government and keep taxes lower, Young said.

Outsourced jobs could generate jobs at local businesses, he said.

"The government doesn't create jobs," Young said.

Raising taxes on the wealthiest citizens would help fund the contract's 10 steps, Bartelt said.

She said she was discouraged by prospective candidates in both parties because money has too much influence.

"You can't even run unless you're wealthy," she said.

Suzanne Gibbons of Frederick said Tuesday that if she didn't have to be at work today, she would attend the rally. She wanted to help the protests send a unified message, she said.

"I think we need to address the jobs issue," Gibbons said. "The economy has to be at the heart of everything."

Bartelt said most people don't realize how little is spent on programs like Medicare. According to the latest federal data, 47 percent of the $3.3 trillion 2010 budget went toward Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security combined. In Maryland, per capita federal spending was $16,673, the third highest of the 50 states. Grants accounted for 21 percent of the 2010 federal budget. Grants to federal departments of education ($58 billion), transportation ($64 billion) and Health and Human Services ($407 billion) accounted for 78 percent of $683 billion federal grant expenses.

As of Tuesday, 36 people had registered to participate in the rally and Bartelt said she expected many more.

Starting at noon today, Bartelt said the group plans to walk up and down Market Street carrying signs.

Lt. Patrick Grossman of the Frederick Police Department said police would try to contact rally organizers to make sure they know the rules and assure them the police will protect their right to assemble as long as they abide by the noise ordinance, don't impede pedestrian or motor traffic and are orderly.