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Bob J
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Bob J asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 10 years ago

The OWS crowd have told us that they are the intellectuals. So I want to know?

why is it that the ignorant evil capitalists are running everything? Instead of carrying signs and defecating on cars, why not get all your intellectual minds together and start businesses and take down the evil capitalists with your great ideas? The capitalists are charging too much? Sell your products cheaper. They are not paying their employees enough? You can pay them all twice as much and pay 75% in taxes just to be good liberals. People will buy your cheaper products and the best employees will work for you. Take over wall street. Or maybe not.

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago
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    It's adorable when working class conservatives stick up for the poor banks!

    Have you compared OWS signs to Tea Party signs? OWS protesters ARE intellectuals, at least compared to Tea Baggers.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    I always hear about this 1% controlling 48% of the wealth but have never seen a credible source for it. What I do see in the OWS movement are a bunch of whiny cry babies who think they are entitled to other people's hard-earned money. I see art majors, philosophy majors, art history majors, and other useless majors crying in wonderment because they can't find employment? I wonder why? Art, philosophy and art history are hobbies. Period. They won't get you a good job, the chances of you being a museum curator or the next Picasso are slim to none. The OWS movement is very interseting for one reason, and that reason speaks volumes of those in the movement. What you DON"T see in the OWS are HARD working Americans who realize that no one owes them anything. They may say that 1% controls 48% of the wealth. I say...SO WHAT?!? They or someone in their family worked hard for that money, YOU didn't. What I say is that 54% of individuals are TAX PAYERS. The more important question is "why are 46% of employed individuals in this country NOT paying any taxes?" Oh and if you want proof of that statistic, man up and show your 1% statement's proof FIRST.

  • 10 years ago

    These OWS-ers should occupy a job! Here's the biggest thing: These people want socialism. SOCIALISM NEVER WORKS. You know what works? Entrepreneurilism, the free market, capitalism. Again: socialism never works! And it's exactly what the OWS-ers want. OWS-ers want free gifts, Tea-partiers want to earn. Which do you think is better?

  • 10 years ago

    The Nazi's said they were smart too as they wanted to kick the Jewish people out of Germany.

    I keep hearing the kick the Jews out of the United States and kick them out of wall street.

    why for a bunch of peace loving tolerant people is their so much hate?

    Source(s): Last night I heard a Black man say its only racist to hate black people and that hating jews is ok because they are at fault. I didnt know that racism was defined as only not liking black people and hating anyone else on the basis of their race is ok.
  • 10 years ago

    Nice rant. Their complaint is 1% controls 48% of the wealth. Where do they get the capital to back them? We gave the banks and wall street a bail out and they are not giving back.

  • 10 years ago

    He is not sticking up for the banks. Everyone has a choice. They can do something about their situation though it may be hard or simply sit on their asses complaining about it.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Liberals have always insisted, they are the smartest and most humane things around.

  • The more ignorant a person is, the smarter he thinks he is.

    OWS personifies this statement.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    Is this your wife again?

    http://youtu.be/ofxVMlU97yA

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