The Palm Beach County Democratic Party sent out the following message:
Holiday Announcement from Occupy Palm Beach:
In this season of giving it is time to bridge the Gap between the those who have taken and those who have been looted, those who have been bailed out and those who have been sold out. Come and join us in carrying this holiday message on the Okeechobee bridge linking Palm Beach Island with the rest of the world, Dec. 24th, 11:30 am meet up at Occupy Palm Beach site....the old, now reoccupied city hall, two blocks north of Clematis street and two blocks west of Flagler...Occupy the bridge at 12:00 noon 24 December. Bring signs, noise makers, walking shoes and your heart and passion.
Meet up 24 December 11:30am Old City Hall
Occupy Okeechobee bridge 12 noon
GA at 2:00 PM
Although the Tea Party tends to think that the solution lies in doing “something” about government (my belief and I'm not a Tea-Partier) and the Occupy Wall Street movement thinks that the solution surely lies in doing “something” about the private sector, the two movements share a fundamental dissatisfaction with the status quo. It’s not that they want more of this or less of that. They want the system to function differently. They want a phase change.
Although the Tea Party tends to think that the solution lies in doing “something” about government (my belief and I'm not a Tea-Partier) and the Occupy Wall Street movement thinks that the solution surely lies in doing “something” about the private sector, the two movements share a fundamental dissatisfaction with the status quo. It’s not that they want more of this or less of that. They want the system to function differently. They want a phase change.
Please read the Forbes article on What do Occupiers want?
Sure hope that the "World Owes me a living" group does not block that bridge. We might see Occupiers going to jail for X'mas.
"The phase change is not about replacing capitalism with socialism: it’s about reinventing capitalism so that it becomes more productive and helps people rather than hurts them.
ReplyDeleteThe phase change is not about confiscating the assets of the 1% and giving them to the 99%. It’s about creating a system in which everyone can prosper."
That's about right. Thanks,Lynn.