The French protests should spread to America. They're suffering a fraction of the austerity Americans suffer, and they rightly are upset.
You've (and we in Canada...) got so many homeless, right? Why not put them to good use, and start encamping them around the politicians? If you make their lives a living hell to commute through thousands of lost souls maybe they'll take a hint.
Tactics means doing what you can with what you have.