Although the Protests Themselves Have Dissipated, Some Participants in the Occupy

question 84

Multiple Choice

Although the protests themselves have dissipated, some participants in the Occupy Wall Street movement feel they were successful because:

• A) they changed the tax rate for the top income earners in the United States.
• B) the movement had no explicit policy goal to achieve, but it influenced the public discussion of inequality.
• C) their actions led to a decline in income inequality in the United States.
• D) they were able to send representatives to Congress.
• E) the movement became bureaucratized.

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