The Occupy Wall Street movement made its way to Milwaukee Saturday with dozens pouring into Zeidler Square. Tense and anxious, hundreds hung out in the park until noon when the number of marchers swelled to more than 1,500 people. When the call to march rang out, chants, drums and megaphones began blaring from the once quiet crowd as they began marching down Michigan Avenue.
The “Occupy Wall Street” movement had officially arrived in Milwaukee.
It is not the rich's fault you bought a home you couldn't afford, or took out loans you shouldn't have. Take personal responsibility for your own actions. No one put a gun to your head to take the actions that you took, and no one is going to cry for you when you suffer the consequences of your own actions. The other 99.998% of us seem to be okay with that.
Get lost. When Bill Gates stood in front of Congress asking permission to give away more jobs to foreigners, our houses were going underwater. We have finally exchanged our positions with China. We are on bikes and they cannot import enough cars. We are excited when they want to import our corn. Where have you been?
@Heather... some real gems... I really liked the 1trillion in student loans as a way of vilifying the banks that gave kids the oppertunity to attend college... what they did with their education is not the faults of the banks.
Lost to Walrker Klopy loses 2011 recalls fail to gain control Ok, let's try OWS in Milwaukee and spend millions on 2012 recalls. Talk about 99% when the voters are obviously against libs ( just check out election results) . Heck with civility, common sense and the role of legal elections. We'll just keep yelling and creating havoc till we get our way
As long as people tink they are worth more than then can be afforded by the ones that hold the money, conditions will only get worse. The US can't sustain the debt we now have anymore than the banks could, or the mortgage industry. But keep asking for govt. bailouts, that worked soooooo well didn't. It's called personal responsibility, and the whiners ought to try it sometime.
NOTE: almost 1/2 of all Americans do not pay ANY federal taxes... Who is pulling who's weight (or leg if this was a joke) Also for those that have some concept of history... In 1980 top 1% paid about 18% of Federal taxes... Now it is closer to 38%. I dont think that we can say that the 99% (or is it really the 49%) are being treated unfairly in the tax code. BTW.... i have never made a 6 figure salary in my life... but i am living comfortably and within my means. Makes a big difference on my bottom line. Top earners are the target for new tax increases, but the U.S. tax system is already highly progressive. The top 1 percent of income earners paid 38 percent of all federal income taxes in 2008, while the bottom 50 percent paid only 3 percent. Forty-nine percent of U.S. households paid no federal income tax at all.
Get a clue, these people are all over the news because liberals love a good pointless and directionless protest of paid people who are pretending to have a gripe, like the kid they all showed crying because his family lost their house. Only his two very affluent parents let their house foreclose so they could get a new loan at a cheaper rate despite being able to pay the existing loan. Or maybe the lady who wants free housing, college, and cars for everyone because the government can afford it and just print more money to pay for it. Claiming it's her right to do nothing while others pick up her lifestyle. These are the kinds of people on the OWS gangs. And the media continues to lie about both the OWS and tea party folks reversing the realities of both. Perhaps our US media is dyslexic?
I'd love for someone to explain the rationale on the student loans thing. Seems to me if you borrowed money to buy something (in this case a college education) and it's not working out for you, you'd go after the institution that sold it to you, not the institution that lent you the money to make the purchase.