Here's the deal:
I'm a fence-rider. I am as middle-of-the-road as a person gets when it comes to politics. I'm embarrassed to admit that I've even told myself that "I'm not smart enough to understand politics, so don't even bother".
I sat down to write about how I wish this whole "Occupy Wall Street" story would blow over already. I had heard about it on the news and I had seen protesters outside of downtown St. Louis and my opinion was, "Those people need to get a job and quit their bitching. If I can do it, so can they".
But then I did some research.
And what I found out surprised the hell out of me.
I won't shove my opinions down your throat (not my style), but I will share the protest signs that made me stop and think the most.
I'm a little nervous about this guys... what the hell is our country coming to? And what will be left of it for our children?
Some of these protesters are free loaders. Some of them are young, ignorant people who didn't want to go to college and don't want to have to earn a living. But most of them really aren't. Most are college educated adults who are stuck... and I can relate to that. I won't go so far as to say that I'm part of the 99%. I have a job that pays me fairly. I own a condo and a car, and I pay taxes with every paycheck. But I'm not exactly thrilled about where I am job-wise right now. Corporate America and I don't mix well, just as I feared we wouldn't. So I'm certainly not part of the 1% either.
Where do I fit in?
All these people who are "mad as hell" for their personal reasons have every right to be. But who's got ideas? Who knows how to fix it? Until people start coming up with ways to rectify this, I'm afraid that Wall Street will continue to sweep this under the rug. Sure it'll be annoying for them and maybe it will even inconvenience them. But it sure as hell isn't going to change things.
So... what now?
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