What are they for then?
And we demand the liberal scum pay their fair share. Rise up working, tax paying Americans and beat back the leeches!
http://the53.tumblr.com/
What are they for then?
Why does the front page of their web site have the phrase "We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%."
Seems that they are against the rich since the 1% is certainly meant to be the 1% wealthiest people in the country.
And there is insane irony in them bitching about the greed of the 1% and then turning around and claiming the solution is for things to be given to them for free.
What are they for then?
Why does the front page of their web site have the phrase "We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%."
Seems that they are against the rich since the 1% is certainly meant to be the 1% wealthiest people in the country.
And there is insane irony in them bitching about the greed of the 1% and then turning around and claiming the solution is for things to be given to them for free.
My point is that the occupy fools are a bunch of idiotic hypocrites who are against the greed of the rich, unless it some how helps them out.
They love Steve Jobs for everything he created and what those creations have done for them, but they hate the system that allowed Jobs to be successful in the first place.
It is idiocy.
Spidey, are you one of the 20% who believe they are one of the 1%?
They are the useful idiots, tools of the marxist. While the 53% are the working, tax paying, real Americans paying for the hippie bums.
Anybody know anybody who either is a hippie or calls themselves a hippie since, oh the late 60's/early seventies.
You sound like a silly Archie Bunker.
Anybody know anybody who either is a hippie or calls themselves a hippie since, oh the late 60's/early seventies.
You sound like a silly Archie Bunker.
Only if you assume those people that want the opposite of what we have today.
I know it's hard for the extreme partisans on this board to understand, but a lot of people want incrementalism, not revolution. The problem is that today's politicians aren't offering that.
In 1990, when the average CEO to worker pay ratio was 40% of what is is now, would Jobs not have been successful? How about in 1980, when it was less than 20%?
My point is that the occupy fools are a bunch of idiotic hypocrites who are against the greed of the rich, unless it some how helps them out.
They love Steve Jobs for everything he created and what those creations have done for them, but they hate the system that allowed Jobs to be successful in the first place.
It is idiocy.
They are the useful idiots, tools of the marxist. While the 53% are the working, tax paying, real Americans paying for the hippie bums.
Then maybe you should start looking out for your own self interest instead of parroting policies designed to benefit the 1% at the expense of the 52%.Of course not.
What are they for then?
Why does the front page of their web site have the phrase "We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%."
Seems that they are against the rich since the 1% is certainly meant to be the 1% wealthiest people in the country.
And there is insane irony in them bitching about the greed of the 1% and then turning around and claiming the solution is for things to be given to them for free.
I started a whole thread about their demands.I missed the part about "things to be given to them for free"
Link us up, OK?
I started a whole thread about their demands.
Eliminating debt is the equivalent of getting something for free because they want all the stuff they have borrowed for to be given to them.
"Living wage for everyone" is also getting something for free. Most of us earn what we are worth, but they want everyone to be paid $20 an hour regardless of the job because in their world it is 'fair.'
Free education.
Universal single payer healthcare system aka free healthcare.
The movement is populated by a bunch of losers who can't succeed on their own so they want government to hand them success.
Here is the list from the thread.I didn't see that thread... maybe you'll link it, and maybe it'll have some actual sources...
Love the priorities. Eliminate our debt so we can buy iPads...So my immodest proposal is simply this: Individuals and households in the bottom 99 percent who owe debt to any large financial institution that received federal government support during and after the 2008 crisis should see their debt forgiven. That would certainly stimulate the economy, as most people would suddenly find themselves with a great deal more money to spend on iPads (and food, and clothing, and housing, and healthcare). The debt can be forgiven by decree or if the government really wants to it can step in to pay it itself; I dont much care either way. (Though itd be nice to see it just wiped off the books, to enrage the banks.)
Here is the list from the thread.
http://occupywallst.org/forum/proposed-list-of-demands-for-occupy-wall-st-moveme/
That was user submitted and is not an official list, but it shows the mindset of many in the movement.
Here is a story about an attempt to come up with a new list of demands.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...-occupy-wall-street-protesters-post-manifest/
The group does not have an official list of demands and apparently does not even want to come up with a list. They seem to think that protesting just to protest is better than coming up with a list of demands that people can look at and respond too.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/occupy-wall-street-demands_b_999658.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupy-wall-street-demands_n_996539.html
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/a_proposed_demand_for_occupy_wall_street/singleton
Love the priorities. Eliminate our debt so we can buy iPads...
What about people who are debt free? Do they get screwed for being able to balance their budget?
They just want us to pay for them.
We ARE the 53%.