Thursday
Mar032011
Johann Hari: How to Build a Progressive Tea Party
March 3, 2011 Imagine a parallel universe where the Great Crash of 2008 was followed by a Tea Party of a very different kind. Enraged citizens gather in every city, week after weekâto demand the government finally regulate the behavior of corporations and the superrich, and force them to start paying taxes. The protesters shut down the shops and offices of the companies that have most aggressively ripped off the country. The swelling movement is made up of everyone from teenagers to pensioners. They surround branches of the banks that caused this crash and force them to close, with banners saying, You Caused This Crisis. Now YOU Pay.
Print Article | Permalink | tagged Conservatives, middle class, populism | in Economic Crisis, Economics, Politics, Tea Party