I have not been to New York to take part in the Occupy Wall Street gathering, but I do support it. That movement has changed the whole tenor of the political debate. Just this week the New York Times featured two charts and the Allentown Morning Call had a front page article detailing just how much the top 1% rakes in compared to the bottom 99%.
Americans are becoming aware that the inequalities in this country are truly amazing and growing each year. In income, educational equality, health care, or any other measure of social justice you can name, as Beavis and Butthead would say, “We suck.”
Occupy Wall Street is drawing attention to those inequalities. The “issue” of the deficit has been shoved off the front page. We are starting to focus on real issues, and rich people are getting nervous. If you hold up a sign now that says “The Tea Party speaks for the 1%,” everybody will understand it.
The only reason I haven’t been up to New York is because I tend to avoid any large gathering of people where the toilet facilities are inadequate. Hey, I’m old.
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