Social Solutionis
t -I believe that there are free-marke
t solutions to most societal problems, and opportunit
ies in health care, education, even government
.
Economic realist - The main point may be that an economic realist like me believes that a free market system always has classes of people who don't or won't more up the ladder. Whether by choice or chance, the jobs available to unskilled and uneducated people at the "bottom" have to fit in the economic heirarchy as a starting point. Failure to participat
e in self-impro
vement, or pursue opportunit
y based on "individua
l effort, individual achievemen
t" isn't the fault of those who succeed, it's the lack of effort of those who don't. Economic reality also believes that free market solutions can and will solve many of those problems (see Social Solutionis
t). It says more about the failures of our educaional system than the motivation and hopes of Occupy that there is a strong disconnect between "reality" and aspiration
.
"Subversiv
es...." - media interviews all over the place have evidenced self-ident
ification with radical groups. Too bad for those who turned out in honest attempts to "seek redress of grievance.
"
When Occupy first started I had foolishly hoped for a targeted message with economic "chops," mainly that Wall Street MUST be forced to bite the proverbial bullet, take it's losses, be recapitali
zed or sold as necessary and let the system work it's magic. Unfortunat
ely, government and others seem to still believe that the strength of a capitalist system...i
sn't
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