Why I occupy

Here is why I occupy.

When I see teachers who feed, clothe and nurture children in their charge get treated by society without the respect and funding they deserve.

This is why I occupy.

When I see police and firemen stretched to their limits that endanger themselves and those they seek to protect.

This is why I occupy.

When I see financial institutions take advantage of people’s dreams of homeownership, only to destroy those dreams by methods of robo-signing and illegal foreclosures.

This is why I occupy.

When I see the above institutions try to pass off this “bad debt” to the FDIC.

This is why I occupy.

When one lone citizen, zealous and cruel, can make us fear to speak against it.

This is why I occupy.

When I have waited after eight years of Bush’s abuse of power, now to have one malicious and racist group take hold of our country’s purse strings.

This is why I occupy.

When the absence of civil debate and the spirit of compromise is no longer the norm.

This is why I occupy.

Too long, we the people of rational ideas and compassion for our fellow men, have been silent. We now roar.

Christy Gutowski
Rockford

From the Nov. 16-22, 2011, issue

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