General Discussion

I accepted that compromise

1. because, like Obama, I feared that it was necessary to keep McCain from being elected.
2. I always hoped that the Democratic Congress would get more
3. I did not know how much that goalpost favored the rich
4. I did not really have much choice either, did I?

And as for occupy. Not that I was part of that, but yes "we are the 99" was stupid and counter-productive.

It allows things like "$301 billion in tax cuts for the 99" where $163 billion goes to the top 20% (including $40 billion for the top 1%) and only $42 billion goes to the bottom 40%.

Yeah, sure, it's all for one and one for all among the 99%.

But I even doubt if much of the 60-80% group gives a crap about the bottom 60%. After all, of the $138 billion going to the bottom 80%, 42% of it was going to that group, and they are probably just fine with that kind of unequal distribution.

This, of course, is a real-world example, not just theoretical. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/taxcompromise2010.pdf