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The solution to Occupy Wall Street!

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.AR6rider.
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Occupy a job fair!
Nov 3 2011 3:25PM
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D-40
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*place popcorn bag in microwave, kickin the feet up
Nov 3 2011 3:26PM
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Mr.Turtle
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i loled
Nov 3 2011 3:27PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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ugh, more wall street threads. meaning more kids who think they are economists after they read the headlines of dad's newspaper.
Nov 3 2011 3:29PM
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PhaedeD
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i subscribe to the wall street journal and I dont live with my dad!!
Nov 3 2011 3:31PM
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john.stossel
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depends what newspaper. none of the occupy wall street posers have read anything but the ny times, which is like giving michael moore a blowjob.
Nov 3 2011 3:38PM
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neutralzombie
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typical.
Nov 3 2011 3:39PM
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theabortionator
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I'm a better economist as far as being practical than a lot of people with degrees in it.


Economics these days is a fucking joke. If people really knew some shit about economics and cared a little we would be in this shit hole right now.


Supposedly economics is the hot issue right now, yet you never see any of the major problems that caused everything else even get mentioned in the debates.


Fucking ruse
Nov 3 2011 3:39PM
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-emile-
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A job ..Get one
Nov 3 2011 3:44PM
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neutralzombie
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a brain, get one
Nov 3 2011 3:45PM
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TechnoPotamus
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i haven't been able to find a new job after searching for months but rather than drive an hour to NYC and be a lazy scumbag i decided to go back to school and get a master's degree to separate myself more from the pack and specialize in something more attractive (in terms of finding a job).

life isn't fair, i get it. it pisses me off too that i graduated in 09 and worked my ass off for years and years and it really hasn't paid off at all. that's fucking reality. complaining and protesting in a stupid manner like they are isn't going to change much, if anything at all.
Nov 3 2011 3:47PM
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PhaedeD
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People actually know a lot about economics thats why you and the 99% are mad.. they keep making money and you dont. The 1% obviously knows something about economics and they are probably the ones that have degrees in it or finance either one. you are definitely a better economist than them though... which is why you are sitting on ns bitching about the government and they are sitting at their desk in a skyscraper in nyc sipping champagne laughing at people like you.
Nov 3 2011 4:24PM
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.AR6rider.
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Nov 3 2011 4:51PM
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H8CH
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You'll get there in the end - trust me. You're doing absolutely the right thing and bettering yourself further.

I promise you in 10 years you will look back and realize you made the right choices and helped yourself. Nobody else will help you - you make your own luck.

And the best of it to you. I did my Masters degree back in 02, and haven't been without a job since, and I doubt very much i'll every be without a job again, unless i choose.

It's all about the choices you make and how much dedication you have to better yourself. You should see every setback as an opportunity - because trust me, 9 times out of 10, that's exactly what it is.

Nov 3 2011 5:01PM
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VT_FLO
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Since around 2/3 of all trading is done by computer algorithms made by Mathematicians financed and owned by large trading companies and stocks are held for fractions of a second i strongly doubt that the 1% know any more about economics then somebody working on wall street independently. It's an artificial way to exploit a system meant to help free market businesses. Similar to allowing aim bot in your precious call of duty servers.

But lets see what happens when the rich-poor gap increases EVEN more, oh golly we don't have to wait and see, we can look at Greece. It's not that everybody is mad at people for being rich. You can be rich AND not evade taxes, cut benefits for your workers, destroy pensions through loopholes, buying politicians, exporting entire industries to foreign nations that we aren't exactly rubbing tits with and CLAIMING to be a patriot, (in actuality people who do this should probably be tried for treason.)

Really they're just mad at people who are buttfucking the middle class, the constitution, the democratic system and promoting a plutocracy while BLAMING those with less resources than themselves.

The 99% protests cover a general wide variety of issues and by focusing in on one issue presented you are marginalizing yourself and your view on the matter. I suggest you learn more about why people in your own social class are outraged.

I know i'm pissed that my taxes haven't been going to building schools and college funds, instead they bought the bank of america CEO a fucking G5. That helps 1 person instead of many. It is greedy and Does NOT represent my wishes as a citizen of the USA
Nov 3 2011 5:04PM
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howlongcanausern
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what did you get your masters in?
Nov 3 2011 5:06PM
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H8CH
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Engineering...

Geotechnical and Offshore Engineering.
Nov 3 2011 5:08PM
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howlongcanausern
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this is what my guidance counselor said i should major in.

but wow that's really surprising you haven't been able to find employment with such a high-level technical degree
Nov 3 2011 5:26PM
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nkmo.
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Comprehension fail.

He said in his post he'd be surprised if he ever DIDN'T have a job.

Disco is the jobless one.
Nov 3 2011 5:29PM
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howlongcanausern
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woops, that's what i get for skimming
Nov 3 2011 5:31PM
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H8CH
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Wait.. wut... haha

No - I work in offshore oil and gas, where there is a desperate shortage of good, qaulified and smart people... if half those occupy wall st idiots had engineering degree's - i could get them jobs tomorrow - and what's more, i'd get between $5 and $10k for each one as a finder's fee.... yup, that is just how short the industry is.

Demand>Supply = high $$$$ for good intelligent people.
Nov 3 2011 6:24PM
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Funnel
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Damn the oil industry has one hell of a job market. By far the most influential industry on this planet. BY FAR.
Nov 3 2011 7:57PM
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Aidan-G
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So the I'm watching the news and the occupy oakland movement is out of control. These people are idiots. They are attacking stores and they don't realize that they are hurting their supporters. People who work for corporations are part of the 99 but they still need to work and the movement shuts down these stores by breaking windows, looting stores, and painting graffiti on everything. These people deserve no sympathy. I have no political opinion about these people but personally they are all stupid
Nov 3 2011 8:05PM
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theabortionator
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I hate that shit. Not that the occupy movement was off to a great start anyway but shit like this discredits anything that can be accomplished. In this case nothing was accomplished anyway but still.


Some of these legit peaceful protests in the pasts, then the fucking crew comes through and fucks everything up. They get out of there and the peaceful people are the ones that end up getting hit by full riot geared police.


Like that fucking shit in seattle. I wouldn't be surprised if they were put up to that shit. bullshit.


If instead of occupying places people just started using their brains we'd be in a much better spot. Lol at people getting their information from fox, cnn, msnbc and thinking they are making "informed choices"

Nov 3 2011 8:10PM
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adamlukowski
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Fuck jobs! Imma be homeless and not bitch about it
Nov 3 2011 8:16PM
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e.wait
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i think it's unfair to call the protesters lazy. while many of them are just there for the party, the movement does have an extremely important message behind it. our nation caters to the rich and there is no denying it. something is wrong when the incredibly wealthy are able to basically avoid paying taxes using loopholes in the tax code. if you think otherwise, then you are a fool.
Nov 3 2011 8:17PM
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Aidan-G
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There is something wrong with the rich trying to dodge taxes and they should taxed more then the rest but many of these people i've seen are 24 year olds who just graduated and think that because they have a degree a job should just be handed to them
Nov 3 2011 8:19PM
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Hosoi
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may i ask where you get your information sir?
Nov 3 2011 8:21PM
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corona
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I dunno about that, Russian mail order brides are a good chunk of the worlds economy.
Nov 3 2011 8:21PM
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theabortionator
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Every where.



It wasn't as much that you can't learn things from watching the news, it was more about people not being able to filter things. People only get there news from one outlet and believe everything that outlet says is true.


I get mine from the internet, news outlets, comedy central, reading.

Nov 3 2011 8:27PM
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Line-Freeskier
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http://www.democracynow.org/
Nov 4 2011 12:50AM
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skier_boy26
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Most of the people trashing shit are probably anarchists. They have really melded in the crowds when shit is about to pop. And since Oakland is always getting shit lit up, and even more so since people have nothing better to do than mob up and get pissed at the man, it was a natural fit.
Nov 4 2011 12:56AM
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maxwell666
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um no, why is everyone acting like its the rich being evil greedy pigs? does the middle class give their money to the poorest parts of africa? of course everyone is out to make as much money as possible even if they don't need it. the distribution of money is not fair at all, but its not the fault of people who work hard and save money that they are relatively rich. sure there are the extreme cases of the ceo's of companies like G&S, but thats not everyone in the 1%.

how many of you think that the government should take away the 20 something billion dollars from mark zuckerberg and put it in general revenue? how about better government spending, so they dont need to tax everyone so hard.

What happened to good old blaming the government, now its the rich peoples fault?


I live in Canada, in a fairly well off town, and there was an occupy march. WTF, in some places the economy is bad and there is a slight justification for some sort of protest, but our town is fine, and was almost completely unaffected by the recession.
Nov 4 2011 1:49AM
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We are, we are, we are, we are, we are the Engineers We can, we can, we can, we can, demolish forty beers Drink rum, drink rum, drink rum all day, and come along with us 'Cause we don't give a damn for any old man who don't give a damn for us!
Nov 4 2011 2:26AM
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Kangbang
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this
Nov 4 2011 2:43AM
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.RYAN66
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This. And micheal Moore just came to Denver I wish I could have been there to harass that fat bastard.
Nov 4 2011 8:16AM
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PhaedeD
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Why dont you find out how many people actually make "trades" everyday. Its not all done by people on wall street or computers. sure it happens through a computer but a computer is not making all of the trades. incase you didnt know out stock market is traded world wide.

So you are saying that all the "RICH' people are evading taxes, cutting benefits for workers and destroying pensions through loop holes and some more blah blah blah.. great way to classify maybe 1% of the rich since we already know that the "rich" paid for 40% of the countries income taxes last year. Ya, they dont pay taxes. Actually most of the 99% doesnt pay taxes.

The jet being bought by the CEO was like 3 years ago, the CEO was fired and the returned the jet. Get some new info.

Oh and how do you know what class I am part of?? I dont think I am part of the class that you think I am a part of..
Nov 4 2011 9:27AM
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H8CH
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Define Rich?

and Define Poor?

Nov 4 2011 9:28AM
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PhaedeD
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Globally or just in the US.

Our poor here, the supposed "99%" would live like kings and queens in 80% of the other countries on this earth.
Nov 4 2011 9:32AM
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zues
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this is true. I do tax returns through school for poor people in providence RI. Many of these people pay nothing in taxes because they don't make enough money, they have 5 kids, etc... Depending on their situation, most of these people pay 0-200$.. and these are families of 4 or 5 people often being single parents... it's actually disgusting to see these people and what kind of situation they are in.
Nov 4 2011 9:32AM
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H8CH
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Exactly

But i just want to know what people think of when they think Rich and Poor - it get's bandied around all over the place on here. What do you think is rich, and what do you define as poor in the US?




Nov 4 2011 9:38AM
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PhaedeD
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when you are really poor you can turn having kids into a business. rich white trash people do this daily.
Nov 4 2011 11:00AM
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PhaedeD
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NO DUDE HE IS JUST GIVING IN TO THE CORPORATE TAKE OVER OF AMERICA.
Nov 4 2011 11:07AM
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VT_FLO
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I specifically stated that not all rich people are doing these things. If you had a fourth grade reading capacity you would have understood that.

I know you're part of that class because A. You're on NS right now instead of skiing in whistler and B. you spend the time to argue and pissfight about this. Do you make more than $250k a year? nope. Then you're in the bottom 99%

Also, you didn't take any time to actually look at my arguments, therefore fuck yoself.

Evidence my nigguh:

http://www.economist.com/node/9370718

Algorithmic trading accounts for a third of all share trades in America and the Aite Group, a consultancy, reckons it will make up more than half the share volumes and a fifth of options trades by 2010. On June 18th the London Stock Exchange unveiled an electronic system catering to the growth of algorithmic trading, which cuts trading times down to ten milliseconds. On its first day, it processed up to 1,500 orders a second, compared with 600 using its previous system.


Nov 4 2011 11:30AM
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VT_FLO
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Democracy Now has interviews with protesters who actually know what they're talking about. Yesterday there was an EMPLOYED teacher who's district is shutting down 5 schools next year, leading to 30+ students per class in her school. We bail out banks and dipshit businesses that SHOULD be allowed to fail instead of funding these schools. Isn't that ass backwards? You don't see it? It isn't just hippies that are pissed off, it's everyone who isn't fortunate enough to have a huge paycheck or the resources to go to extended schooling, people who are angry about the systematic fucking over of the middle and lower income brackets. I know i will not be able to afford private school for my kids, so I don't want the world being WORSE for them then it was for me.
Nov 4 2011 11:37AM
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steezeknees
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Says who? Or is this just something you reassure yourself too after you Discover how to sovle all of the world problems?
Nov 4 2011 11:39AM
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JosephStalin
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morons...
Nov 4 2011 1:25PM
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.AR6rider.
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Nov 4 2011 1:26PM
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sherwood4099
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We should put these on 3 sides of the park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System And when everyone is funneled toward the uncontrolled side and runs away they can be met with your firehoses! Hopefully it will be sub-30 degrees when you crank up your hoses
Nov 4 2011 1:33PM
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GayWolf420
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Nov 4 2011 1:35PM
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e.wait
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i fully acknowledge this, but keep in mind this is not the true meaning behind the protest.
Nov 4 2011 7:45PM
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