Wall Street Protests

I've been telling my friends and family for a long time that we need a people's movement in the United States.  Because it's going to take a whole bunch of us united together to convince the money grubbing, blood sucking, arrogant "fat cats", the "tall boots", the [expletive deleted] executives with their inflated self-worth and their million dollar salaries and bonuses that it's got to stop. 

I think the movement has started.

I have been reading about the Wall Street protesters and the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Boston movements, but I haven't been able to find out exactly what they hope to accomplish. I'm not the only one confused  about the protesters' goals, but I do have a clue.

I know they want to call attention to the high unemployment.  The rich getting richer while the rest of us get kicked around.  Workers getting laid off even as executives get multi-million dollar bonuses.  People losing their homes because they were misled by greedy money-lenders.  Kids with diplomas and dreams who fear they have no future.  Senior citizens who are afraid their money will run out before their lives do.

I don't think it's a political movement in so far as pitting Democrats and Republicans. It shouldn't be.  It's more about the haves vs the have-nots.  Ten percent (10%) of the population owns 70% of the money; one percent (1%) owns 40% of the money.  That doesn't leave much for the rest of us to share.

Maybe the protesters just want us all to realize that we are "the people of the United States" and we deserve to be heard. 

People, are you listening?  Are you speaking out?

Wall Street, are you listening?  Are you paying attention?

Congress are you listening?  Or do we have to fire you before you can hear?