Editorial: Emerging message from Occupy Wall Street (Press-Democrat)

[struggle4progress]

Published: Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 1:03 p.m.

... In much of America, the recession hasn't ended. Incomes are falling, unemployment is not. Yet the rich are prospering, and Wall Street banks that made a killing during the boom haven't paid any price for their role in the bust.

As it's grown, Occupy Wall Street has started focusing on disparity, fairness, justice. These could become powerful campaign themes, causing discomfort for both major parties. But it remains to be seen whether the upstart movement can be harnessed into an effective political force for the 2012 election ...

These demonstrators may not represent the 99 percent they claim, but they aren't uninformed. And if they're waging class war, as some critics say, they have some compelling numbers on their side ...

Financial institutions have effectively blocked nearly all of the regulatory reforms that were proposed when they lined up for federal bailouts. Adding to the public's contempt are nickel-and-dime fees, such as Bank of America's new $5-a-month charge for debit cards ...

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20111013/OPINION/111019798

[EdMaven]

1. I recommended this but it's still at zero. Why would people unrec this, of all

things?

[slay]

2. I just rec'd

trolls from FR most likely are the un-rec-ers. shows 6 recs now. :toast:

[applegrove]

3. I for one look forward to a time when unrec's are gone. Far too often a great post,

that should be universally be liked by democrats, get unrec'd.

[rpannier]

4. I am not a fan of the unrec

I just want to know how it is the Unrec Patrol find these stories before I do

[Lucky Luciano]

5. Who cares. Without unrec, disruptors could rec

...up inane and silly threads to mask the hards news threads. Either way though, the important threads cannot be hidden.

[truedelphi]

6. glad to be rec # 34. and glad to hear that one of

my local papers is hitting it hard in terms of "class warfare."

We wouldn't have to present on class on the 1%, and who they are and how they operate, if they hadn't been waging war on the middle Class for all these years.

[Uncle Joe]

7. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, struggle4progress.