A group of people are demanding Wall Street be properly regulated by the government. Sounds good to me.

Pampered college students are having a "protest experience" just like mom and dad back in the 60's. Do they have a clue what they're protesting...? Nope. Everything from "evil bankers" to "pay my tuition" to "global warming".

The protest is just an excuse to "protest" and smoke some weed. The reports are always "protesters in the hundreds", no matter what city they are in. So the protests are minor in size. When winter hits, they'll be gone. None of these folks believe enough to protest in the snow.

its all about old power structures crumbling, and things changing towards a more equal and sane world. its a slow process which is gaining momentum.

yep, that's right.

it's good to see so many people filled with rage.

So when can we start hearing about Occupy Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen?

Some could argue smaller government is a bad thing because it leaves even more room for unfettered capitalism to f*** up the country. Here's how I see things...

Education should be subsidized, not completely free, but not totally a cost to be taken on by the student.

Things you NEED to survive, or to have a comfortable living in a developed country should be government owned. So utilities, main highways, police and such....

To pay for it the government should tax corporations at least close to what people are taxed. On top of that, allow the government to own a couple businesses to bring in revenue. For instance, British Columbia used to own its own railway in the province.

Healthcare to be provided by the government. But, I'm for user fees for certain things, so that people don't start going to the hospital cause they have a cold.

That's a light overview. I'm sure it's easy to find holes in it, but no one said it's easy to run an economy and country.

Plenty of countries have such set-ups without government trying to control everything. I don't know where such fears come from. I think things like the EPA are good when handled properly. You can't allow overzealous environmentalists to run it, but it's better than industry regulating itself.

For me when government gets too big is when it starts forcing people to get boating licenses to paddle a canoe or other overbearing garbage.

Okay how is it becoming one? Everything has had the crap deregulated out of it.

I've cursed you and reviled you, but on occasion you talk damn good sense.

http://www.chinawhisper.com/chinese-in-support-of-occupy-wall-street-rev...

How ridiculous is this? I don't even know where to begin...

This card from 1912 was produced one year before the federal reserve was established, they are protesting in the wrong place....by design.

The government is controlled by the FED, it lends them money with huge interest, its not an official organisation, its a private international fraud operation that throws huge figures around without anything to back it up. If you want to kill an octopus, you aim for the head.... not slapping away at 8 different tentacles while wearing a stupid V for Vendetta mask.

The banks don't influence the government, they beg money via Obama from the.... guess where?

Can you give me an example?

More and more 'security' camera's in public. I hate that false image of safety and a total lack of privacy. Maybe that is not a 'regulation' but it is a type of mental control.