Gaaah. Protesters...

[Hoosier]

A lot of what the individuals out there are asking for is pie in the sky crazy talk, namely debt forgiveness.

However, there are things that are very wrong with the country. The bailouts and TARP stuff, that no one has been prosecuted, and that these institutions are larger now than they were before ... is unacceptable.

There is a wide difference between being against corporate greed and capitalism. You can be capitalist without resorting to lobbying for tax loop holes and expecting handouts when you've dug yourself into a hole. The fact that they were bailed out isn't capitalism.

So far Matt Taibbi has had the best list of things they should be clamoring for: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...bis-advice-ows

The interesting thing about #OWS is how fractured and incoherent it is. It remains to be seen if the find a platform that more people can get behind. I really believe there are fundamental problems, and solutions that will yet be proposed, that people of all positions on the political spectrum will agree on -- and the entrenched politicans will oppose.

I'd love to see the effort come to that point, but I fear it'll remain in the "Give us money too!" vein, which is untenable.

H.

[Byte Stryke]

A lot of what the individuals out there are asking for is pie in the sky crazy talk, namely debt forgiveness.

However, there are things that are very wrong with the country. The bailouts and TARP stuff, that no one has been prosecuted, and that these institutions are larger now than they were before ... is unacceptable.

There is a wide difference between being against corporate greed and capitalism. You can be capitalist without resorting to lobbying for tax loop holes and expecting handouts when you've dug yourself into a hole. The fact that they were bailed out isn't capitalism.

So far Matt Taibbi has had the best list of things they should be clamoring for: http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/20...bis-advice-ows

The interesting thing about #OWS is how fractured and incoherent it is. It remains to be seen if the find a platform that more people can get behind. I really believe there are fundamental problems, and solutions that will yet be proposed, that people of all positions on the political spectrum will agree on -- and the entrenched politicans will oppose.

I'd love to see the effort come to that point, but I fear it'll remain in the "Give us money too!" vein, which is untenable.

H.

Hoosier,
The voice of reason.


/thread

[Beprepared]

Had a word for those kind of hippies...Drain-bow kids. They sleep on your couch, drink your beer, and hit on your girl.