Fed up with a status quo they see as rigged against the average American, a group of protesters took to the streets.
That was the scene in 2009, when the Tea Party came to national prominence. And that has been the scene again in recent weeks in cities across the nation with the growth of the Occupy movement.
Both are populist movements, though from different ends of the political spectrum, with the Tea Party being generally conservative and Occupy leaning to the left, said Richard Fleisher, a political science professor at Fordham University.
The Occupy movement has taken some criticism for its lack of specific goals, while the Tea Party has been more focused on such aims as smaller government and lower taxes. But there are areas where the two groups can agree.
"The Occupy movement thinks big business has too much political influence, too much influence over the government. We agree," said Jim Ostrowski of Buffalo, a founder of the Tea Party Coalition of Western New York. "That's common ground right there.
"I don't detect any love for the Federal Reserve in the Occupy people. Our group generally wants to bring the troops home and so do they.
"What the two groups need to do is get together and talk about solutions," Ostrowski said.
The Tea Party "has always opposed corporate welfare, crony capitalism and the Wall Street bailouts that only reward incompetence with hard-earned taxpayer money — and I am hearing some Wall Street protesters are echoing that sentiment," said Jul Thompson, chief organizer of another western New York Tea Party organization, TEA New York.
However, Thompson said, the list of disagreements between the two groups is lengthy.
"A nation $15 trillion in debt and counting cannot possibly fund free college education, a $20-an-hour minimum wage regardless of employment, debt forgiveness. And open-border migration would decimate the already suffering job market."
Both movements are driven by a sense of moral outrage.
Neither has a clear national leader, and both are unhappy with the Obama administration.
That was the scene in 2009, when the Tea Party came to national prominence. And that has been the scene again in recent weeks in cities across the nation with the growth of the Occupy movement.
Both are populist movements, though from different ends of the political spectrum, with the Tea Party being generally conservative and Occupy leaning to the left, said Richard Fleisher, a political science professor at Fordham University.
The Occupy movement has taken some criticism for its lack of specific goals, while the Tea Party has been more focused on such aims as smaller government and lower taxes. But there are areas where the two groups can agree.
"The Occupy movement thinks big business has too much political influence, too much influence over the government. We agree," said Jim Ostrowski of Buffalo, a founder of the Tea Party Coalition of Western New York. "That's common ground right there.
"I don't detect any love for the Federal Reserve in the Occupy people. Our group generally wants to bring the troops home and so do they.
"What the two groups need to do is get together and talk about solutions," Ostrowski said.
The Tea Party "has always opposed corporate welfare, crony capitalism and the Wall Street bailouts that only reward incompetence with hard-earned taxpayer money — and I am hearing some Wall Street protesters are echoing that sentiment," said Jul Thompson, chief organizer of another western New York Tea Party organization, TEA New York.
However, Thompson said, the list of disagreements between the two groups is lengthy.
"A nation $15 trillion in debt and counting cannot possibly fund free college education, a $20-an-hour minimum wage regardless of employment, debt forgiveness. And open-border migration would decimate the already suffering job market."
Both movements are driven by a sense of moral outrage.
Neither has a clear national leader, and both are unhappy with the Obama administration.
هل تريد وضع المحتوى السابق فى موقعك او مدونتك مجانا؟؟
انسخ الكود التالى و ضعه فى موقعك او مدونتك.
انسخ الكود التالى و ضعه فى موقعك او مدونتك.
