I think it's sad that both the Tea Party movement and the Occupy movement have been hijacked from within and marginalized from the outside. The basic ideas of each movement have merit.
Tea Party: reduce government spending, smaller government, renewed emphasis on the Constitution
Occupy: end corporate personhood, reduce corporate influence, reduce the growing gap between the top 1% and the average American worker.
I would humbly suggest that these two agendas aren't that different from one another. That is, the reason our government spends so much ******* money is because the drug companies wrote the prescription drug law, the bankers wrote the bailout, the oil companies dictate our energy policy, etc, etc. All of those laws were written by corporations for corporations, and they involve massive transfers of wealth from the American taxpayer to their own pocketbooks, both directly and through subsidies and tax breaks.
In the past 10 years, both the Republicans and the Democrats have enjoyed strong majorities in both houses plus the presidency. Each party had a chance to end the corruption and the runaway spending, but neither did it (though the Republicans are incredibly fiscally conservative right up until the moment that they're handed the purse strings). It should be obvious to anyone who's paying attention that there's no one in DC who is actively pursuing things that are fair, and things that make our nation strong.
Anyone who is foolish enough to think that either party is "right" is part of the problem, as is anyone who votes for a major party candidate (with rare exception... e.g. Ron Paul).
Tea Party: reduce government spending, smaller government, renewed emphasis on the Constitution
Occupy: end corporate personhood, reduce corporate influence, reduce the growing gap between the top 1% and the average American worker.
I would humbly suggest that these two agendas aren't that different from one another. That is, the reason our government spends so much ******* money is because the drug companies wrote the prescription drug law, the bankers wrote the bailout, the oil companies dictate our energy policy, etc, etc. All of those laws were written by corporations for corporations, and they involve massive transfers of wealth from the American taxpayer to their own pocketbooks, both directly and through subsidies and tax breaks.
In the past 10 years, both the Republicans and the Democrats have enjoyed strong majorities in both houses plus the presidency. Each party had a chance to end the corruption and the runaway spending, but neither did it (though the Republicans are incredibly fiscally conservative right up until the moment that they're handed the purse strings). It should be obvious to anyone who's paying attention that there's no one in DC who is actively pursuing things that are fair, and things that make our nation strong.
Anyone who is foolish enough to think that either party is "right" is part of the problem, as is anyone who votes for a major party candidate (with rare exception... e.g. Ron Paul).
