By pmustang
on Oct 12, 2011  

I believe the protesters are protesting the wrong group, the current administration is creating "class warfare" by their bailouts and trying to tax wealthy taxpayers to keep people on government assistance thus continuing to feed the "class warfare" that is taking place.

By ksdmom
on Oct 12, 2011  

Things need to change. Just not sure if this is the right way to bring about the changes.

By Nehamamama
on Oct 12, 2011  

Occupiers need to state their goals and intentions more clearly.

By DivaMom812
on Oct 12, 2011  

Why aren't these people protesting the state house & law makers who approved the bailouts? The Boston "Occupy" protests are ridiculous - the city is paying for electricity, they needn't pull a single permit to 'occupy', (not political here but just saying that the "Tea Party" had to pull a large amount of permits +supply one outhouse for every 10 people +pay for the extra security needed from BoPD for a rally) the city is paying for trash removal, the city is paying the extra police, the city is paying to re-landscape after the tent-city is finished destroying otherwise green space and I'm not entirely sure of the outhouse situation.... Hello.... Who's paying for their right to protest? The tax payer. What are they protesting? The 'little guy' having to pay more in taxes than 'corporate giant'. Do your protesting a little more constructively - Like at the Polls.

By Maryvav57
on Oct 12, 2011  

I think it's time the government pays attention to the people that are paying the taxes for them to spend.

By orchidlady
on Oct 12, 2011  

Government ( both parties ) need to start paying attention to the people's views instead of just trying to get the upper hand against the opposing party. They were elected to represent the people.

By shelly45840
on Oct 12, 2011  

The point is that Wall Street was careless with our money and continues to be and people are fed up. If you followed the housing bubble closely then you will know that it was a result of securitization which is essentially when a whole bunch of mortgage loans are put into package and then sold on the stock market. The bubble burst when all these mortgage stocks that were supposed to be "safe" (as rated by wall street) were found not to be, in fact, many of the packaged loans were fraudulent and should never have been approved. So people started losing money. Sure part of this has to do with the banks selling the loan packages they knew were bad, but it also has to do with wall street pushing for more and more of these loan packages, because they were making so much profit off of them, they didn't care if they were bad.

By shelly45840
on Oct 12, 2011  

So maybe the "occupy wall street" message isn't totally clear, but that is probably because most people don't understand just how corporate greed on wall street has actually shaped our economy for the past 5 years. They are to blame!

By tropicalsoul1018
on Oct 12, 2011  

I'm just concerned when I see a bunch of young college students who think they know how the world works out there protesting. The truth is, many of them haven't got a clue what real life is about. I give them credit for standing up for what they believe in, but I don't think they are always as well informed as they think they are. I agree wholeheartedly with DivaMom812; this is one good example of young kids not understanding everything but making noise about it. Honestly, I think these are the same kids that get out there and riot after sports teams win championships. They're just looking for a reason to be out of control. That said, the government needs some major overhauling, and creating class warfare is not the way to do it.

By Kay3131
on Oct 13, 2011  

great points, Shelly45840