Some republicans used the Tea Party to elect what they considered to be more and better republicans. OWS and Tea Party members (not leaders) have they same complaints. They feel like they are being screwed and they damn well do not want to take it any more. Elements of the far conservative right used this feeling to put their agenda into place, the agenda of less government and less taxes. Unfortunately this austerity package is screwing everyone even more.
Now to be simple we need more government and more taxes. More government for such things as building infrastructure, improving infrastructure, more regulations, improving health care, providing benefits for the elderly, improving education, providing for inexpensive energy, reducing global warming, and on and on. To pay for this there needs to be more taxes on those who can afford to pay those taxes.
The problems we are faced with are numerous, large, and interconnected. OWS has stated the problems well. The solutions like the problems are numerous, large and interconnected. Experts and many non experts know and understand what needs to be done to raise the standard of living in the US and the world.
Now for some simple facts. The republicans just are not going to offer viable solutions. What the republicans offer as solutions will exacerbate the problems. Most of the politicians of our party offer solutions that are too small, too narrow, too beholding to corporations, and on and on. There is no possible way to form a third party to offer better solutions. The reason is that the laws work against third parties.
So that means to move towards dealing with problems that confront us, we must elect more and better democrats. There is no viable alternative. So the questions become what opportunities does OWS present to us? And how do we use those opportunities?
I do not know the answers to these questions. But we here at DailyKos need to figure out the answers and light a fire under our asses.
8:52 AM PT: Based on many of the comments I see many do not believe that OWS is not interested in having their complaints addressed by those with the power to solve them.
11:03 AM PT: To those who take issue with this diary I quote the last line of the Declaration of the Occupation of New York City.
To all communities that take action and form groups in the spirit of direct democracy, we offer support, documentation, and all of the resources at our disposal.
Join us and make your voices heard!
DailyKos is such a community. Further, the Democratic Party is such a community. Therefor OWS offers their support to us and the Democratic Party.
Sun Oct 09, 2011 at 12:13 AM PT: Thank all for the many fine comments. While I saw disagreement and argument, the comments were not abusive, but thought provoking. For the quality of the comments and argument I say thanks one and all.