You know, it just doesn't seem like a hard question to me. There are a few things Americans keep asking for, over and over again. It's just that our 'representatives' don't seem to hear us. What to do? Seems like a big noisy protest is just the thing!
What do we want? Follow me over the fold!
Higher taxes on the rich.
Poll after poll shows that a solid majority of Americans support higher taxes on the rich, but somehow higher taxes on the rich are 'off the table' in Washington.
CBS/NY Times
Gallup
60 Minutes/Vanity Fair
Wapo/ABC
WSJ reports that even the wealthy support higher taxes on themselves
Protect Social Security and Medicare
Americans strongly oppose balancing the budget on the backs of the elderly.
WSJ/NBC
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner
AP/Gfk
More income equality
Americans are worried about income inequality, even though they don't realize how bad it really is. Polls show that Americans want a fairer distribution of income - and yet our desires are not being listened to by our representatives, who seem to be too busy attending to the whims of the already-wealthy.
FT/Harris
Harvard/Duke
Gallup consistently shows Americans want a more equal distribution of income.
Wall St regulation
Harris
WaPo/ABC
and Americans don't have much faith in the watered-down Dodd-Frank legislation:
AP/GfkWhat do we want? All you have to do is listen!