So apparently the "Occupy Wall Street" movement is over. Did they ever end up accomplishing anything?
666_Maggots~PassionForGlory BN-1
2012/07/30 16:03:38
So did they actually achieve any sort of goal?
pointless politics.
Regardless, they were supposed to call attention to the reforms that were necessary due to the fact that our financial system came crashing down due to the lack of regulation regarding speculation and derivatives. This then turned into a political movement of "tax the rich" and "support unions." The Dems came out and supported the protesters on the surface, but neither Obama or the other Dems took any serious action to implement the changes the protesters were expecting. So aside from causing some noise, I don't believe they've accomplished anything substantial.
Street.
Too bad the wealthy 1% WON this round....
"liberal proggy"
"liberal proggy"
Go find another line to bleat, huh?
Quite apart from shining a little light into some very dirty little rabbit holes where bankers are being called in to speak with senate and parliamentary committees on both sides of the Atlantic. The activities of JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Barclays and Anglo Irish continue to be investigated, fines issued and the first arrest has taken place,
I was in a 7/11 the other day and the counter assistant was discussing keynsian economic policy with a homeless man and I thought "Wow that is something you don;t see every day!". And yet people are much more aware and seriously discussing how it is that the world is on the brink of financial collapse...
Would the people be as publicly aware if it had been left up to government and the banks to raise the profile of the issues without the actions of Occupy?
I suspect that it be just as it was in 2008 when the banks had to go cap in hand to their respective governments on a Friday to inform them that all ATM's would have to be switched off the following Monday unless they were given more cash and the public were kept in the dark about the wh...
Quite apart from shining a little light into some very dirty little rabbit holes where bankers are being called in to speak with senate and parliamentary committees on both sides of the Atlantic. The activities of JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, Barclays and Anglo Irish continue to be investigated, fines issued and the first arrest has taken place,
I was in a 7/11 the other day and the counter assistant was discussing keynsian economic policy with a homeless man and I thought "Wow that is something you don;t see every day!". And yet people are much more aware and seriously discussing how it is that the world is on the brink of financial collapse...
Would the people be as publicly aware if it had been left up to government and the banks to raise the profile of the issues without the actions of Occupy?
I suspect that it be just as it was in 2008 when the banks had to go cap in hand to their respective governments on a Friday to inform them that all ATM's would have to be switched off the following Monday unless they were given more cash and the public were kept in the dark about the whole thing so that there would not be a panic...
The bankers and politicians have nothing to gain and everything to lose if the public actually knew to what extent they have been screwed out of their pensions and their investments...