The Occupy Movement
The Occupy Movement — I have briefly visited one site and intently follow several in both supportive and non supportive media. I believe the purpose of the movement is personal to the individual protester but they are banded together because they all feel like they have been treated unfairly in some way. Inherent in most of their messages is a warning for those of us who are still negotiating the economic system. I verbalize the message as our county is on the wrong track and many honest working people are not far from a situation where they would feel like they should occupy a park near them. As an optimist, I think its up to us who aren’t in the park to make sure we get the country back on track. We need to work hard, demand a fair wage and benefits for our work, stay out of debt as best we can and make sure our government is efficient and really working for the majority of the population and not special interests. Our democracy may need to be tweaked so that we provide our citizens with a vote on issues and budgets instead of on elected representatives. Our technology should enable us make much more use of public referendums on how our taxes are spent. Be strong and be well!