I'm sure Susan Estrich is a very nice lady, but whenever she appears on Hannity or any other show where she debates conservatives I find myself talking to the TV screen asking, What color is the sky in your liberal fantasy world???
Still, just as a broken clock is still right twice a day, Estrich makes some valid points in her latest NewsMax piece about the filthy (physically and metaphorically) Occupy Wall Street protests:
... [T]he problem with the occupation of Wall Street as a solution goes beyond partisan politics. If class warfare could solve this country's economic problems, it would hardly matter which candidate it would help or hurt. It won't. If anything, it could exacerbate them.
Political instability is not good for the economy: How many times have we seen that around the world? Does anyone really think that protesting against business — or even just big business — is going to lead those companies to hire more people? Does anyone really think that this is how we boost consumer confidence? Just the opposite.
Not only is class warfare dangerous and counterproductive, but it's not even right. As in accurate. Yes, there are some folks on Wall Street who make ridiculous amounts of money. But there are more who are sitting at computers hoping to hold on to their jobs — making the coffee, sweeping the offices, counting themselves lucky to be employed. And there are more who went to school and worked hard, hoping to be employed on Wall Street, to find a job at one of those companies, to work at one of those law firms, and have found their hopes dashed as well.
Shut down Wall Street, and the price will be paid not by those who already have millions but by those who are only a little bit luckier, if at all, than the folks who are protesting.
Our political leaders — both Republicans and Democrats — need to understand just how angry and just how frustrated people are. Watching both sides play chicken in Washington feeds that frustration. The only answer to hardship is hope. Without hope, why not take to the streets? Without hope, why not find someone to blame?
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