Smaller towns are getting Occupied
Occupy Barstow, from Mojave Free Press
The Occupy Movement has been broken up in many of the larger cities, but it has been moving to smaller towns. In the Mojave Desert, Barstow, Victorville, Idyllwild, Bishop, Apple Valley, and there’s even talk about occupying Ridgecrest and Trona!
The Occupy Movement struck a chord with mainly middle-class (or former middle-class) members of society, expressing their frustration about the shrinking middle class, and the loss of political power it is having due to their perception that politicians are being bought out by large banks. Of course, there’s plenty of evidence to support this.
While the economic recession has officially ended, economists are saying that this is probably as good as it’s going to get. According to a report from HdL Companies, who were citing a report from the International Monetary Fund, the United States is shifting into what is called an “hourglass economy.”
An hourglass economy is characterized by a large and expanding group at the top with high skills and high incomes offset by a much larger group at the bottom with low skills and low pay. What does this mean? The middle class is the “middle” of the hourglass. Where previously unionized employees, or skilled and unskilled laborers were paid a decent wage; the continual destruction of unions and the increasing money funneled to company executives and the wealthy, have all but dashed the white picket fence dreams of the middle class.
The 2010 Census revealed that most Americans’ inflation-adjusted incomes were either stagnate or in decline. Meanwhile, the proportion of people living in poverty is increasing (it’s now at 15.3 percent), while 24 percent of the nation’s wealth is concentrated in the top 1/10th of one percent.
The Occupy Movement’s rallying days may be at an end, but it’s political days are just beginning. Check out www.wolf-pac.com for one of the more popular ideas borne from the Occupy Movement.
