Occupy This...

First, let me start off by saying that I am firm believer in the rights of citizens to be open about their disappointment with the way the government is run.  I think it's amazing that we live in a nation where people can express their feelings under protection of the law.  I believe people should always stick by their guns and really remain true to their beliefs. 

Ok - now that I've given my disclaimer, I feel I can say that I am really sick of the Occupy Boston (or insert any city here) Movement.  I am not against the initial messaging of the discrepancy in the distribution of wealth, but I am against the movement in it's current form. 

It seems that the people who are occupying Boston don't even seem to know why they are there.  Or can't even explain what problems they have with the government that prompted them to join the movement.  There was even one woman who even said that she just wanted to "occupy," but had no real reason for being there.  She was a protestor in the 1970's and wanted to join in the "fun." 

I've heard other reports of crime, sexual assault, public bathroom usage and drug crimes going on in the "tent cities" across the nation, but for some reason it does not seem like much is being done about it by the police.  I realize that citizens have the right to decline police services, but this just seems ridiculous to me.  Aren't the places that these people are "occupying" publically owned?  And in that case shouldn't these people be policed appropriately? 

Also, it is infuriating to me that people are saying the live in "tent cities" with communal governments that seems to be making their own rules and trying to police themselves.  They don't live in a separate city, they are a group of people, with no real unified message, that are camping out on public property. 

In Boston, these people are being given electricity!  Seriously?  I find that completely foolish.  If I paid taxes to live in Boston, and my tax money was paying for this - I think I'd be OCCUPYING CITY HALL asking the Mayor to cut these people off!  There is no real reason any of these people should be getting free electricity to take over the Rose Kennedy Greenway.  I wonder if any of the money used to clean up this mess will come from state taxes?  If I find out it is, I will be on the phone with the Governor's office everyday.  There are plenty of other ways tax money could have been productively spent without spending it to repair the mess these people are making.

All this is on top of the fact that the Occupiers do not have any permits to be on the greenway.  A paid and planned event, which was permitted, was actually cancelled this year because of the Occupiers.  That is really just a great example of how much control a group of disorganized people have had over one area of Boston.  It is a disgrace.

And finally - My formal response to the sect of Occupiers who say that they are unable to pay bills, get jobs, etc...

"I am not in the 1%.  I am in the process of paying back over 60k worth of student loans for both my Undergraduate and Masters Degree programs.  Each month I pay my debt back on time and in full.  My husband and I also own a home, pay a mortgage and our bills.  We live within our means and still manage to survive.  We don't expect handouts or bailouts, but work for what we have.  I have a 3 year old who goes to daycare and a baby on the way.  I believe America is about doing what you have to do to survive and thrive, just as those who founded our country did.  Rather than complain about all the things I don't have and ask other people to give me some of there wealth, I intend to work for the things I want and build my own future.  I am part of the 99% who is where they are due to hard work, perserverance and sacrifice."