My anger, however, is much more directed at reckless government that it is at Wall Street. That's where the Tea Party and OWS differ.
And that's why the Tea Party and the OWS are largely a bunch of fucking fools. The Govt is reckless precisely because it -more or less- has no principle other than to serve special corporate interests. All sides.
Direct your anger at Democrats and Republicans and even those who ape the party line, no matter how 'independent' or non-partisan they really believe they are. And sure, there are plenty of so-called enlightened Leftists in this very forum who do it all the time. This is the problem. The Tea Party being sucked into the corporate Republican monster means it is no better than any other arm of Republican bullshit. And bending over backwards to defend the idiocy of Obama and the Dems is the same sort of thing.
Why else would we cut revenues and spend more all at the same time?
That's lunacy brought about by a tax religion brought about by corporate lobbyist interests and the ignorance that buys into the religion itself.
The spending lunacy is also part of the same problem, Democrats love bureaucracy and they love their pet programs. Because they took money to install them, and care about re-election just as much as Republicans love to get re-elected using money from members of the Tax Religion.
Steps to solutions:
Begins with 1) Term limits
and the next logical step is 2) Banning Lobbyists from Congress.
That's the only place it can start. Trust me.
After that happens, we can worry about having more viable political parties.
And
nothing happens without a more educated public on the subject of self-interested PARTISAN BULLSHIT. But that goes without saying. And it's also futile...evidenced clearly by the Tea Party and OWS...they can't help but be sucked in by the partisan monster...because the constituents are partisan themselves. Partisan towards two Parties that are inherently corrupted by the influence of corporate money.
This isn't 'conspiracy theory'. It's transparent and true.
Term limits will lower the partisan rhetoric and introduce more principle and sanity into the mix. It's not going to fix everything but it has to happen. We have to get the focus on fixing real problems rather than a focus towards ambition for re-election. It's the only place to begin.