A little link love for Tom Briscoe.
I think he is on to something here. Both the Tea Party and Occupy movements are frustrated with the government covering for corporations, "too big to fail", bailouts, etc. Neither side is particularly enamored with the way corporations get the government to create near monopolies as well as shielding them from the liability of their mistakes. I think there is some common ground here.
The primary difference seems to be that the Tea Party folks recognize that corporations have a legitimate function, but that they should rise and fall based on their own merits rather than be government fiat. The Occupy folks regard corporations as being illegitimate.
Based on the tweets on Twitter and Facebook entries made via their cell phones.
The solution remains to have a smaller, more effective, and more transparent government. If only the Occupy folks could get on board with that idea.
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