OKAY. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I AM POSTING THIS. THANKS POKECOMMUNITY.
I WISH I COULD SHOOT YOU RIGHT NOW.
I wholeheartedly agree with this movement, and I hope it gets larger than it already is and spreads. And may I add that this is not a anti-capitalism movement, Occupy Wall Street is pro-capitalism and pro-democracy. They are protesting policies that are not capitalist nor democratic. While also protesting policies that have failed time and time again.
An example of this is the fact that the government bailed out multiple banks and corporations (through policies that were passed by President Bush and enacted by President Obama.) Capitalism calls for business, banks, and corporations to fail if their own failed policies and investments put them in that situation. While Socialism calls for them to fail..wait lolwut?
People saying that these people are just jealous of the wealthy are exceedingly ignorant. This movement is protesting many things, and I shall list some of them for you:
- Government bailouts.
- Policies on Wall Street that have pulled our economy into a recession (and close to one multiple times) and is about to yet again.
- Money in politics. An example of this would be the fact that the oil industry collectively donated tens of millions of dollars to both John McCain and Barack Obama's campaigns to help influence their policies if they were to become president in favor of the oil companies.
- Poor being a death sentence (referencing health care and is the only socialist idea and policy advocated within this protest)
- Tax loopholes that are easily exploitable by the wealthy.
- Low taxes for the rich (generally speaking.)
- Politics being childish. Such as how Republicans and Democrats seem to be in a war for power and their objective is to screw the other party's policies.
- Politicians, instead of representing the people, represent the corporations who fund their campaign.
- Policies that encourage businesses to go out of the country.
- The pay gap between CEO's and the average worker. In the US 475:1. I would post a list comparing a list of countries together but I can't. THANKS POKECOMMUNITY
This list really does go on and on. This is not a socialist, communist, democrat, republican, rich, poor, liberal, or conservative movement. It is a movement of the people, who support policies that encourage growth, and who are pro-democracy and pro-capitalist. Corporations having power, any at all, is not a capitalist economy or a democratic government.