Even though I have not participated directly in OWS protests (I was physically a part of one in New Orleans, but I did not actively do anything), I am a supporter. One of the observations of these protests is that there is no one thing that unites them, except possibly that those with power are excluding so many.
My focus has been on the power of those with money. I refer to the phenomenon as the power of money. Our nation is essentially run as an oligarchy.
Over time, I have referenced issues that flow from the intrusion of money into our government. One cannot be elected without tons of money and tons of money influence the decisions of government. Without a system to control the massive infusion of money, we will have problems.
Problems arising from this influence of power through money are the terrible and growing inequity in the distribution of wealth, the inability of control the size of banks to avoid the problem of too big to fail, the failure to address the economics of health care because our government is controlled by pharmaceutical companies and health care insurance companies. In short, money controls the power that influences every aspect of our government.
Over this, I join the OWS crowd!
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