Originally Posted by GregE

The American public was never sold on the idea of a service sector economy.

Instead, that concept was shoved down their throats by both political parties.

Let's not forget that had he not flaked out, Ross Perot may well have become this country's first elected third party president on the strength of his condemnation of NAFTA alone.

Since then, both political parties have continued to sing the same song regarding all but a handful of bullshit peripheral issues like "family values" and such.

Bottom line: At present, the ballot box offers no real alternative for a lot of pissed off American voters. Hence, the popularity of, first the teabaggers and now, the Occupy Wall Street movement.