Protesters tapping into anger: Letters

The commentary on the Wall Street protesters is taking on a familiar tone. The different comments come from our prepackaged biases, while the politicians try to game the protesters to their advantage, and the media covers it on a superficial level.

The consensus is that these protesters will eventually get tired and go home. What I think is missing in the slightly stale left-right spin is the core anger going on here. Our government has become an alliance between the politicians and their special interest (Wall Street, etc.) partners in order to ensure laws and regulations protect their ability to profit (which is a good thing) but at the expense of the vanishing middle class (not a good thing).

Enter the protesters. Attempts to discredit them may work, but the anger is real and won't go away, or the middle class will.

David Epstein

New Orleans