I am a conservative, but not of the variety so prevalent today. Many of my Republican friends and colleagues are greatly concerned for the future of New York and the United States. However, I believe their criticism is directed at the wrong people and overlooks the economic realities facing millions of Americans.

They criticize the Occupy Wall Street protesters who gathered in Zuccotti Park. In retrospect, many of us should have been there with them. They were raising legitimate questions about an economic system that rushed to rescue major financial institutions when they failed. At the same time, ordinary Americans who lost jobs, homes, savings, and opportunities were largely left to fend for themselves.

Wall Street, in unison with the folks we elected in Washington, DC, created a moral hazard deemed too big to fail. The working class, apparently, is not.

Before dismissing younger politicians and activists as “leftist loons,” imagine what it is like to be a young........

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