Why I occupy
Posted By Brandon Reid On November 16, 2011 @ 7:00 am In Letters to the Editor | 4 Comments
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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