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Occupy Memphis, Tea Party members meet
| November 30, 2011
Member of Occupy Memphis and the local Tea Party met to discuss different issues, and one issue they agreed on was their opposition to cronyism:
By the end, the Occupy Memphis members and their audience reached common ground on some issues, such as their perception that the government and politicians no longer listen to and serve the people they represent.
They also found some agreement in their stances against taxpayer-sponsored government bailouts and “crony capitalism,” the idea that close ties between lobbyists, businesses, and other self-serving interests can influence government officials and the exercise of capitalism.
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