Occupy Wall Street and the Fiscal Insanity of the Political Left

It is a question going through the minds of small business owners and executives nationwide, what does the modern Democratic Party have against financial success? In recessionary times, when we should be relying on job creators to do what they do best, create jobs, the political left sees it fit to demonize them. In a speech to a joint session of Congress, the President spews class warfare rhetoric aimed to put a divergent axe through the heartland of America. Calls for increased taxes and job killing regulation does not create jobs in any arithmetic, it is a sociological tool used by the modern left to punish those who have worked hard for the success they've earned. This is not the Democratic Party of old, the party of Adlai Stevenson and Jack Kennedy doesn't resemble the party of Pelosi, Reid, and Obama. When Kennedy was struck with recession, he did not add to the burden on businesses and individuals, instead he understood the power of the free market, the power of allowing businesses to thrive and grow the economy. Outside of Republican hero, Ronald Reagan, there wasn't a president in the 20th Century that did a better job of reducing the burden and red tape that holds back entrepreneurial success. When will Democrats today look themselves in the mirror and realize this isn't a party they recognize? This is a party with an empty message of hope, but a platform that will inevitably lead to an economy that continues the dormant trend of joblessness and welfare of the passed several years. Suddenly, the feelings espoused by the elitism within the progressive Democrats has manifested in a populist movement, Occupy Wall Street. Backed by big union and far left stalwarts in the shape of Van Jones and George Soros, Occupy Wall Street has chosen emotion over logic in voicing an opinion regarding the ongoing financial troubles of the country. Instead of taking a comprehensive look at the factors that have contributed to such a long period of economic stagnation, the movement decided to scapegoat those who have attained success. They're not looking for meaningful reform, but instead to act as an economic vigilante, punishing job creators and business owners who have achieved the American Dream. Occupy Wall Street's outrageous demands for increased spending to the tune of three trillion dollars and massive tax hikes on everyday Americans is the definition of fiscal insanity. We are living in a time in which the top 1% of earners pay more in taxes than the bottom 95% combined and America's debt is fast approaching $15 trillion. It's incomprehensible to add to this burden and multiply the already dangerous levels of debt the country has accumulated. As a nation, Americans of all political and economic ideologies need to come together to find solutions that will put the country back on a path to solvency. The rhetoric of progressive Democrats and the populist liberals infiltrating the streets of New York is counterproductive to the end goal of a stronger America. Proposals such as Chairman Paul Ryan's Path to Prosperity and Rep. Bob Goodlatte's Balanced Budget Amendment are constructive in putting the United States back on track. It's time for the fiscal insanity to end, and those Democrats looking to make a real difference to step into the spotlight and come to the table with the Republican's who have continually produced solutions.