Why aren't Tea Partiers marching against Wall Street?

Question

Why aren't Tea Partiers marching against Wall Street?

Answer 1

Because they're not conspiracy-theorist anti-corporation pro-Marxist down-with-the-establishment arnarchists. Society functions best when the government is restricted to doing its proper job.

Answer 2

Wall Street is their boss.

Answer 3

They were around ...., been around for years..., you just never heard of them on the news until the so called republican party hijacked the Tea party Movement...., the REAL Tea Party is all about Abolishing the Federal Reserve and Restoring the Constitution..., but as soon as they began to get any press another group seeking to discredit them took over the publicity of the movement and got on TV claiming to be the Tea Party Movement.... ,if you wanna know about the real Tea Party Movement or what's really going on in the world which it sounds like your already getting a good idea of..., then go to http://www.infowars.com and you can listen to Alex Jones live or rebroadcast Radio feed..... , most of the REAL Tea Party people are avid listeners ...., He may sound crazy or outlandish at first but I challenge you to disprove what he says..., and he has many films many of which you can watch for free on youtube...., search for "full length" on youtube and you'll find a ton of stuff like invisible empire, police state 4 rise of fema...., endgame, The Obama Deception... etc etc etc..... Watch that stuff man...., I think you'll like or hate it but whichever it is it'll entertain you one way or the other.../ Don't worry about Barry Santoro ..., He's the change we can believe in ;)

Answer 4

Neither. I am also not under any false illusions that this is about "democracy". What the Arab Spring is all about is seizing control of countries, turning them into terrorist producing Muslim hellholes run by Shariah Law that will launch further attacks against the West. Dang woman, get a clue!!!

Answer 5

to give you the correct answers in short form we were here complaigning about government spending during bush and clinton, now we get national attention and everybody asks where have you been we were here you (the media) were not listening. if the government had not changed so many regulations on the banks and wall street to move corporate money into their social plans the big subprime lending credit fiasco would not have happend. and yes we are the same people that tried to stop the government bailouts and the tarp program before it started. as far as the bonuses to the wall street bankers go while they are to large. if an employee does the job that his contract states gets him a bonus he has to be paid the bonus. so the bonuses owed must be paid then the contracts for hire can hopefully be renegotiated. this could be stopped without government force.

Answer 6

I don't think hardly anyone likes wall street right now, and people do not protest issues when they agree with the majority. Besides those who just don't like Obama, it was my impression that they were motivated by what they see as a threat to Medicare. They are mostly older people nearing retirement and they think that they have been paying taxes all they lives for benefits that are about to be taken from them The heath care bill reduces Medicare spending to pay for the cost, and deficits from other social spending makes more cuts in Medicare almost inevitable.

Answer 7

Wall street does not force even one dime out of the pockets of anyone.Government redistributes it for their own political outcome. Government steals TRILLIONS every year just so they can stay in power. We are directing at the real culprits in America's decline. The weazels in Washington. If any company had mismanaged money like they do would never stay in business. We are about to put government out of the business of wealth redistribtion.

Answer 8

You haven't said anything that's convinced me we have anything at Wall Street to protest, except for some vague conspiracy theory about how Wall Street controls Washington.

Answer 9

"Why aren't Tea Partiers marching against Wall Street?"



Because they havent done anything wrong. Wall Street doesnt have the authority to tax me. Cannot make me buy health insurance, etc.



"Isn't Wall Street what every American should be directing their anger at? They're the ones robbing the American people"



No theyre not the ones. Government is the one robbing the American people. Wall Street works for a living and is the convenient scapegoat of the crooks in Washington to take attention off of what they did to the economy. Why are you falling for this cliched 1930s era "wall street are the bad guys" class warfare propaganda?



"Don't tea baggers realize that it's Wall Street that pulls the strings of our elected leaders (Democrat and Republican)?"



As do a million other companies. They wouldnt bother lobbying congress if Congress didnt regulate the industry so much.



"Obama has not spent more in 16 months than Bush did in 8 years, and you know it. That's an erroneous assertion that's been debunked"



No it hasnt.



http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/



"Because they (Wall Street) havent done anything wrong. Wall Street doesnt have the authority to tax me. Cannot make me buy health insurance, etc"



"No, their casino capitalism practices only caused the economic meltdown"



No it didnt. "Casino capitalism"? Theres ALWAYS a gamble in business whether big or small. You think they LIKE taking a gamble? No they dont. They would much prefer investing money on sure things. No one like to invest billions on something that might lose money, but thats the chance they have to take. They have no control over it.



"And our government, who's indebted to them, are more than willing to spend YOUR MONEY to bail these elitist thugs out. In the meantime, YOUR MONEY is used to pay multi-million dollar bonuses to the top players in these financial firms. Wake up!"



I dont need to wake up. I'm already aware of it. I dont like my tax dollars going to them in the form of bailouts or for any other reason.



"No theyre not the ones. Government is the one robbing the American people. Wall Street works for a living and is the convenient scapegoat of the crooks in Washington to take attention off of what they did to the economy."



"Wrong"



How can I be wrong when I'm right?



"The government steals on behalf of the Wall Street racketeers"



The government steals on behalf of anyone who donates to their campaigns and/or helps the politicians get elected. This is not the fault of Wall Street. And this is why government needs to be more regulated, not Wall Street.



"On Wall Street, reckless investing and casino capitalism has taken over, and now that it has crashed"



Wall Street may make bad, reckless investments from time to time, but thats not on purpose. They would love it if ALL their investments werent reckless. If ALL their investments were successful and made money for them. But the only way to prevent reckless investing is through insider trading and thats illegal. Life is a gamble. Investing is a gamble. There is no way around it, and acting as if Wall Street is criminal because of it (as if they have a way of avoiding it), is asinine.



"the government (which is comprised of people connected to Wall Street and big banks, former lobbyists, and politicians that have been bought off) have been at the beckoning call of Wall Street in their time of need, using YOUR money to inject them with financial revival. Now they're realizing record profits, while your taxes go up. Enjoy!"



I'm well aware of this.

Answer 10

Good points. Here's my versioon:

The Tea Party crowd doesn't care about government fiscal policy or economics (so Wall Street isn't an issue with them). Consider

>they don't really oppose deficits--or hey'd have protested Bush's policies

>they don't really oppose pork barrel spending--or they'd have screaemd over the 12 years as the GOP Congress quadrupled earmarks

>tey aren't really against higher taxes (except for themselves, of course), given that the net effect of GOP policies over time was toraise taxrates (except for the very rich).



So what, really, ARE they protesting? Well--look at what's changed. Congress is Democrat--but still acts like Congress, so there's not much difference.



The president?



Yup. He's black.



That's what the "Tea Party" is all about.

Answer 11

obama has spent more in the 16 months he's been in office than George Bush did in eight years.

Answer 12

Bush is white.