Occupy a real solution

In a previous article, I briefly touched on the Occupy Las Vegas movement and this article is a follow-up to that article. Everyone has a Constitutional right to assemble and peacefully protest and I agree with their right to protest and I even agree with the movement obtaining permits and insurance for their encampment. Several issues they bring up in their redress of grievances I can agree with, at least I can agree that we need to end career politicians, end crony capitalism or corporatism and abolish the Federal Reserve. I do not agree with their solutions to these problems. As President Reagan said, “Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.”
The Occupy movement claims to represent the 99% of Americans that are not part of the “bankster” class. Where was the vote for this group to represent me? I don’t think I’m alone either. I seem to recall a minor counter to the Occupy movement by the so called 53%; representing the 53% of people that paid federal income tax last year. They posted photos of their stories countering the stories of the occupiers.
As I said before, all Americans should be upset with the direction of our country. We are spending billions of dollars that we are borrowing from foreign countries to fund many unconstitutional programs. There is constant bickering among the two political parties in Washington D.C., both point fingers at the other and blame the others for all the nation’s problems. How come when you hear compromise in DC it means that, we, the people are on the short end of the stick?
To provide a solution to the problem, you must first understand what caused the problem and President Reagan was correct in the above quote. The push by the government to make homeownership affordable to all Americans is at the root of the cause and it goes back to the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 and the Federal Reserve. There is an informative article on the economic crisis and the causes here on my blog, "Economic Crisis 101." Once we realize that our government is the problem, we can work on the solution.
In upcoming articles, I will continue with my series on the Occupy movement.

Occupy Las Vegas

A few months ago, the Occupy Movement came to Las Vegas. It’s an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. While some things are the same, some are quite different from other Occupy protests across the country. One of the most glaring differences in Las Vegas and other Occupy movements is the lack of arrests. Las Vegas has had only 21 arrests at one protest. They were arrested for blocking a public roadway and everyone behaved civilly. Protestors were not pepper sprayed, protestors were not confrontational (other than blocking the street). We have seen numerous stories from across the country about the criminal activity within the Occupy movements: rapes, murders, theft and vandalism are just a few that make the news. These stories are missing from the Occupy Las Vegas movement. Another difference is how the Las Vegas chapter went about their protest. They went to the local government and worked with them to find a location to house the occupy encampment. Occupy Las Vegas obtained a permit, provided port-a-potties, trash cans and even have insurance. They claim that fringe groups influence and violent protestors were not allowed in the movement and repeatedly promoted their peaceful intentions and so far have lived up to that promotion. I also agree with the occupy movement in one other aspect, that our country is broken and going in the wrong direction, I also agree that a small percentage of people in the country are controlling things to their own benefit at the expense of the population in general. I just don’t agree with how it got broke, who broke it or who are the 1%.
In some upcoming articles, I’ll go through their redress of grievances or their 99% declaration and point out some flaws in their thinking and mislabeling the blame as well as areas where they are correct. Everyone in the country has the right to be upset with the direction of America, but we have to look at the rational, logical path to correction.