I think the perception of Wall Street is just the banks that received tax payer money, didn’t really say what they were going to use it for and we just kind of left it alone trusting them. It didn’t really do anything for the economy, and those 20 somethings that come out of university, with experience gained through internships as well as part time jobs are not able to get full time jobs to make ends meet. So the perception is, the big boys got bailed with no questions asked and everyone else can pretty much go screw themselves. The software engineer with the Apple computer is not being a hypocrite because Apple did not cause the financial problems we are having today.
It’s not really a movement against corporations, it’s more about accountability of the people in charge of those corporations that caused the problems in the first place. If the leaders of the banks screw up, then let them fail, don’t use tax payer money to somehow breathe new life into them. Instead, that TARP money was used to pay bonuses to people who were responsible for the current problems we have. Yes this movement does attract the fringe but you’ll see many more of these 20 somethings, freshly unemployed, who see no end in sight while sending out endless amounts of resumes. I mean at some point people give up. I know a few who have.
I bummed around looking for a job for 6 months after getting my Masters in Biotechnology from University of Pennsylvania. I am truly lucky that I found one in this shitty economy. So please don’t paint all of these 20 somethings as a bunch of lazy people with no focus. They’re placed in a precarious situation with no hope in sight.