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Originally Posted by Daradon
The Occupy movement is supported by people around the world, and even Time Magazine's latest issue has it billed as 'The Silent Majority' reporting that 57% percent of Americans sympathize with the protestors.
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I'm not sure Time's results really supports Occupy Wall Street.
Even I support the idea of protesting for better regulatory controls of the financial sector . . . . . which is effectively, in a broad sense, myself supporting the Occupy Wall St. Movement. I've even encouraged you to get out and protest . . . . but have said you're arguing with the wrong people.
In The Hill newspaper in Washington, a more enlightening poll this week tells a different tale about the common man:
The movement appears to have struck a chord with progressive voters, but it does not seem to represent the feelings of the wider public.
The Hill poll found that only one in three likely voters blames Wall Street for the country’s financial troubles, whereas more than half — 56 percent — blame Washington.
Moreover, when it comes to the political consequences of the protest, voters tend to believe that there are more perils than positives for Obama and the Democrats.
A plurality believe that the Occupy Wall Street movement will hurt Democrats and Obama in the 2012 election. Even those whose sympathies lie on the left of center seem unsure about the likely political repercussions. Just half of all liberal likely voters — the group most likely to blame Wall Street for the recession — and fewer than half of all Democrats believe the protests will help their side next year.
The split on the question of apportioning blame for the nation’s economic travails corresponds closely with voters’ political ideologies: More than 7 in 10 conservatives blamed Washington for the recession, while more than 5 in 10 liberals blamed Wall Street.
But self-identified centrists, importantly, appear to be siding with the right on economic issues, with nearly half blaming Washington for the recession.
http://thehill.com/polls/187837-the-...an-wall-street
What you're seeing in a poll like that is a more pragmatic populace - the 99% - versus the extremists that tend to populate the Occupy Wall St. movement which right now looks like the 1%.
People are choked. They're cheesed at everyone within swinging distance. But some punching bags rank higher than others.
Good news though, in Missoula, they're setting up teepees and getting ready for winter.
http://missoulian.com/news/local/art...cc4c03286.html
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Cow, one small group of nutbars from one article from one city does not equal the entire Occupy Wall St. movement. Believing that to be true, that Licia's article portrays only what the movement represents and who it's population consists of, is short sighted, ridiculous, and uninformed.
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Glad you can agree they're nutbars.
And they're in every town. You're pretty myopic if you think different.
This also isn't the tough times of "The Grapes Of Wrath" or even the recessions of Ronald Reagan in the early 1980's, the images of which I remember well. I loved how the unemployed guy in Calgary whipped out his I-pod to show pictures of his work . . .
Also, in the news of the day, Citigroup ordered to pay $285 million in a civil fraud charges . . . . . and not their first conviction of late. Apparently they don't have Washington in their pocket.
Cowperson