The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street

Fair Use: Hat Tip to Declaration Entertainment, Pajamas Media and Bill Whittle who breaks down the differences between OWS and The Teaparty.

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[jpjscott]

You want 'common ground'? Here you go. At present, the very rich pay less than half the income tax of your average middle class citizen. Politicians aside, the actual PEOPLE on both sides of this fight believe this needs to be fixed. Most people want this changed. The disagreement is between telling the govt. to FIX THINGS or telling them to just STOP BREAKING THINGS MORE!

There is the common ground. Money has corrupted regulation. The only debate is shoot the horse or take it to the vet.

[wideawake123]

@jpjscott The 1st 1/2 of your comment is total bullshit. "...the very rich pay less than half the income tax of your average middle class citizen."(WTF is an "average middle class citizen", and where did you come up with your phony income tax figures?) I'm sure someone will come along who thinks your comment is intelligent, I thought it was cliche and sophomoric...and 99% of the time, when a horse gets sick, the vet comes to the farm.

[apple7945]

So what's the benefit in saying that there's no middle ground? What's the benefit to polarizing the argument?

Excellent video and it got me thinking about the right things. But I can't get over why they wanted to say that there is NO MIDDLE GROUND. What's the danger in thinking there is a middle ground?

Can someone answer that for me?

[wideawake123]

@apple7945 Watch the video all the way through. He lays out the case in the second half of the video.

[OlasDcrazy]

I liked it until the very end. Large progressivism and wealth redistribution may lead into a downward spiral of financial loss, but free market libertarianism leads into a similar spiral of wealth inequality where money is funneled away from where it could help the most people and stimulate spending and into the hands of a minority who gain both wealth and leverage from it.

The problem is both sides can spiral out of control when left unchecked.

[AUScorpion]

@Maristreynard

Government coerced forgiving of debts is not and cannot ever be part of Classical Liberalism. Being seen with people advocating such does Libertarian activists no credit and fouls their message. It's a hard thing to know you might have to rethink your activities or who your support.... It is also not popular to change your mind. But this time it might be prudent.

[jpjscott]

@wideawake123

Mitt Romney pays roughly 15% income tax, and this is pretty normal for those in his tax bracket. Average US salary is $47,000/year, which carries a 25% tax rate. I admit I wrote my response without checking my numbers, so the exceedingly wealthy pay more like 60% not under 50% as I originally stated. They ALREADY pay no more than an individual who makes at least $8700/year, significantly less than many. Tax info taken from Forbes. Your response is superannuated.

[hooping2Freedom]

this is bullshit.

[xx9933yyzz]

Your title is missleading, your arguments have holes in them, and your call to action is a call to disaster. Do you even know what both groups stand for in actuality? Your ideas would be perfect if only we lived in a reality where people where honest and people could be trusted to always do the right thing. Since we don't, your call for "classical liberalism" crumbles down.

[alanleongjl]

Why does the guy's voice sound like Steve Jobs?

[Ckelldo]

You guys seem to have alot of paragraphs to read... LOL

[MrROTD]

All this labelling things is misleading, no-one completely falls into one catagory or another for political philosophy. The economic game is rigged and I'm not hopeful as population increases resources dwindle.That means a smaller slice for everyone planetwide. Resources = real wealth because services and products depend on resources. You can bet your ass that wealthy people are the least effected and it's the poor that suffer most. We could feed everyone but choose to ignore the solutions.