What Is Your Opinion On The Occupy Wallstreet Protests And Would You Join Us?

what is an extractionist? You have a marxist in the WH. You have a democrat controlled senate that won't even pass Obama's jobs bill and a republican controlled HOUSE. HOW does that interfere with you making a living for yourself or your kids making a living?

 

that's what you're supporting. That's what these kids are being led to do in NY at the OWS event.

 

Common thing, your side NOT seeing any problem. LOBBYISTS...BIG MONEY....CASH

Those would be the primary issues that interfere with the future (and insure there can never be one for anyone else in the future).

 

I am no confederate, I was born and raised in Connecticut, the Constitution State. There are far more of us than you.

 

I don't see a problem with money. I see a problem with our congressmen being bought. They could say no couldn't they? No one is twisting their arm. WHO are these lobbyists? Where do they get that money?

 

The point is big MONEY controls all of it. That's what people are sick of.

 

So you are opposed to George Soros? You are opposed to the amount of Cash thrown at Obama and all his campaign fundraisers? Or are you just opposed to right wing fundraisers?

and you don't like to think about the money given to Obama from GE or the bail out and special privileges that he has given to GE.

It's so easy to blame it all on the right because then you don't have to use your head. You can just say it's the right's fault.

 

I see it more as a fault of our ruling elite. THEY are accepting and in a lot of cases, ASKING for the bribe.

 

Well, because the right are always the ones out front claiming everything is wonderful, so long as government just gets out of the way, which is complete BS, and if Fox is any indication of what you people accept as reality, we're all well beyond screwed.

 

The ruling elite and big money I see, as the same thing. Two partners in crime.

 

perhaps in your Grand Funk you missed the Tea Party Phenomenon. So you do want government to legislate behavior. Additionally, I wish there was some consistency on the role of Fox News.

You seem to have a habit of attacking anything you perceive as right wing rather than address the issues.

 

but you seem to not want to hold politicians accountable for it. And who is this big money you keep referring to? GE? Politicians owe their constituency greater responsibility. ARe they incapable of that?

 

The issue is big money, corporate greed, and the ultra right wing elite. I see a lot of stupid people agreeing with what they see on Fox. That doesn't inspire my faith in right wing solutions for the future.

 

I guess I don't have to tell you that you are missing the point other posters are making. And I don't get why anyone would be upset with any other American exercising their right to FREE SPEECH-my goodness,we have had to endure 3 friggin long years of the GOPBAGGERS and their incessant whining,racist,biggotry-but you have every right under the Constitution to say what you want,and I don't like what you represent and how you are bought and paid for,but I will defend your right to voice your opinion to my grave.
Your party(GOP) has been bought for near 30 years up to and including John MCCain (and his daddy buying him into the Senate)-Get this ----( 3 ) money men ( GOP) is all it takes to fill a GOP candidate's coffers,and were talking BILLIONS----So,go ahead and argue about congress being bought-but don't turn around and then argue about us Americans protesting against the very same thing.

 

so now it isn't the government but instead the right wing and Fox and corporations. Yet these same corporations are GIVING big bucks to the democrats.

 

Dude...I have no allegiance to the left if that's what you're trying to infer. Big money has infected both parties. The right wing are just the ones quickest to defend the ultra wealthy. Pick any one of your main right wing spokesman. They're all rich, and they're all always the first to object to anything that slows down the interests of big money. Sorry, but you guys earned that reputation fair and square.

 

Yes, they are. "They did it too". Feel better?

 

You're right. The right wing is always defending and benefitting from the big money makers in Hollywood. And the right is always benefitting from big business. Like the guy that owns PROGRESSIVE insurance who is always donating big bucks to the Democrats. and the owners of Kohl's and McDonalds and Walmart AND GE AND GM who always give to the left. I'd LOVE to see these folks prevented from bankrolling democrats and Obama's campaign for the presidency.

I think its more likely that you just like to repeat what you're told. The bad guy is the right. They get all the money. Meanwhile the left is running around in their corporate jets at taxpayer expense, date night with Michelle, taking AF1 out for a quick spin, Belafonte selling his penthouse to Disney for 10.8 million and on and on. And you are angry at small business owners on the right.

 

do you? I feel bad for you. You're a beaten man.
You gotta be old to be this down.

 

I'm disgusted with big money interests. Fox, the right wing, and corporations lead the way. Yes "they did it too". The problem remains and the problem exemplifies the right wing first and foremost.

 

Well now that's probably true. My wheels spin forward but are pushed backwards, and it gets worse every year. Meanwhile, big money extracts more and more from society, to the very brink of it all crashing. That's reality dude. Believing anything else is just silly and fools only yourself.

 

You're missing the point. The corporations might be greedy and they do rule this country but it's the government that is the problem. Members of government give state privileges and monopolies to corporations in exchange for bribes, funds for their campaigns through PAC's (Political Action Committees)

They guarantee government members positions as executives in big corporations in exchange for favorable legislation. The same people that regulate drugs work for the drug corporations, the same people that regulate agriculture, work for the major food corporations (like Monsanto).

The problem is that the government has a monopoly on currency and that the federal reserve completely controls the economy and has its own interests.

Money is just a representation of value, it's the state intervention into free and voluntary markets that is the problem and has been the problem since the founding of this country.

 

I disagree.

Big money is the problem. Eliminate big money's power and you mostly eliminate the problem.

Money is debt. That's all. Then there's the debt owners. That's our smoke and mirrors economy of today. This BS of a "dream" is simply BS. This ain't your daddy's America. That one, was bought and sold some time ago.

 

EVEN when they're not the ones in power.

 

What are you talking about? What is "big money"? Money isn't debt, money is a representation of value used as a medium of exchange for goods and services.

Are you proposing that money should be eliminated?