Sources are difficult to come by as there seems to be a great deal of confusion re who these people are--originally a college group?--and nobody seems to know what they want. Even the disclaimer at the website where I got the 'spoof' list I posted says the group has made no specific demands.
If they have no specific demands, what the heck are they protesting????????
And as copy cat protests, all also seemingly clueless about what they are actually protesting, gather momentum across, the country, Vice President Biden gets it wrong per usual:
Vice President Joe Biden said the movement was similar to the political rightÂ’s tea party movement two years ago. He said they were both driven by middle-class frustration with government bailouts of corporate America.
“What is the core of that protest, and why is it increasing in terms of the people its attracting? The core is that the bargain has been breached with the American people. The core is that the American people do not think the system is fair or on the level," Biden said at forum sponsored by the Atlantic magazine and the Aspen Institute at the Newseum in Washington, according to the L.A. Times.
President Obama on Thursday blames Bush and/or the Republicans?
"I think it expresses the frustrations the American people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country ... and yet you're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on the abusive practices that got us into this in the first place.”
The Wall Street Occupiers: Who Are They and What Do They Want?, Christian News
But never mind that. As we all seem to be in agreement that the protesters at least philosophically have no problem with that list, let's go for it. I am salivating over the idea of having everything free and being able to relax and just be taken care of in royal fashion. And hey, if they can do that for me, why not everybody else? Take down the fence, open the harbors, make room at the airports and everybody come, no questions asked. Free money for everybody.
Maybe we need to build a new mint to keep up?