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Originally posted by jessejamesxx
Originally posted by apacheman
reply to post by jessejamesxx
It is what the protests are about.
Hard to see why people don't understand that.
If you ask the 99%, it's about how they can't pay for school, and how the government should give them a free ride.
There isn't a large "end the fed" movement in the protests, it's about Wallstreet. Wallstreet isn't directly related to the banks taking bailouts, and the FED dishing out all of our money.
The reason it's hard for people to understand, is because the protests, from an outsiders point of view, have been taken over by an extreme leftist view. They hate RP.
Originally posted by dragonseeker
Funny, when I was down there(I'm in NY) I don't remember anyone telling me they hated ron paul. didn't see any "I hate ron paul" signs, or anti-paul chants either. there are plants/shills TRYING to co-opt this thing, but they have largely failed. if you see some of 'em on TV, well, that's by design. shills and corporate media are working together to bring the whole thing down.
They will fail.
Originally posted by apacheman
reply to post by jessejamesxx
It is what the protests are about.
Hard to see why people don't understand that.
Originally posted by beanandginger
reply to post by Misoir
This single statement deserves a thread all on it's own. I have a family of five so that means my share would have been $259,113!!!!!
This is a slap in the face to all Americans. It also means everything these politicians say is crap. It also means the final implosion is near. No way that float can be maintained and no way the lies can be hidden any longer.
Originally posted by phishyblankwaters
reply to post by Misoir
Nice job FED, let the American people become homeless and give all that money to other banks for free.
Funny to think that when they print new US dollars they don't give the Us government a Zero percent interest deal. how can anyone support this system of robbing the poor to give bonuses to the rich? I mean, sure, in the short run some well placed people stand to make ungodly sums of money, but in the long run you can look forward to:
Depression (financial and emotional)
Increase in crime (poor people still need to eat)
Increase in homeless (banks aren't making it any easier to pay your bills)
Loss of gross national income (can't pay much taxes when you are bankrupt)
and quite possibly the scariest prospect of all:
The downfall of the United States of America as a super power and important player internationally. The US is being gutted and you can clearly see where the assets are heading.
It almost makes my head implode. financial crisis, people losing their jobs and homes, and the government pays out to the people who caused the problem in the first place, which solves NOTHING, banks still failed, people are still homeless, the economy is still in the crapper.
But, if those bailouts went to the people who needed them, the home owners, well, someone else beat me to the punch, a golden age.
It reminds me of reading about the money spent of WW2 and how that could have provided a home, no mortgage required, for every American, could have built new schools, could have provided free college education, could have provided free dental care.
But at least that money was spent on something that needed to be done, saving the world from Nazism and creating a bulkhead against Communism.
This money was spent to line the pockets of the very people who create the problem, and when I say created, I mean to say this is EXACTLY what they intended to do. The big players that caused this mess are still standing, got government bailouts, and were able to buy up their competition for pennies on the dollar.
edit on 18-10-2011 by phishyblankwaters because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by beanandginger
reply to post by Misoir
No way that float can be maintained and no way the lies can be hidden any longer.
Originally posted by EspyderMan
I usually call those people ignorant and blind. Listen to the movement not the media covering it, you shall have your answers.
Originally posted by vapor
Imagine the news if OWS was asking to have their debt payed plus give them hundreds of thousands each on top.
Originally posted by EspyderMan
Originally posted by apacheman
reply to post by jessejamesxx
It is what the protests are about.
Hard to see why people don't understand that.
People are easily fooled. The media writes "the movement has no voice, the movement has no purpose" and the sheeple regurgitate that in their writings and sayings while acting as though it was an independent thought.
I usually call those people ignorant and blind. Listen to the movement not the media covering it, you shall have your answers.