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	Use the [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Talk:Participatory_Budgeting&action=edit&redlink=1 Discussion] tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to ~~the~~ [[Strategies, ~~Proposals~~, ~~Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions~~]] page.		Use the [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Talk:Participatory_Budgeting&action=edit&redlink=1 Discussion] tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to main [[http://wiki.occupyboston.org/wiki/Strategies,_Proposals,_Positions Issues]] page.

	==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and The Occupy Movement==		==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and The Occupy Movement==

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	Use the [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Talk:Participatory_Budgeting&action=edit&redlink=1 Discussion] tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.		Use the [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Talk:Participatory_Budgeting&action=edit&redlink=1 Discussion] tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.

	==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and Occupy Movement==		==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and The Occupy Movement==
	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.		Use the [http://wiki.occupyboston.org/index.php?title=Talk:Participatory_Budgeting&action=edit&redlink=1 Discussion] tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.

	==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and Occupy Movement==		==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and Occupy Movement==

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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>

	==How It Works([http://participatorybudgeting.org/ taken directly from The Participatory Budgeting Project])==		==How It Works ([http://participatorybudgeting.org/ taken directly from The Participatory Budgeting Project])==

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>

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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>

	==How It Works(~~taken directly from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">~~[http://participatorybudgeting.org/ The Participatory Budgeting Project]==		==How It Works([http://participatorybudgeting.org/ taken directly from The Participatory Budgeting Project])==

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>
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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>


	==Further Reading==		==Further Reading==
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	http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/Published%20writing/DD-part%20II-case%20studies.pdf		http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/Published%20writing/DD-part%20II-case%20studies.pdf

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	''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Participitory+Budgeting Participitory Budgeting at wikispaces]''		''Based on: [http://occupyboston.wikispaces.com/Participitory+Budgeting Participitory Budgeting at wikispaces]''

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	Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.		Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.

	~~'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Participatory Budgeting</span>'''~~		==Intersection of Particiaptory Budgeting and Occupy Movement==

	==~~Participatory~~ Budgeting==
	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Many, mainly on the right, will say that the United States is not a democracy; it’s a republic (i.e. representative democracy). The United States is indeed a representative democracy, but maybe the time has come for the American people to move beyond the constraints of representative democracy by becoming active participants in the decision-making that affects our daily lives. Reforming or reconstructing the system in a way that puts every person, whether an actual human or corporation, on equal footing in the democratic process is not going to be easy. Other proposals have already been forth such as a constitutional amendment to end </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[[SPP End Corporate Personhood\|corporate personhood.]]</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> I would like to propose </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://www.participedia.net/wiki/Participatory_Budgeting participatory budgeting]</span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">as another incremental, but potentially very powerful step in deepening our democratic processes and constructing a truly </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/Published%20writing/DD-1.pdf egalitarian democracy.]</span></span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Many, mainly on the right, will say that the United States is not a democracy; it’s a republic (i.e. representative democracy). The United States is indeed a representative democracy, but maybe the time has come for the American people to move beyond the constraints of representative democracy by becoming active participants in the decision-making that affects our daily lives. Reforming or reconstructing the system in a way that puts every person, whether an actual human or corporation, on equal footing in the democratic process is not going to be easy. Other proposals have already been forth such as a constitutional amendment to end </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[[SPP End Corporate Personhood\|corporate personhood.]]</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> I would like to propose </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://www.participedia.net/wiki/Participatory_Budgeting participatory budgeting]</span> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">as another incremental, but potentially very powerful step in deepening our democratic processes and constructing a truly </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~wright/Published%20writing/DD-1.pdf egalitarian democracy.]</span></span>

	~~'''~~<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'~~; font-size: 14pt~~;">~~Proposal </span>'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(taken~~ directly ~~from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://participatorybudgeting~~.~~org/ The Participatory Budgeting Project]</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">)~~</span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PB offers a concrete and proven method for democratizing our current system. It may appear to have little significance in a political system dominated by corporate powerhouses, but it offers a great potential in reversing a long history of political apathy. Letting the people directly allocate discretionary city spending will not by itself revolutionize our political system, but bringing to life a generation of active citizen participants will. </span>

	~~<span style~~="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>		==Proposal==

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">OccupyBoston should pressure city governments across the country to implement PB programs. Moreover, OccupyBoston should use PB style deliberation to allocate funds for the camp and larger campaign. </span>

	~~'''~~<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; ~~font-size~~: ~~14pt~~;">~~How It Works<~~/~~span>'''~~		==How It Works(taken directly from </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: blue;">[http://participatorybudgeting.org/ The Participatory Budgeting Project]==

			<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Most examples involve city governments that have opened up decisions around municipal budgets, such as overall priorities and choice of new investments, to citizen assemblies. In other cases, states, counties, schools, universities, housing authorities, and coalitions of community groups have used participatory budgeting to open up spending decisions to democratic participation.</span>
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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Community members make budget decisions through an annual series of local assemblies and meetings. Although there are many models of participatory budgeting, most follow a basic process: diagnosis, discussion, decision-making, implementation, and monitoring. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Community members make budget decisions through an annual series of local assemblies and meetings. Although there are many models of participatory budgeting, most follow a basic process: diagnosis, discussion, decision-making, implementation, and monitoring. </span>

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	* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Residents monitor the implementation of budget projects.</span>		* <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Residents monitor the implementation of budget projects.</span>

	~~'''<span style~~=~~"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">~~Why should we have PB?~~</span>'''~~		==Why should we have PB?==

	* '''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gives community members a say</span>'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: Ordinary people have more voice – and they get to make real decisions.</span>		* '''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Gives community members a say</span>'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: Ordinary people have more voice – and they get to make real decisions.</span>
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	* '''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Makes government more accountable and efficient</span>'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: When community members decide spending in public assemblies, there are fewer opportunities for corruption, waste, or costly public backlash.</span>		* '''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Makes government more accountable and efficient</span>'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">: When community members decide spending in public assemblies, there are fewer opportunities for corruption, waste, or costly public backlash.</span>

	~~'''<span style~~=~~"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">~~History-PB in Porto Alegre, Brazil ~~</span>'''~~		==History-PB in Porto Alegre, Brazil==

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In stark contrast to local, state, and federal government budgeting in the U.S., the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre uses a system of empowered participatory budgeting for allocating its $1.6 billion annual budget. At first glance the system seems to be quite onerous, but in practice has proven extraordinarily effective at providing funds where they are needed and broadening the very definition of democracy.</span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">In stark contrast to local, state, and federal government budgeting in the U.S., the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre uses a system of empowered participatory budgeting for allocating its $1.6 billion annual budget. At first glance the system seems to be quite onerous, but in practice has proven extraordinarily effective at providing funds where they are needed and broadening the very definition of democracy.</span>
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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>

	~~'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">The Intersection of Participatory Budgeting and Occupy Movement</span>'''~~

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PB offers a concrete and proven method for democratizing our current system. It may appear to have little significance in a political system dominated by corporate powerhouses, but I believe that it offers a great potential in reversing a long history of political apathy. Letting the people directly allocate discretionary city spending will not by itself revolutionize our political system, but bringing to life a generation of active citizen participants will. </span>

	~~'''<span style~~=~~"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">~~Further Reading~~</span>'''~~		==Further Reading==

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	'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Participatory Budgeting</span>'''		'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Participatory Budgeting</span>'''

			==Participatory Budgeting==
	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">At its core, the Occupy Movement looks to (re)democratize a political system whose democratic institutions have fallen prey to some very undemocratic tendencies. The solidification of corporate personhood as defined by two centuries of Supreme Court cases and the revolving door between business and government leadership have created a political environment in which the interests of big business regularly trump the interests of the average American. </span>

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	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Since its inception the process has attracted participation from over one hundred thousand citizens of Porto Alegre’s 1.3 million person population and has proven far more effective at providing necessary social provisions for its inhabitants. For example, in 1988, one year before implementation, only 75% of households had access to water and sewage while in 1997 that number had risen to 98%. Moreover, the number of schools increased four fold since 1986. Since 1989, PB has spread to over <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">[http://www.worldwatch.org/node/4840 1,200]</span> cities in Latin America, North America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. In the US and Canada, this includes PB processes in Toronto, Montreal, Guelph, [http://participatorybudgeting49.wordpress.com/ Chicago], and most recently [http://pbnyc.org/ New York]. </span>

	'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">PB and Occupy Movement</span>'''		'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt;">The Intersection of Participatory Budgeting and Occupy Movement</span>'''

	<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PB offers a concrete and proven method for democratizing our current system. It may appear to have little significance in a political system dominated by corporate powerhouses, but I believe that it offers a great potential in reversing a long history of political apathy. Letting the people directly allocate discretionary city spending will not by itself revolutionize our political system, but bringing to life a generation of active citizen participants will. </span>		<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">PB offers a concrete and proven method for democratizing our current system. It may appear to have little significance in a political system dominated by corporate powerhouses, but I believe that it offers a great potential in reversing a long history of political apathy. Letting the people directly allocate discretionary city spending will not by itself revolutionize our political system, but bringing to life a generation of active citizen participants will. </span>

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			Use the Discussion tab to discuss participatory budgeting. To find another topic, return to the [[Strategies, Proposals, Positions\|Strategies, Proposals, Positions]] page.

	'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Participatory Budgeting</span>'''		'''<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16pt;">Participatory Budgeting</span>'''