Saturday, October 29, 2011

Occupy Wall Street

In case you've been living in a box for the last month or so, there is a protest going on called Occupy Wall Street, and it is gaining ground and spreading beyond New York into cities across the world. The major premise of the protests are social and economic inequality fueled by corporate greed. The protesters, claiming the "99%", are upset with the enormous income gap between them and the "1%" of financiers, executives, etc.

It is my understanding that "Occupy Wall Street" has many complaints, but is offering few solutions. If OWS wants to have influence going forward, it will be important for them to act cohesively and begin to offer solutions. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.

Read this funny/interesting piece that was dropped on protestors in Chicago:


Happy Saturday. Beat Cal!

Cheers,
EZ

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