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No, they're mainly targeting Wall Street, the "rich", and those "evil banksters". It's a movement based in class warfare, not holding our politicians' feet to the fire for their involvement in the political corruption.
I'll ignore your comments about OWS being a peaceful movement so as not to completely derail this thread.
Again, you have been misinformed by the Wall Street-owned corporate media.
Educate yourself:
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park of New York City's Wall Street financial district. The protests are against social and economic inequality, high unemployment, greed, as well as corruption, and the undue influence of corporations—particularly that of the financial services sector—on government. The protesters' slogan We are the 99% refers to the growing difference in wealth in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. Immediate prototypes for OWS are the British student protests of 2010, Greece's and Spain's anti-austeriy protests of the "indignados" (indignants), as well as the Middle Easts' Arab Spring protests. These antecedents have in common with OWS a reliance on social media and electronic messaging to circumvent the authorities.[5] OWS has been followed by the broader Occupy movement of leaderless protests in other cities across America and around the world....
When you have the authority to write the rules of the game, you can write whatever you want that excludes you from criminal prosecution.
And the 80,000 page tax code keeps millions of accountants and tax form preparation companies busy from Jan 1 to Apr 15 every year.
Again, you have been misinformed by the Wall Street-owned corporate media.
Educate yourself:
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park of New York City's Wall Street financial district. The protests are against social and economic inequality, high unemployment, greed, as well as corruption, and the undue influence of corporations—particularly that of the financial services sector—on government. The protesters' slogan We are the 99% refers to the growing difference in wealth in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. Immediate prototypes for OWS are the British student protests of 2010, Greece's and Spain's anti-austeriy protests of the "indignados" (indignants), as well as the Middle Easts' Arab Spring protests. These antecedents have in common with OWS a reliance on social media and electronic messaging to circumvent the authorities.[5] OWS has been followed by the broader Occupy movement of leaderless protests in other cities across America and around the world....
Couple of points... 1)Don't tell me to educate myself and then use wikipedia as your source. 2)When you try to refute another poster's quote, it helps if you actually refute what they said. 3)How is it the OWS crowd is protesting government (as you claim) when they park their sorry asses on Wall Street?
You may want to back off your liberal propaganda sites a bit.
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