Hilo Band Stand Oct 15 @ 2 pm Join the Movement

[Rob Tucker]

I see the general problem in rather simple terms. There are basically four ways to acquire wealth.

1. inherit money
2. crime, steal money
3. create wealth by your labors, honest investment or intellect
4. manipulate other people's money

It is my opinion that the system is skewed in favor of the manipulators for a long time. Nationwide and here in Hawaii as well. The manipulators have been getting away with the largest theft of wealth in history.

Creators of wealth, in my opinion, comprise a broad spectrum of industrious people. Farmers, manufacturers, inventors, writers, workers, etc. These are the foundation of a nations prosperity. These people add to the national dinner table.

Manipulators: Financial schemers, insurance scams, government contract scams, welfare cheats, derivative brokers, people who trade stocks in nanoseconds by computer. These are the folks that have manipulated the system to pay themselves without regard for their contribution to society. They take away from the national dinner table.

So I am not an advocate for a welfare state or for free everything for everybody. I am an advocate for close examination of our national system of rewards, responsibilities and penalties. Just cause the banking lobbyists made something marginally legal does not serve our national interest. There are people who should be stripped of their ill gotten gains and sent to prison.

Occupy Wall St. Right on! Occupy Hilo? Occupy America? Sure, you bet.