Posts Tagged ‘#occupyLA’
Occupy LA Hits The Snooze Button
By Edmund Jenks - Politisite West Coast Editor All citizens of Los Angeles want to do is wake up, go to work, have fun, and live their lives with definition ... the definition they choose to have for their lives. For seven weeks now, a bunch of imported professional agitators set up shop on the 1.5 acre South lawn park at City Hall, in the name of the Occupy Wall Street Movement. All they have been able to accomplish is attract a bunch of homeless, out of work students, and some media attention to the fact that .... and is the only consistent point ... they are there to "Occupy". All other potential political points to be made are subservient to the concept To Occupy. Civilized cities call what these people have been doing in terms of "Occupy" is to trespass. Today, this morning, we [...]
Poll: Occupy Wall Street What do they Want? Top10% pay 70% of the Taxes, Internet is a Right, Forgive Student Loans… More
I was quite surprised by two things: One, there are as many tourists, journalists, and photographers as there are protesters. And Second, the protesters, knowingly or not, are fairly unified a few basic beliefs. Here is what our survey of the Occupy Wall Street protesters found: 80% of those polled said that the rich should pay higher taxes and that it’s fair that approximately the top 10% of tax payers pay more than 70% of the taxes in the US and about 40% of employed people pay no income tax. 93% say that student loan debt should be forgiven 98% believe that health care should be free 98% believe that Insurance companies make too much money and some of their profits should be taken to pay for more healthcare for others 95% believe that drug prices should be controlled 32.5% [...]
