ericadawn16 | Occupy Wall Street

Now, I know that it can be confusing to understand what the protests are all about and the media isn't helping. They either paint them as a bunch of stoner college kids or Democrats pissed at Obama or whiny brats. This doesn't make up the whole picture. It also doesn't establish WHY they are protesting or what they want to achieve or that it's a group so varied that it includes grandmothers and veterans from every war from Iraq to WW2..

This link has their PRINCIPLES OF SOLIDARITY-
http://nycga.cc/2011/09/24/principles-of-solidarity-working-draft/

They also have a Tumblr since Tumblrs are pretty:
http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

You might notice how most of the Tumblr photos are not from protestors outside but those who can't make the actual demonstrations yet still believe that something is wrong in this country.

Occupy Wall Street is NOT a political party. In fact, while this banner was not approved by organizers, it was passed around and cheered as the general feeling of the group.
Dear MoveOn FUCK OFF

In 1964, federal taxation as a share of the economy stood at 17.5 percent, while unemployment was at 5.2 percent. That year, income taxes were slashed, lowering the tax rate in 1965 to 17 percent of the economy. Unemployment dropped as well, to 4.5 percent.

But then tax levels rose sharply, to 19.7 percent of the economy in 1969, while unemployment fell steadily, to 3.5 percent.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan again slashed taxes. Taxation fell from 19.6 percent of the economy that year to 17.4 percent in 1983. The unemployment rate, however, rose over that period, from 7.6 percent to 9.6 percent. By 1989, taxation had drifted upward again, to 18.3 percent of the economy, but unemployment had fallen to 5.3 percent.
Washington Post March 15, 2004