Why Occupying the Ports is Misguided

Yesterday the Occupy Wall Street attempted to shut down several west coast ports, including Oakland, Portland, and Seattle. Why?  Because they think it will somehow hurt Goldman Sachs, which owns a minority stake in a shipping company. I can appreciate

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Occupy Wall Street: Taxes

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Although the Occupy Wall Street movement hasn’t made any official statements on taxes, I think it’s pretty safe to assume they would support higher tax levels on the rich. With the huge tax drama playing out in Congress, it seems

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Occupy Wall Street: Income Inequality

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Income Inequality: Occupy Wall Street thinks the American middle class is disappearing.  And they’re right. Pay for top executives has risen 7 times faster than that of their workers. That’s great if you’re the CEO, but most of us aren’t. 

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Occupy Wall Street: Corporate “Greed”

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Why Occupy Wall Street? Wall Street is symbolic of our larger economy.  That’s why news tickers show the minute by minute movement of the Dow. Despite providing mechanisms for growing companies to raise money with IPOs and hire more employees,

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Occupy Wall Street: Unemployment

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Occupy Wall Street, you have our attention.  Now what? I’ve been closely following the month-old Occupy Wall Street movement.  If you haven’t heard about it, a group of mad-as-hell-and-not-going-to-take-it-anymore demonstrators decided to camp out in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan

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