I was watching the Rachel Maddow Show and her interview with Barney Frank. Frank was talking about the Occupy Wall Street Movement, advising the movement that if it doesn't express it's anger at the polls, like the Tea Party does, then their protests will not yield the changes they seek. Of course, this is a not so subtle way of saying to the movement that it needs to vote for Democrats in 2012 if they want things to change.
As I stated in an earlier post, do not let the Democrats co-opt the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The deal is this. It was President Clinton, a democrat, that repealed regulatory laws (Glass-Steagall in particular) that allowed the financial sector the unbridled recklessness that resulted in the current economic meltdown. That same president also gave us NAFTA, the start of a mass exodus of American jobs overseas and elsewhere.
The Democratic Party had the majority in 2008 and did not do anything towards helping the 99%. Some of you may argue that the democrats gave us health care reform. Is it really reform? The majority of Americans were down for single payer and if they could not get that, they would settle for a public option. We got neither. We got a piece of legislation written by the insurance industry which guarantees them billions of dollars. The current president did not even fight for the public option. Moreover, President Oblaaaaahhma just signed a trade agreement with Korea and Panama that has no provisions to guarantee fair trade.
Do not be hoodwinked. Neither party is going to do a damned thing for the 99% because the 99% ain't got no damned money. You can't line their pockets, fill their campaign coiffures, pay for expensive gifts and vacations, or guarantee them a six figure salary in corporate America after their congressional tenure is done. Don't fall for the rope a dope. The only way the movement will remain powerful and effective is to remain grassroots and non partisan.
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