“Rob from the rich and give to the poor” just ain’t gonna git ‘er done! (IMO.) The “sensible tax structure” would be useless, if the government, particularly at the federal level, continues to spend money at historically high levels.

It’s interesting to me that the “Occupy” people seem to perceive “big business” as the root of the problem and the “Tea Party” people seem to perceive “big government” as the root of the problem, and ne’er the twain shall meet.

First, your insistence that the Occupy Together movement actually has a list of demands is directly refuted by the link Jake offered.

Here’s the text from the header of that article (that you might have missed), “This is a forum post submitted by a single user and hyped by irresponsible news/commentary agencies like Fox News and Mises.org. This content was not published by the OccupyWallSt.org collective, nor was it ever proposed or agreed to on a consensus basis with the NYC General Assembly.” In short, the list of “demands” you’ve attempted to attribute to the Occupy movement wasn’t made by the Occupy movement.

Second, no one (to my knowledge) in the Occupy movement has ever asserted that if a sensible tax structure were reinstated — which would restore historic tax rates upon the wealthiest of Americans — that it would magically erase the debt.

Thirdly, you are right regarding the pending crisis facing America. No matter what political or economic changes we’re able to implement — we’ll all be still stuck in our (collective) SUV’s at the end of America’s cul-de-sac (to paraphrase Jim Kunstler). But I would rather be in a situation where we’re all pulling together for a promising future, rather than strapped to the chariots of a ruling class.

I would also hazard to guess that a significantly higher percentage of OccupyBoise members (much higher than 20-30%) will be voting in the local elections — I can’t speak for other citizens though.

Jake, I’m happy to get educated! I checked out the “proposals” at your link.

Do the 99-percenters realize we’re already $14 trillion (that’s $14,000,000,000,000) in debt? The one-percenters don’t have enough to pay for an end to fossil fuel, single-pay health insurance, restoration of the environment, sparkling infrastructure, etc., even if we confiscated ALL their filthy lucre!

(If anybody believes the “Occupy” folks have some realistic expectations, I encourage you to check out Jake’s link, above.)

Oh – and P.S. – we DON’T all vote! Typically about 30 percent of eligible voters make the effort. In a ho-hum city election, I’d gamble it’ll be under 20 percent.

For a better idea of what the movement is about – as opposed to what one is told they are about – check out the organization’s website at occupyboise.org

For a chance to meet others who are concerned about our future, and to participate in working towards a brighter future for everyone join us this Saturday at Capitol Park. It’ll be a great chance to have some interesting discussions, share some knowledge, learn a little bit, and add your voice to calls for positive change.

Who knows, you might be surprised how much you have in common with the 99%. And yes (bikeboy) — every single one of the OccupyBoise members are voters. A little over half the crowd at the last City Council debate were members of OccupyBoise.

Mr. C shepherded our three children through elementary school and I’d vote for him for any office he would seek.

Yeah… those folks sound like they’re grounded in reality. (/sarcasm) Why would anybody want their endorsement? Do they vote?

(“Vote The Bums Out.” As a rule, I believe in government “by the people,” rather than by career politicians. And the LAST person I want to vote for is somebody who’s the lap dog of the head honcho.)