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Reader Poll: Is Occupy Wall Street Working?
Love it or hate it, the Occupy Wall Street movement has become major headline news. What's your opinion on the issue?
As the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow in communities throughout the country, including Bolingbrook, the attitude for or against the cause has gone to polar opposites.
Some say the protests are justified and "the most important thing in the world" at the moment while others say the protesters are the wrong messengers with the wrong solutions to a real problem.
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Protesters call themselves the 99 percent because they believe the richest 1 percent of Americans do not pay their fair share in taxes. Supporters of the movement say they are upset the billions of dollars in bank bailouts doled out during the recession allowed banks to resume earning huge profits while average Americans have had no relief from high unemployment and job insecurity.
A recent CBS poll says 43 percent of Americans agree with the views of the movement.
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