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re: Arkansas Frat Giving Protesters Tha Bidness
Posted on 10/12/11 at 1:38 pm to Damn Good Dawg
Posted on 10/12/11 at 1:38 pm to Damn Good Dawg
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quick question, so these people who keep posting this OCCUPY horse shite are liberal, hipsters douches right?
Or people who are sick of the way the government is being run...
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Posted on 10/12/11 at 1:39 pm to GregYoureMyBoyBlue
Hell no we wont go!
Posted on 10/12/11 at 1:40 pm to CatFan81
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Or people who are sick of the way the government is being run...
the people i have seen thus far and friends who are posting this on FB are more along my lines of description
not to defend our shite hole guvment ur nuttin
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greg
no joke right
Posted on 10/12/11 at 1:49 pm to NebraskaHog
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they are protesting because middle class and small business doesn't have advocates like the wealthy
Well then why the hell is it so friggin hard to understand that the solution is fewer taxes on small business owners and less red tape from the federal government, NOT more, draconian taxes on wealthy, successful people who pay the vast majority of taxes already???
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:01 pm to Party At LSU
Although i'm sure the numbers have changed a bit since 2005-2006...thought this was interesting.
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Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:05 pm to Hognoxious
@ blaming rich people for personal failures. It's nobodies responsibility to make you successful. The Constitution says you're guaranteed the pursuit of happiness. It doesn't guarantee you'll reach it. Folks should bust their arse a little harder and quit bitching that they don't have what someone else has. This post was edited on 10/12/11 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:08 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
quote:none of what you just typed removed your power to vote against that.
De facto personhood status (and the associated Rights) of corporations, and the SCOTUS decision in the 70's that money = speech have removed the power from the People and placed it in the corporations
quote:not a wall st problem
Who is MY lobbiest?
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:09 pm to BamaFan89
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It's a bunch of liberal pussies who want to tax the rich more and basically receive a wage for just living.
Every corporate board room in America is delighted to hear that you've totally bought what they're selling. How did you get so naive?
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:10 pm to Alahunter
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@ blaming rich people for personal failures. It's nobodies responsibility to make you successful. The Constitution says you're guaranteed the pursuit of happiness. It doesn't guarantee you'll reach it. Folks should bust their arse a little harder and quit bitching that they don't have what someone else has.
No one is blaming the rich for their personal failures. They're blaming the government for not taxing the rich at a more proportional percentage. The middle class pay a largely disproportionate amount of taxes when compared to the rich.
The middle class are the ones hurting in the current economic situation. The poor get their government assistance, the rich thrive, and the middle class are left to fend for themselves.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:10 pm to jim712
Too many folks wanting others to take care of them and give them what they don't have. Sounds like you've bought into the welfare system.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:12 pm to bfniii
There is no referendum on corporate personhood, just like there is no referendum on term limits.
Maybe that needs to change.
Maybe that needs to change.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:13 pm to Hognoxious
quote:absolutely not. illegal immigration is way, WAY bigger than "corporate personhood".
This is the biggest problem that our country faces
quote:not a wall st problem. i'm going to keep repeating this every time i see someone try to use a govt problem to justify protesting on wall st.
bought politician putting corporate interest first and constituent interest second
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:13 pm to CatFan81
And yet, I can assure you, they are voting the same people back into office. Instead of wasting a work day, go to town halls, state legislatures.. start where it matters. If you want to fix things, get those folks to quit paying off the poor for their votes and entitlements. That is why taxes are so high to begin with, everyone is entitled to shite they haven't done anything to earn.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:19 pm to Hognoxious
quote:the rich aren't to blame for this. if anything, they are merely taking advantage of lazy, gullible people who are willing to give them their money. every person in america has a choice of who to give their money to. rich people did not get money out of thin air. it was given to them by others through the market. see the picture of the ows people using products and services of companies they are protesting.
If you can't see there's a widening wealth gap in this country you need to do some research.
ows crowd is hypocritical. they protest wall st but not celebrities and athletes.
quote:totally false. the system is not "rigged by rich people"
The individuals on the Forbes list are mostly responsible for the widening wealth gap
quote:not a wall st problem.
This includes buying politicians to pass legislation that will positively affect their line of business
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:22 pm to bfniii
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the rich aren't to blame for this. if anything, they are merely taking advantage of lazy, gullible people who are willing to give them their money. every person in america has a choice of who to give their money to
spot on.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:26 pm to bfniii
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absolutely not. illegal immigration is way, WAY bigger than "corporate personhood".
Funny. You don't see how they are connected?
Why do you think every "conservative" candidate we've had in the past 20 years had no problem with illegal immigration?
McCain
Bush I & II
Romney
Perry
None of the above would touch illegal immigration.
You think that might have something to do with big companies who need/want cheap labor?
Think it through, don't just pick a side because Sean Hannity tells you to.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:26 pm to Razorologist
quote:the govt does not have a revenue problem. the govt has a spending problem. it's astonishing and scary how many smart people can't see this. "taxing the rich" is only going to account for a miniscule fraction of the $17tril debt. your own chart substantiates this
The tax cuts under Bush put us more in debt than the wars. You take that much money out of the purse and it hurts.
quote:yeah, his quack ideas keep getting shot down by his own party
Obama has not implemented that many new programs
quote:EXCEPT FOR TRIPLING IT
He hasn't contributed that much to the federal def
quote:ok. you're one of the brainwashed people who parrot liberal talking points. i wonder why that chart fails to account for obama's govt budget.
The debt is rising b/c the new policies Bush implemented are still accruing debt under this administration
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:27 pm to CatFan81
quote:then why are they on wall st?
Or people who are sick of the way the government is being run
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:30 pm to bfniii
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then why are they on wall st?
Because due to the current way corporations are allowed to lobby and fund, corporations more or less run the government.
Posted on 10/12/11 at 2:30 pm to CatFan81
quote:yeah, this is pretty much exactly what it looks like to me.
No one is blaming the rich for their personal failures
quote:the rich pay the vast majority of taxes already. how much more are they expected to pay? i know your answer is 100%
They're blaming the government for not taxing the rich at a more proportional percentage.
quote:demonstrably false
The middle class pay a largely disproportionate amount of taxes when compared to the rich
quote:DING DING DING. WE HAVE A WINNER
The poor get their government assistance
quote:because people keep giving them their money through the market.
the rich thrive
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