They are both furious with governments, tired of the poor economy, and mistrustful of powerful institutions. New Jersey’s Governor, Chris Christie, said the two movements are “not that different” and they are both angry “because government has become dysfunctional.” While the two movements do have fundamental differences on issues such as spending and taxes, they have similar issues with Washington, the bailouts, and the economy. Both movements similar issue with Washington stem from the belief that politicians have special interests and favor corporations. Both movements are against the bailouts of the auto and financial industries, the Tea Party sees it as a form of socialism and the OWS sees it as symbol of favoritism to the wealthy and large corporations. And, finally they both are similar since they were both started due to the lousy
Although the purpose of the strike was met, the farmers were left portrayed as the losers in the equation and never shed the perception of economic inability and social inequality their plight bestowed upon them. It seems as if the new Tea Party movement may experience the same dismal descent into irrelevancy. Current members claim that the government in power is not a government they support, and that the actions and spending undertaken by that government are not warranted or sanctioned by the American people, as were the claims of the farmers in the 1930s. Author Thomas Frank, in his book “Pity the Billionaire”, puts the current Tea Party movement under the microscope to analyze how and why they were created, how they are often the unknowing face of the Republican Party, and how the financial crisis of the early 21st century spawned the faux third party of American
Occupy Wall Street The First Amendment guarantees both the freedom of speech and the right to "peaceably assemble." So why, on October 1, 2011 according to the New York City Police Department, were 700 Wall Street Protestors crossing the Brooklyn Bridge arrested, along with many more since then? From the Huffington Post Megan Barr says, “Some might say that the Occupy Wall Street Protesters are exercising their Constitutional Rights by calling for an overthrow of the System; The Constitution does not give us the right to overthrow the government because that is called treason”(Barr). To my knowledge our constitutional rights are always not certain. You have to somewhat read between the lines.
In his article “Hey, You Senators: Thanks For Nothing” Albom is criticizing the choices of our senators in regards to the American automakers. The automakers are in trouble, possibly ready to file for bankruptcy, and our leaders refuse to help. Mitch condescendingly states that the automakers are the lifeblood of the American economy and if they fail, the economy will only get worse. “You’ll go down with us. America isn’t America without an auto industry.
Capitalism affects everyone in a different way; it affects the quality of life one can have. Capitalism is morally deficient economic system in today’s society because it creates an unequal opportunity for citizens, causes a gap in the economic classes, has reversed the consumer- retailer relationship from a ‘push’ to a ‘pull’, leads to unfair free trading with other countries, and loses jobs for the hard working United States citizens. Capitalism creates an unequal opportunity for citizens to obtain an equal education, equal housing, and equal jobs opportunities in society. A symbolic analyst according to Robert B. Reich, in “Why the Rich Are Getting Richer and the Poor, Poorer” is in support of higher education. People with a higher education are not only able to help save their country, but they are able to help save the world.
Occupy Wall Street Movement By Dennis Yutuc BUS 309 Professor Abedin Occupy Wall Street, a movement in which they oppose the idea of government saving major banks and other financial institutions. The feeling that these institutions are taking money to better them and not their clients probably escalated due to the ethical financial unrest this country has gone thru and is slowly trying to get out of. Prior to this, personally, I have never heard of this movement here in the states. Seen news and Internet posts about them all over the world but never saw it here in this country. It may have been around, but was not a huge movement until all this business with Enron, Goldman Sachs, and others were scrutinized over their financial
Gandhi realized that simple nonviolent resistance enrages the authoritative figures of a country. Gandhi used the media and this behavior to expose the hatred of Indians. Since Gandhi, many groups of people have been influenced by his modern take on passive resistance. Occupy Wall Street is a protest movement that began September 17, 2011 in New York City. The protests are against social and economic inequality, corruption, greed of America and the influence of corporations on government policies.
This caused a big problem for the Liberal Government because they had promised land to the public but they never received it. With the failures of democracy were contrasted with the dynamic actions of revolutionaries like D'Annunzio. There was a huge threat from left wing parties post war because the Italy Public was looking for a way to recover from the war so people were looking for an easy way out, so they looked to parties like the Socialists, the Communist. Trade Unions were another threat. While with no money and unemployment at a hight figure, there was a high chance of strikes and revolutionary activities.
The politicians begin to pass laws that tax the capitalists in order to meet their spending promises. Next, a reactionary political party was formed by the wealthy in order to resist the taxes. After a while, the poor became frustrated with all of the disorder and selected a “champion of the people” who eventually acquired absolute power and corrupted by it to become a tyrant who would disregard all aspects of freedom in order to fulfill his individual desires. Plato/Socrates made a valid point as to why democracy is clearly
The paucity was so bad; the indigent had no choice but to beg or steal from the rich just to stay alive. With the help from religious organizations, the Elizabethan poor law was introduced. The rich paid their taxes which a percentage was allocated to the poor. There were the same issues with that back then as there is today, the media expresses the public’s anger over their taxes being given to people who cannot be bothered to work, and so live off hand-outs the government gives them, as cited in Shipman (2012), as it currently illegal for ministers to decree what benefit cash is spent on, they are looking to change the law. 1834 saw the introduction of the new poor law.