Is The Occupy Wall Street Movement an Answer to The Tea Party Movement?

[Gaspar]

Didnt something along the lines of interfering with commerce happen long ago in Boston harbor?
I think it was called ... wait for it ...  a "tea party"

Yes.  Great analogy! Exactly 4 days from now back in 1773 a group of people (royal subjects) angry about the monopolistic practices of the East Indian Trading company, shut down the port to protest the British crown.  It was the birth of of the resistance movement against British rule.  It was also the birth of one of the more important foundations of our government system.  The concept that a government should not have the right to tax its people without offering them representation.

Are you suggesting that this is to represent the birth of the resistance movement against the US rule?

[Hoss]

Yes.  Great analogy! Exactly 4 days from now back in 1773 a group of people (royal subjects) angry about the monopolistic practices of the East Indian Trading company, shut down the port to protest the British crown.  It was the birth of of the resistance movement against British rule.  It was also the birth of one of the more important foundations of our government system.  The concept that a government should not have the right to tax its people without offering them representation.

Are you suggesting that this is to represent the birth of the resistance movement against the US Special Interest rule?

FIFY.

[Teatownclown]

Just a little parody of the conservative attacks on President Obama.

[Gaspar]

So sad.  Using children for political advantage.  Children purposely set up to be hurt, simply so their parents can make a shallow political point. Will these kids grow up with any civil responsibility?  I don't know, I just hope some of them can escape this mindset and realize their power as individuals instead of members of a mob.

[heironymouspasparagus]

So sad.  Using children for political advantage.  Children purposely set up to be hurt, simply so their parents can make a shallow political point. Will these kids grow up with any civil responsibility?  I don't know, I just hope some of them can escape this mindset and realize their power as individuals instead of members of a mob.

Like the Boy Scouts?

Being brain washed to hate gays?  Using children for political advantage.  Being purposely set up to be hurt, so their parents can make  a shallow political point.

[Gaspar]

Like the Boy Scouts?

Being brain washed to hate gays?  Using children for political advantage.  Being purposely set up to be hurt, so their parents can make  a shallow political point.

I was a Boy Scout.  I don't remember that part.

[Red Arrow]

I was a Boy Scout.  I don't remember that part.

You must have been in the wrong Troop.   

[heironymouspasparagus]

Neither of you been paying attention to the last 30+ years??

[Gaspar]

So, I guess now we need to clean up the ports.

[guido911]

Stop posting pictures of the fringe Gasman. 

[Conan71]

Neither of you been paying attention to the last 30+ years??

Nope, just you being full of smile.  I was a Boy Scout too and it wasn't in the manual, nor imparted verbally.

Nice straw man though.

[heironymouspasparagus]

Nope, just you being full of smile.  I was a Boy Scout too and it wasn't in the manual, nor imparted verbally.

Nice straw man though.

Wasn't there when I was in, either, but that was a long time ago.  No straw man - it's the way its done today.  It's all over the news, a lot of the time - I can't believe you all missed it!

[guido911]

Interesting little factoid:

They've been demonized and denounced for not doing their fair share.

But a new analysis released yesterday shows that the top 1 percent of New York City's moneymakers paid 43.2 percent of the city's income tax — even though they accounted for just 33.8 percent of total income here.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/thanks_lot_to_the_e7GGP2aPLhaW0yESCrknEJ#ixzz1gSRYrVRF

I also read today that Colt is moving a bunch of manufacturing jobs from union-friendly Connecticut to right to work state Florida.

[nathanm]

Of course they did. NYC is an incredibly high-cost city. Taxing lower income people more in that situation just drives them out due to unaffordability. Since you have to have lower-income people to staff Best Buy or whatever, you can't just send them packing through the tax code.

[Teatownclown]

It's called job churning. Hey, at least they haven't been shifted from Florida to Cuba yet....