Tea Party vs OWS

Such analysis exaggerates the impact of OWS (Occupy Wall Street) and neglects that of the Tea Party. The New York Times estimates that OWS, with trade union backing, mobilized 70,000 people in 150 cities across the US. But the Tea Party, without any organizations backing it, garnered 300,000 protestors in its peak protests last year. The bottom half of the US pays no income tax (it does pay payroll and sales taxes) and so is happy to demand ever-more government rescues. But the Tea Party comes from the middle class that pays the bulk of taxes, and so seeks very different solutions.

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