Occupy Message Is Clear: 99% Hurt By Corporate Greed

On Friday, my husband, Carl, and I, along with three other supporters of the group Organizing for America, joined a throng of citizens, about 1,500 strong, at the Occupy San Diego rally. 

Demonstrators met at Children’s Park and marched the cordoned off streets to Civic Center. 

On the way, marchers chanted “banks got bailed out; we got sold out” and “we are the 99 percent."

The media has criticized the Occupy groups for not having a central theme and for not listing their demands. On the contrary, I found most protesters in agreement that corporate greed has hurt 99 percent of Americans and that the government isn’t addressing the problems that face the many who are suffering because of the financial crisis.

I feel that the goals will coalesce as the movement grows.  What we’re seeing now is democracy in action. The people want to take back the government from the hands of powerful corporations.

Carl, when interviewed by a reporter from NBC News, said he was in San Diego because of his dissatisfaction with what is happening in America. He grew up poor in the South Bronx and this country gave him the opportunity to make a better life for our family. The political climate today will not give our children and grandchildren the same opportunities unless Americans wake up and demand that our government act on behalf of its citizens and not on behalf of its benefactors in the corporate world.