If you needed any more evidence that the already floundering Occupy Wall Street movement was going to be mercilessly co-opted by the establishment left, look no further than this Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., interview with Greg Sargent, and this Miley Cyrus video. Schumer tells Sargent:
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“The American people resent government paralysis, but most of them would say that government is doing too little to help them, not too much.” Schumer added that Dems would make 2012 an “election of choice” in which Democrats are the ones focused on the “decline in middle class incomes.”
Schumer and Sargent are the ones in the bubble. Any poll taken in the past two years will show you that the American people believe the federal government already has too much power, not too little. In September, Gallup asked: “Do you think the federal government has too much power, too little power, or the right amount of power?” A clear majority, 57%, said the federal government had too much power, another 35% said it had the right amount, and only 8% said it had too little power.
CNN asked a similar question in June: “Some people think the government is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. Others think that the government should do more to solve our country’s problems. Which comes closer to your own view?” Sixty-three percent of Americans said government does too many things, while 33% said government does too little.
Teen one-percenter Miley Cyrus has announced she is with Schumer and the Occupiers. At her official personal site, Cyrus has posted a video that the title sequence tells us, “This is dedicated to the thousands of people who are standing up for what they believe in.” The video then goes onto play her “Liberty Walk” song over pictures of Occupy protests.
