SHOULD I CARE ABOUT THIS OCCUPY WALL ST. MOVEMENT...

Occupy Wall St. is everything that is American and everything that America isn't, all at the same time. Large demostrations happen all the time in countries all over the world, but here in America they are quite rare. In this country our protests consists of talk shows, social media outlets like Twitter and Facebook, and letter writing. Every now and then you may get a demonstration with about a dozen or so people standing in front of an abortion clinic or government building.

But having 20,000 or more people camped out in a public park in front of this nation's financial capital is not suppose to happen in America anymore. Now you can find Occupy (insert your city) Movement in cities all over this nation. From Los Angeles to New York, from Austin to Seattle, this movement is growing larger day by day. You just don't see this in America anymore.

So what do these hundred of thousands of protestors, that support Occupy Wall St. want? That is the million dollar question really. Whatever it is though has struck passion in the average citizen young and old. So it must be something worth fighting for, right? The one demand or want that keeps popping up from all the different cities, in this loosely organized campaign, is to end the influence money has over our government.

That isn't such a bad idea. The Occupy Wall St. participants believe that corporate money has become the driving force behind all government policy making. They believe that powerful corporate lobbyists are the reason for the political gridlock that keeps lawmakers from making any real changes. At least any changes that help the 99%.

Now you will hear other demands or wants from Occupy Wall St. loyalists. Wants such as dividing the wealth of this country equally and to hold the Wall St. executives accountable for causing taxpayers to lose out on billions of dollars. While at the same time the banks and executives, that lost the taxpayers money in the first place, are receiving government bailouts and large bonuses. It should be noted that after Wall St. lost billions of taxpayer dollars, they were bailed out with more taxpayer money. As we are taxpayers ourselves, we can definitely sympathize with their anger.

As effective as these Occupy Wall St. loyalists think their movement may be, it is not an original idea. This type of movement/protest was inspired by the Egyptian protestors who helped remove their president.

Everyone knows that our parties in this country, whether it is Republican, Democrat, or Tea Party, can not agree on anything. Each party blames the other for the situation we are in. They say that each others ideas to fix the problems are unreasonable. So while most of us have sat by and watched this political bullshit in disgust, the people of Occupy Wall St. have taken to the streets. Right or wrong, they are doing something and maybe it is time for something to be done.

Maybe the time of chain letters and Facbooking is over. Maybe it is time for non-violent, open discussion protests to take place. This is a country where free speech and peaceful demonstrations is a right that our fore-fathers before us fought for and won.

So why should you care about this? Well, it is your right to care or not to care, but remember this. It is your money and prosperity that is affected by the decisions or lack of decisions made by our lawmakers. This includes nationally and locally. A recent poll showed that the majority of the country is unhappy with the performance of all of our representatives, nationally and locally.

Everyone should be able to understand their frustrations. When banks get bailed out with taxpayer money for the fear of them going bankrupt (because they screwed up) and then turn around a show huge profits with outrageous bonuses for the executives, that is frustrating. On top of that small businesses and potential homeowners (who have busted their butts trying to save) can not get loans and the banks turn around and raise their fees to unbelievable percentages. Of course there is frustrations.

It is naive to think Wall St. and government are completely independant of each other. They go hand in hand. Should Occupy Wall St. be directing all of their attention at Wall St. and corporations? We don't think so. If you want to hold the banks and the executives accountable for their so called "crimes", then you must hold the politicians and government officials just as accountable for allowing it to happen. Where are the protests directed at the Congress and the White House?

No matter what each of us believes, maybe we should take a little direction from Occupy Wall St. and fight harder for what we believe in. Here in the United States of America peaceful demonstrations without the fear of harm is a luxury that many other countries do not have. So maybe we should use it. People have a right to their opinions and ideas. Ideas and opinions are not black and white and have room for true discussion.

So if people are talking about Occupy Wall St. (and the media is talking) then maybe there can be some real discussions to find some real solutions. 

It is always better to argue points then to just simply argue.