"RicodJour" wrote in message
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On Oct 17, 9:19 am, Kurt Ullman wrote:
"Robert Green" wrote:

It seems very odd to dismiss the current, ever-growing OWS protests
because
they're allegedly so untidy. If that's the worst their critics can heap
on
them . . .

MUCH easier to dismiss them because they have no purpose or
suggestions for change. They are just sorta existing and getting upset
yet offering nothing to add to the debate.

It's not a debate, it's their lives. You can win a debate and still
be wrong, especially morally wrong. But you already knew that.

Just sorta existing...? As far as I can tell that's what most people
are doing.

We've finally reached a point where the blame is being assigned to the right
people. The destructive credit-swap and subprime mortgage games created the
financial crisis. There's a clear trail of blood that leads back to the
early deregulation of the 1980s when the middle class started taking the
hits that have led to their stagnant economic position and to the OWS.
Despite the immense losses the country took from Wall St.'s games the right
is STILL pushing the same deregulatory fervor that led to the huge crash.
That alone proves that deregulation is good for them, but bad for the "other
99%." A simple look at most deregulated electric bills shows how good it is
for business and bad it is for consumers.

Finally, we're beginning to see economists and upcoming politicos like
Elizabeth Warren decimate Republican arguments that rebalancing the tax
burden means class warfare. The uber-wealthy didn't get rich entirely by
themselves. They benefited from roads, courts, public safety agencies, the
military and an education system paid for by taxes. Those who have
benefited the most should give back more than they have. Instead, they
continue to whine that "the rich paying less is good for everyone." The
trickle down BS of the 80's may finally be put to rest as people realize
that Wall Street's game is to privatize profits and socialize losses and the
only thing that trickles down is economic sewage.

Just sorta existing...? As far as I can tell that's what most people
are doing.

The OWS crew has been there for one month. Let's meet back here in
another month and see what's happened in the interim.

The protests are spreading not only to other cities, but to other countries.
Even at this very early stage in the life of the movement, they've blown the
doors off the Tea Party. I guess the right expects them to have sprung into
the world fully formed. Just more proof that they're not working in the
real world. The right's reaction in trying to underplay the OWS's
importance belies their fear that the movement could grow large enough to
force the government to re-regulate Wall St., banks and monopolistic
enterprises.

--
Bobby G.