I see people talking about the occupy portland a lot and thats all i hear on the news is Occupy Portland Or Occupy this other city. Will it accomplish anything? No not unless they change their tactics. Unfortunetly they have no say in how the laws are written. Untill they find a way to put pressure on the people who write and pass the laws, nothing is going to change. As to why are so many people out in the streets and "Occupying" every damn city in America? Well thats pretty easy to explain. The dream, aka the american dream is DEAD. When most of us were growing up, we all knew that if we went to college and put in the hard work we would be rewarded with a good paying job or at least some sort of opportunity. Look around people, those days are gone. You can get a master degree and be lucky to have 2 shifts at McDonalds and a shift at the local 7-11.
Granted not all of us went to college and went that route but the dream was doable, it was there if you only wanted it bad enough. Not everyone persued the dream but we all knew it was out there. If college was not your cup of tea then there was always the trades, you could be a carpenter or an electrician, or work at a factory or machine shop. All those jobs had good standard of living wages.
Younger people only want the opportunity to have the same dream we all did, a shot. They do not necassarily want it handed to them but they do want to know that if they work hard enough there is something worth while at the end of the journey.
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