Occupy scofflaws are desperate and violent

The Occupy Wall Street claim of representing the economic grievances of the American majority is impaired by bad math and lawless behavior. The mainstream media spent President Obama's entire first term falsely condemning the Tea Party as a potentially violent, hate-filled mob, only to embrace one that actually is.

As the OWS violence escalates, sympathetic liberal mayors give them free rein to break the law as they call for the redistribution of others' incomes rather than work for their own. As they become more desperate to justify their time on the “job,” their violence escalates. Baiting police and random citizens, sexual assaults, overdoses, murders, we see it's only a matter of time until even more people die. I'm sure they would be shocked to learn that Obama received more campaign funding from big Wall Street investment firms ($16 million) than any other politician on record. They have already contributed $7.2 million to Obama's 2012 campaign. Gotta sucker!

There's no doubt that Americans are suffering under tough economic times. Americans are frustrated, decrying out-of-control bailouts and corporate subsidies. The jobless rate under the Obama Administration hovers at 9 percent while Washington wants to raise taxes to finance more government spending. These occupiers are not the 99 percent, and perhaps not even the 9 percent. In a nation of 300 million people even an estimate of .9 percent would provide 2.7 million dependents to fall into the abyss of anarchy, which is all they deserve to occupy.

Scott Dunkirk

Cedar Rapids