As the Occupy Wall Street protests continue to grow by the day across the country, the reality is that nothing is being done about it in Washington. The "Super Committee' of six Republicans and six Democrats were supposed to come together and make responsible decisions in getting the country's economy back on track. When the Super Committee failed, it just reinforced the fact that the wealthiest Americans have no intention of helping out anyone but themselves.
The leading cause of the national debt has been constant tax cuts for the richest Americans, who instead of creating American jobs, decided to pay their executives and shareholders more money, put the money into an off shore bank account or simply place it into capital gains (stocks, bonds, real estate) and pay a low 15% tax rate. According to a report from the National Priorities Project, "the average Bush tax cut in 2011 for a taxpayer in the richest one percent is greater than the average income of the other 99 percent ($66,384 compared to $58,506)."
While President Obama has a tough congress to deal with, the American people must see the light and vote a congress into office that will simply let the president do his job. The top 1% of all Americans hold the majority of the wealth in our country, and this gap will only grow if things don't change.
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