The Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street

Just like the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street "youth" movement is being orchestrat­ed and funded by others who seek power for themselves­. What dictator is OWS trying to depose, Pres. Obama? He may be on his way to being a dictator, but not yet. The government oversteppe­d its authority, using tax money to subsidize big business, Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac, favors for big unions, bailouts for Wall St. - this was done by our Democrat controlled Congress and Pres. Obama, who received the lion's share of campaign donations from Wall Street - why is this protest against the bankers instead of the Democrats? 

Those who believe that collapsing our economy will benefit the "99%" are not facing reality.  With the collapse of our free market economy will come chaos, poverty and hunger. Will "the people" then be bailed out by government, and if so, for what cost?  The loss of our freedom and the end of the American way of life. There's a reason why immigrants seek to come to the US - they come seeking freedom that they can attain here because of the free market economy, which makes it possible for anyone to take a little initiative and work hard and make a good life. If you want to live under a Hugo Chavez or a Castro, or in any communist country, go ahead.  There are many countries where the people live under the oppressive dictators but only one U.S.A.  Once the U.S. capitulate­s to the communist ideal, there will be no place left that offers freedom.

Just as the Egyptian military mowed down the peaceful protest by the persecuted Coptic Christians­, once these Occupy Wall Street protesters are no longer useful to those who are manipulati­ng and funding these protests, their rights will vanish. Trading Mubarek for the Muslim Brotherhoo­d and the military didn't bring freedom for minorities or women in Egypt, nor will it bring freedom in the US once we trade the free market for socialism.

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