What started out as an idea on a social site morphed into a passionate movement called, Occupy Wall Street. As the movement spreads to major cities throughout America sooner or later the President would have to say something. And now he has. So has Mitt Romney, who deems the movement as being ‘dangerous’, which is not at all surprising since he also claims the Corporations are People.
“I think it’s dangerous, this class warfare,” said Mitt Romney to an audience of about 50 people in response to a question about the Occupy Wall Street protests.
President Obama speaking at a press conference today called the protest a reflection of a “broad-based frustration about how our financial system works” and how the American people feel.
ABC reports:
The president, speaking at a press conference, said he had heard about and seen television reports on the recent protests on Wall Street, and noted that “I think it expresses the frustrations that the American people feel.
We had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression – huge collateral damage throughout the country, all across main street. And yet, you are still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to crack down on abusive practices that got us in the situation in the first place,” Mr. Obama told reporters. “I think people are frustrated.
“He said, though, that the U.S. must have a strong and effective financial sector for the economy to grow, and that the financial regulation bill he championed ensures tougher oversight of the financial industry.
Some protesters were skeptical, saying he’s sticking to the party line which is, ‘We are taking care of the situation.’ But he’s not proposing any solutions,” said Thorin Caristo, a 37-year-old antique store owner from Plainfield, Conn.
The protesters have endured, rain, homelessness, an unprecedented police crackdown, mass arrests and police entrapment, so a politician’s words will hardly sooth their frustrations. The protesters and supporters want action, not politics as usual Nation of Change quoted one of the best:
James Madison warned that “the day will come when our Republic will be an impossibility. It will be an impossibility because wealth will be concentrated in the hands of few. A Republic cannot stand upon bayonets, and when the day comes…we must rely upon the wisdom of the best elements in the country to readjust the laws of the nation to the changed conditions.”
Forget the politics and throw the partisan rhetoric aside, because even though I am an Obama supporter, he’s in Wall Street’s pockets too. Almost all politicians are and until they can cast aside their own agendas, this movement is yours/theirs and is not owned by any political leader or Corporation. An answer that would have been more well received would be to the question, “What’s going on with that police crackdown in New York City?”
This movement is a wake up call and no one gives a fuck about your political leanings. Support the movement because your rights could be next on the chopping block.
