STEVE FORBES: The Wall Street Protesters Should Occupy Congress Instead

Careful what you wish for!

when Business owns the government who do you protest? BOTH! unfortunately, we a re no longer a democracy since Corporations are now considered people

Steve Forbes, you are half right. The protestors are protesting in "half of the whole"; i.e. They should protest in both sectors - Wall Street & Congress! Wall St. has trumped the rights of the people - the middle class & those in the lower sector of the socio-economic level in society. Wall Street through it's CEOs & leaders influence our politicians through lobbying, campaign donations, etc. to divert policies for their selfish business interests. Mr. Forbes, you don't fool me & your hand at business journalism doesn't fool everyone else either. You are a charlatan!!

forbes definately rigth clean up congress and wallstret at the same timeand also local government and education inevery level this would be the real american dream instead of the american nightmare todays reality is we live in failed corrupted system

Simple solution - term limits, ban lobbyists and change/create laws that treat politicians like anyone else (with harsher enforcement if violated based on trust imbued in these jokers).

yes, mr. forbes, you make a very good point! as of this week we put your advice to #occupycongress into practice.

two small caveats: first, we don't demand less government but demand you and your likes to stop meddling with the government (if you want to participate in our republic - vote; using money instead is non-democratic).
second, when it comes to not wanting to bite "the hands that feed them" - this campaign ('take back the capitol') was organized by various groups including labor unions (like seiu):
http://www.99indc.org

so seems like maybe you are right? once people take charge of their own republic back from trans-national conglomerates,"the inequality and joblessness that is fueling the social frustration would begin to ease of its own accord".

or did we understand you wrong?

I've been saying their occupation is focused on the wrong target for months. You will not stop Corporations from lining the pockets of Congress until you change the rules on how Congress functions.

He might have a point. Wall Street already occupies Congress.

can anyone tell me what their is to look forward to in life?
1) housing crash and many mortgages underwater
2) doubling of college tuitions
3) rising gas and food prices
4) no job security
5) massive increases in health insurance costs
6) stagnant growth of savings
7) stock market corrupt and unpredictable (401ks tanking or stagnant)
8) social security and medicare in danger of disappearing

unless you have a low payment 30 year fixed and a small mortgage, you are screwed.
I keep reading articles with predictions of 20 years before the housing market returns to
its highs..

wallstreet owns congress, they are just cutting out the middle man

forbes is absolutely right . all the things the Occupy Wall St crowd complain about are only possible because Congress allows them to happen. Big Business , hedge funds and big financial institutions don't make tax policy , don't regulate the markets and don't run the accounting standards boards . All they do is look at the landscape provided by Congress and regulators and decide how to game the system to maximize their own profit . If the system sucks , don't blame the beneficiaries ...blame the people who make and enforce the rules.

NO candidate should receive more than $20 from any citizen.....ONE MAN ONE VOTE

This Congress is OWNED by Wall Street. Insider trading by active Congress people from
BOTH parties. It is supposedly a jail term if a private individual does it.

The article is wrong: Steve Forbes is called, "A die-hard free-market conservative...". We don't have a free market anymore -- instead we have Crony Capitalism and Monopoly Capitalism. If we had a free market, our nation would be doing well now...

free market and capitalism is a good thing. bailing out banks on the other hand is not capitalism, that's fascism. The government, the fed and the big banks are the root causes.

They should be protesting the merger of the government and the corporations. Capitalism has been replaced by something else. It should not be the job of government to protect the interests of the large corporations.

You are right congress and the supreme court are the problem. But you must go to the source where the money is!!!

Steve Forbes - ahhh - old family money right? Huuh! Congress wouldn't be such a big problem if Wall Street hadn't thrown a generation of lobbyists and money on the Hill. America's condition is a construct of big money - left and right - all of seeking favor and preference via Congress. Wall Street is non-partisan when it comes to buying/currying favor.

Regardless your own position - this is going to get worse before it gets better. Maybe that is what we need.

Stop sending jobs to China. OB appoints the CEO of GE as his job czar??? GE, the company that has sent thousands of jobs to China. Every one wants free trade. There is no such thing as "free" trade.

Stop buying stuff from China. Go out of your way to buy made in America. Will you do that or just complain there are no jobs?

Agreed, how do you guys think they got so rich? Laws and regulations work in their favor. Since 2008 not one Wall Street exec responsible for market downfall has gone to prison, even though they clearly acted illegally and immorally. Obama has continued to accept a ton of money from the banks…while publicly ridiculing them he has done nothing to make them accountable. Members of Congress as well…it’s hard to make an honest living.