Quote from: CadillacClock;1863920the message is lost under the ever swaying direction and mentality of their supporters. for every serious protester there's a teenager running around in a guy fawkes mask or worse an adult abe lincoln/george washington costume.
even their unofficial official website fails to grasp a single unified message. the entire protest has become a display of the peoples inability to define themselves under a single (compromised) message.
http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/
a bunch of poorly written demands
Here are my thoughts and responses to their demands.
1. While I'm all for removing free trade systems like NAFTA, the problem is that we will risk trade wars as our trading partners increase tariffs on our goods.
2. If we raise min. wage to $20, inflation will spike and you better be ready for the prices of everything else to go up proportionately.
3. It already exists and it pays enough to live on. The problem is they want to be rewarded for nothing by being paid enough for them to have all their desires met. A big screen TV in every room, a new car in every driveway, etc.
4. There is no free meal, somebody has to pay for it. As long as everybody understands that their taxes will go up, sure go ahead and make it free. Not that it matters to me, I'm a few years out of college, so it wouldn't affect me anyways.
5. I would be ok with getting rid of fossil fuels, if an equally cost effective alternative existed; however, at this point, nothing exists, other than nuclear. That demand is waiting on the science.
6. Should have been done to begin with. I like Ron Paul's idea to cut the wasteful military spending and put it into infrastructure like roads and bridges.
7. Grew up using nuclear power and living near major wetlands. We never had any problems.
8. The civil rights act already does that (without it being an amendment to the Constitution).
9. Today's geopolitical climate doesn't allow that. Open borders (esp. with Mexico) are unsafe. Instead, I would propose major increases in the number of and ease to aquire work and travel visas.
10. Those standards are set that way because most countries *cough*Africa*cough* don't have the funding for anything beyond a paper ballot, which is slow and tedious to count.
11. Easiest way to destroy the world economy in one swift blow.
12. Enjoy not being able to get a loan without a major percentage of money as a down payment.
Edit: Forgot one of them:
13. Allowing union creation is the easiest way around to get a business to close. Simply because it is easier to shut down and start a new company than comply with union thugs.
The majority of these people are folks who don't have an ounce of sense. I'd be willing to bet many of these protesters haven't had a job in their life, outside of "going to class". Maybe they should work on how to implement their plans rather than just making a bunch of demands. At least with the Tea Party bunch (which might I add, are the original Tea Party in name only), they'll recommend ideas on how to implement their demands and do it without vandalizing property.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2046586/Occupy-Wall-Street-Shocking-photos-protester-defecating-POLICE-CAR.html
