By Hank Finkel (about the author [1])
opednews.com
Here is why I Occupy:
I am sick of
- Trickle Down
- Stay the course
- Endless war
- Support the troops but screw the vets
- Privatized profits and socialized losses
- Corporate welfare
- Corporate personhood
- Privatized profits and socialized losses
- Profits before people
- Profits before planet
- Lobbyists
- Too big to fail
- Tax cuts for the rich and service cuts for the rest
- Bailouts for the banks and bank fees for the rest
We watched as American workers have been downsized, outsourced, laid off, medical bankrupted, and foreclosed upon.
We watched worker productivity and profits rise while incomes remained stagnant. We watched this once great nation put a man on the moon and now we are told that we cannot find a viable alternative energy source or a way to make green jobs viable.
We watched the Wall Street Titans, … Read More [2]