This is the way I see it and if people really wanted to make a difference and not just play politics they would take advantage of it. The OWS and The Tea Party at least on the surface overlaps quite a bit. Where they differ is in the solution after the fact. That's a major diference but still we'll never get there without changes to start with.
If someone really cared about this they would get the two together with the understanding that they could go their seperate ways after they had enacted changes. Both are upset with D.C. catering to Wall Street. OWS at least as far as I can tell, and that is hard to tell because there is no cohesive position yet, but they seem to feel that the government should do more for main street where the Tea Party feels that the government needs to leave people alone.
IMO there is room for both if we could get Washington to quit sucking at the teat of Wall Street.
Looks like that is already happening:
"This is a letter to OWS from FedUpUSA, one of the original Tea Parties:
We support you in exercising your First Amendment Right. We are outraged that any peaceful demonstrator would be assaulted or abused by any authorities.
If you are protesting because there are no jobs— We stand with you.
We are for a free economy and recognize that what we have now is NOT a free economy; it is not capitalism – what we have is a fascist state or crony-capitalism. There is nothing free about doing business with Countries that manipulate their currencies to attract cheap labor. We agree that these jobs need to come back to America.
If you are protesting because no one has gone to jail— We stand with you.
Regardless of what is being said from the white house and media, we know that there are many in the financial district and the banks that have committed fraud and outright theft and we too want to see them prosecuted. We support: STOP THE LOOTING & START PROSECUTING.
If you are protesting because everything costs more— We stand with you.
We see prices rise in our food, gas, clothes yet our wages have stayed the same or have decreased. The Federal Reserve has bailed everyone out but us and not only are we going to have to pay for that, those bailouts make the price of everything else go up because it devalues our currency. We support monetary reform.
If you are protesting because you are tired of our bought and paid for government on both sides— We stand with you.
We are also against the banks and big corporations buying our politicians and writing laws that favor their special interests. We understand that our economy is broken BECAUSE of this and that all of our other issues will never be addressed as long as the financial elite control OUR government.
We understand that these issues cross party lines and ideologies and effect each and every one of us. We also understand that these issues will never get fixed as long as we continue to let the media, the elite, and members of the government separate us by our differing ideologies.
Only Together, can we Implement Change."
An Open Letter From FedUpUSA To Occupy Wall Street Protestors All Over The Country