Will Wall Street Usher In the Revolution?

One in six Americans lives below the US poverty level. Another one in six is unemployed. Meanwhile US corporations are still posting record profits, paying multimillion dollar bonuses, and providing CEOs with golden parachutes - even for blatant failure. 

A recent protest, the "occupation" of Wall Street, has resulted in numerous illegal arrests (of those exercising their right of free speech and peaceful assembly) whilst occupants on Wall Street continue their thievery unabashed. What did they steal? American jobs ("outsourcing" overseas), livable wages (minimum wage is NOT "livable"), and tax dollars that, in the strictest interpretation of the constitution, they are required to pay (income tax on individuals is noticeably missing in the constitution). 

A recent article reported that US congressmen are worth multimillions of dollars and are making significantly more than they were at the beginning of the "foreclosure bubble." The article states, "US Congressmen have managed to triple their incomes from 2006 to 2010, despite the rise in the country’s poverty rate." (source: Press TV). 

But Americans are beginning to take names. They are beginning to realize that neither politicians, nor their corporate handlers, give a flying fuck about their wellbeing. From a constitutional standpoint the politicians, at least, are obligated to do so.
 
With the crashing of the world economy, as a result of Wall Street’s casino "investment strategy" shenanigans on subprime mortgages, the US is now in the same economic shit house as the entire rest of the world.

"Referendum politics" has run it’s course and the masses are seeing, perhaps for the first time, that a new mandate (via their vote) is going unattended. Neither Democrat nor Republican majorities are producing desirable results. Graft and corruption are completely unchecked. Congressmen are lining their pockets to the tune of millions of dollars and an articulate president is no better than a baffoon if he won’t keep his word to the American people. Pretty words about bringing troops home, returning Habeas Corpus to the citizenry, cleaning up the environment (when, exactly, did deadly nuclear power stations become "alternative" or even "green" energy?) and closing Guantanamo (to name but a few) are meaningless without meaningful action. 

Recap: one sixth of US citizens live in poverty and/or are unemployed. US congressmen have received a sixteen percent pay raise during the same time and the president is a liar. And all the while peaceful protesters are being illegally incarcerated. 

Wall Street, and its whores in Washington, should well note that (in the absence of a meaningful response to the will of the people) the "peaceful protests" may soon transform into outright revolution.