The irony of what they are asking for rings loud and clear:
Why is it this frustration does not have more constructive outlets
and messages? Who are the current demonstrators and what are
their goals? It is certain that the Tea Partiers are no
longer a part of this ill-defined and self-proclaimed movement.
Some officials have tried to assist the Occupiers to little avail or
positive outcome. In cities where the mayor is sympathetic, the
alliance has not resulted in any positive outcomes or increased rationality.
The Occupiers are dissatisfied with the economic distribution and
the lack of work. Many might not want to work given the
support they are receiving from pro-Occupy factions.
However the consideration that the government might be more of the
cause of the problems they see than the cure, has not been openly
recognized. In the early stages of OWS there were some who were
concerned about the alliance between government and big business, but
that has not taken any serious consideration since.
So the OWS folks want to critique WS and its bailout propensity, and
no doubt for good reasons.
Although around the country, OWS is also becoming known for its demands for free
education and other things. So frustration has morphed into a lack
of respect for property rights and a call for the end of capitalism, and
in effect bailouts for the poor.
In DC it is now apparent that they exhibit no respect for public
property, as they trashed a site that was a previous stimulus investment to the tune of nearly $500K.
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A key Republican lawmaker wants the Obama administration to explain
its role in allowing "Occupy Wall Street" protestors to illegally camp
in a Washington D.C. park that was recently beautified with nearly half
a million dollars in stimulus funds.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R.–Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee, asked the Interior Department this week to
explain why protestors have been allowed to camp in McPherson Square
illegally and destroy the public property.
And so it goes around the country: much money lost dealing
with the Occupiers’ burden on the local community. In Oakland that
cost is now well over $500K, and more than that in San Francisco.
The strikes at the docks in Oakland are hurting the truckers, leaving
the truckers union as not supporting the demonstrations.
Why is it this frustration does not have more constructive outlets
and messages? Who are the current demonstrators and what are
their goals? It is certain that the Tea Partiers are no
longer a part of this ill-defined and self-proclaimed movement.
Appeasing the OWS does little to solve any problem:
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The mayor, a Democrat and former labor organizer, had patronized the
group for months, offering them ponchos when it rained and vigorously
supporting their message of "economic justice and restoration of balance
to American society." The city council also passed a resolution
endorsing the movement, and the police commander ordered officers not to
step on any protesters' toes. But as the occupation continued with no
end in sight -- and health conditions grew, shall we say, odious -- the
mayor sought to negotiate with the group's ostensible leaders. He seemed
certain that both the occupiers and city government shared the same aim
to peacefully co-exist. He was mistaken.
Mr. Villaraigosa reportedly offered the occupiers a
10,000-square-foot office space, a patch of farmland to garden and
housing for the homeless if the protesters vacated the City Hall lawn. The protesters rejected the offer and its core assumption that they
could be bought off.
The mayor, a Democrat and former labor organizer, had patronized the
group for months, offering them ponchos when it rained and vigorously
supporting their message of "economic justice and restoration of balance
to American society."
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg also tried appealing to the
protesters' supposed sensibilities by supporting their class warfare
message. When Mr. Bloomberg finally resolved to clear out Zuccotti Park,
occupiers sued the city for violating their First Amendment rights. Some
rioted, and a large contingent picketed the mayor's mansion on the Upper
East Side. The lesson in all this for Mr. Villaraigosa and other mayors
is that trying to appease radicals is a fool's errand.
OWS calling for "economic justice and restoration of
balance to American society,"
which presumably in turn requires an unjust confiscation of property
just because.