It is not exactly a Right or Wrong issue. Instead it is more of an outpouring of frustrations. More of a venting of the sense of hopelessness and anguish that has been building up. AS long as we continue to Import more and more products and give away more and more of our own jobs_____we as a nation will continue to slide down into an abyss from which there may be no return.

Wrong. Until they can express a unified coherent ideal inwhich they are stand for. Right now they are nothing more than leeches looking to suck the life out if capitalism.

Agreed Ed, these people need to vacate Wall St and other areas and start contributing to the economy.

The nurses and others with jobs are doing their fair share. Maybe the CEOs who got bonuses after their corporations were bailed out will follow their lead.

Frustration voiced is democracy in action. (ps How does one contribute to a society that precludes employment?)

Right or Wrong, its a Right for all Americans to assemble and voice their opinions. It's written in ink on our constitution, and its working. We're voicing out opinions right now.

OWS organized people to voice and show their frustrations with out government, because our elected representatives are not. Its not about one issue. There are many issues. Why should it be about one message. The mass of people is that one message.

Money has taken over the power of the people from our representatives. What money can't do is protest and remind those in power who they should listen to. Corporate America has taken over our media and no longer reports real news. Proof of that is that it took two weeks for the news to begin reporting what was happening in Wall Street. Now it can not be ignored.

Please there are jobs out there and sometimes people have to take jobs that are not the most glamourous but it pays money.

These people can ogranize all they want but have a clear message and make sense. Anthony...so a message is a bunch of people that stand for nothing and have no reason to protest, that certainly clears it up!!

Millions of people can't find work, Marc. The Republicans are changing election rules so soldiers overseas can't vote and fighting against unionized workers like teachers and fire fighters. CEOs are withholding the bailout money and not hiring. Banks are charging people to use debit cards. Cain wants to have a regressive tax against the 99% and protect the 1%. You've got it right, Marc. Nothing to complain about around here. Give me a break.

Pat repeating Bill Maher;s monologue are we...What CEO's are withholding bailout money? Banks are not making money. So you want to bring up unions, the group of people that want to COLA increases even though we are in a recession. Everyone else that is not unionized should lose their jobs or take pay cuts, but the unionized workers should get pay raises and keep the absorbent benefits. They should keep their pensions, while that word disappeared from the private sector 20 yrs ago.

I don't get HBO. Most of the 99% have to watch their pennies these days. The banks and investment houses were going to give loans and infuse the system with cash from the bailout, yielding some much needed jobs. Instead they've socked away much of the cash and given annual bonuses. CBS says the big banks forced the government to change the rules on TARP loans so they could pay executive bonuses without hindrance. Regulators "bent" to banks, CBS titled its recent Watchdog article. I could cite you example after example of business's lack of goodwill towards everyone but their stockholders. Romney says businesses are people. They're not. And the Wizard of Oz isn't going to give them a heart either.

Marc, you call this Democracy. It's the opposite of what Robin Hood used to do. He was a thief too, but at least he robbed from the people who had the money. It seems like you're set so this doesn't affect you. You'll think a lot differently when it happens to you. If you think these protesters don't know what they're protesting, then your oblivious. The whole world KNOWS. Stop watching FOX and you too will know.

"The Real Reason Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can Stay In Zuccotti Park"
The story at the following link is based on conjecture not evidence....take it with a grain of salt, but it's not out of the realm of possibility.
http://www.businessinsider.com/occupy-wall-street-brookfield-properties-zuccotti-park-loan-guarantee-2011-10
So much about the wind industry seems conspiratorial. If there's any truth to the possible conclusion, then it's too bad the protestors don't know that one of the 0.000001% is letting them stay at Zucotti to further enrich one-percenters in the wind industry.

It is a right or wrong issue. The protestors are dead wrong. The end of capatalism is not what is needed and we need to move away from the Obama Stateist agenda. We need a return to capitalism and less of big brother. Follow the money ...these protests are funded by the enemies of the US. These riots will grow and the battle for the US has begun

Big fish have always eaten little fish ----There has always been the Have's and the Have Nots ----Stop whining work hard and you can live a nice life also

We need to bring the protest to Monmouth Beach & other rich havens! While the rich sip Champaign & frequent Brooks Brothers & Garmany, millions are unemployed. 50,000 factories closed in 10 years; the average wealth of the white American is 20 times that of black Americans. We need to create 130,000 jobs a month just to break even. Students graduating college can’t even find a job to pay their student loans back, the war is costing the American tax payer 29 million dollars an hour while only 1 in 3 vets say the war is worth fighting, 65,000 structurally deficient bridges in the U.S. Want more reasons to protest?

I have been down there. They aren't against capitalism. so what you see one sign that says that and you think that's what its about? i hear many people right here in holmdel complaining about how hard life has become. no one in congress seems to care about us. they forget what their job is. they are suppose to represent us. they don't. we all can agree on that. the protestors are sick and tired of not being heard. sick of the politicians just trying to make each other look bad. they have forgotten about us. all of us. all they care about is who lines their pockets. their are people from all walks of life down there. well dressed people and not so well dressed people. there are always those few just there for a good time or hoping to get OWS on their side as socialists but that's not what it is about down there. right now the coming together of many unhappy people is a good thing. instead of just complaining they are trying to get something started. but you are right they do need to start being more specific and I believe they will. just wait. it has only just begun.....

A poll was taken with the protesters and 37 percent of them compared the USA to Al Qaeda. This is not to say that some of them are there truly expressing some frustrations but I see many of them as anarchist. And what is this demand where they want their college loans paid off? In my opinion many of them are Socialist.

The USA is bankrupt because of Wall Street wankers and Washington warlords.
Obama is a slave to giant global corporations. Most of the Republicans are no better.
Ron Paul for President.

Sad that everyone is being so mislead. School loans don't come from Wall St., they come from the government, and they are the only loans/debt that will not be forgiven even if bankrupcy is delclared, due to government mandates. You cannot blame people for working hard and getting paid for it. The economy is in a sad state, yes, but what is protesting doing? Looking for someone else to bail you out, when you should be trying to invoate and create on your own. Capitalism does have its flaws, but please remember that the alternatives are pretty sad, and they often times result in tragedy for all the people involved--see Venezuela (where I am from), Cuba, North Korea, China, etc.