[Songman45]

I thought Obama's story about meeting the staunchly repubilcan restaurant owner. The owner said he was dyed-in-the-wool republican and Obama asked him how was business. The owner said it was down, that a lot of his customers could no longer affored to eat out. Obama then asked who'd been in power for the past eight years. Then he asked the owner, "If you are banging your head against a wall and it hurts, do you think its time to do someting different?"

Unless you are an executive in a major corporation, part of the 10% who control 90% of the country's wealth then you have suffered at the hand of trickle down economics. As that anaolgy, a clog of greed stops up the pipe and stops the flow of wealth transfer. If top-down isn't working how much damage could bottom-up be? Its not just about the grand total of money at work, but representing the population. Unfortunately, American politics represents money interests rather than population interests. Because of this your wealth determines how much representation you get in governement.

Wasn't there a tea party in Boston Harbor with far less provocation than our present situation provides?

Steve