(CNN) -- Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are scheduled to march on the offices of five major banks and financial-services firms in Manhattan on Friday, a day after a California mayor apologized for a police crackdown against demonstrators that left an Iraq war veteran hospitalized.
Wall Street is not to blame. Transnational corporations are not to blame. They're no more to blame than a great white shark hunting prey. These entities exist to hunt short term profits. It's what they do. It's all they do. It's what the corporate charter demands. Just ask the stockholders.
In nature and in business we need both the predators and protection from them. To a significant degree they drive our evolution. But when it comes to business, if we (government by the people) let them, they will destroy the planet, the people on it, and eventually themselves (as their eternal drive to cut costs destroys the market). The private sector must be watched closely, regulated heavily, and if they provide essential services, regulated even more.
So let's be clear: what is to blame for the deregulation that allowed the looting of the financial system is Republican Party public policy. What is to blame for the tax policy that's increasing the gap between the rich and everybody else is Republican Party public policy. What is to blame for offshoring of jobs and corporate profit is Republican Party public policy. What is to blame for the financial meltdown we suffered in 2008-2009 is Republican Party public policy. What is to blame for the slow recovery of the job market is Republican Party public policy. What is to blame for the destruction of the environment is Republican Party public policy. Republican party public policy makes us shark bait. That's not our opinion, it's the historical record.
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