The question I repeatedly hear and read about is this: What do those protestors at Occupy Wall Street and other cities want???
A few resources that I think are worth viewing/reading:
Why #OccupyWallStreet? 4 Reasons
Occupy Together
We're Not Broke, Just Twisted
and the We are the 99 Percent blog as well as the Occupy Wall Street website.
It's not a Republicans vs. Democrats thing, or a conservative vs. liberals thing. It is just people trying to live and wanting a fair shot at life. That's all. But it's becoming increasingly difficult to do that. The economy is extremely skewed. Big corporations and the super-wealthy use their money to buy the favor of politicians and influence policies that are a huge disadvantage to the common person. I don't think enough Americans understand that this is the problem with our economy.
So why Occupy Wall Street? To draw attention to the real problem. That's a big step in the right direction for our country and it will start the process of looking for serious resolutions to these issues. Unlike big corporations, the common person doesn't have the power of money on his side. But with millions of others just like him--standing together--there is power in numbers. And that is something the big corporations will never have, no matter how many billions or trillions of dollars they hold.
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