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Old 10-30-2011, 11:50 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Originally Posted by modeerf View Post
Wall st. is gov't.

They own gov't.

Shhh. it's a secret. Don't tell anyone, cuz then they may get caught, and investors won't get to play the game the same way.
SEC is a government entity thats supposed to regulate wall street. if wall street firms are illegally paying off a government entity, then its the government's job to enforce the law and prevent that. if firms are doing something that should be changed, then its government's job to regulate it.

its the government's fault if it isnt governing properly.
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Old 10-30-2011, 01:42 PM
 
Location: Paranoid State
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Wall st. is gov't.

They own gov't.

Shhh. it's a secret. Don't tell anyone, cuz then they may get caught, and investors won't get to play the game the same way.
Wall street owns the government? See this post: https://www.city-data.com/forum/21185645-post27.html
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Old 10-30-2011, 01:54 PM
 
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Wall street owns the government? See this post: https://www.city-data.com/forum/21185645-post27.html
That post was debunked by another one. You can find what you want on the web. And if not you can post it on Wikipedia and then quote yourself.
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Old 10-30-2011, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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The Occupy Movement is the only chance we have of restoring Democracy in America
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Old 10-30-2011, 03:52 PM
 
Location: Ohio
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The Occupy Movement is the only chance we have of restoring Democracy in America
Well then it failed.

Three weeks ago there more than 1,000 marching on Sunday. The next weekend, a few hundred on Saturday, and then less than 100 on Sunday, and now there's just a handful, and they aren't even occupying anything.

Those people are clueless and angry. They have no idea what they're talking about, they understand what they're talking about, and they're pointing fingers at everyone except where the fingers should be pointed, and that is at them.

All forms of democracy require vigilance. If you're going to bury your head in the TV for four years and then run down for 5 minutes and vote, you're going to fail.
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Old 10-30-2011, 04:31 PM
 
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Wall street owns the government? See this post: https://www.city-data.com/forum/21185645-post27.html
Donors don't have the power that, say a Treasury Secretary may have.

This is just Goldman, there are lists of J.P. Morgan/CHASE, Merrill Lynch, Citibank, etc... etc...
Goldman Sachs Owns the Government « thewealtheffect
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Old 10-30-2011, 04:43 PM
 
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Their 15 minutes of fame is up. The media should stop giving them attention. They're just a vocal minority and frankly, they're dummies. The movement should be renamed "Protests of the Lazy & Unemployed". I don't know anyone personally who agrees with them. Everyone I know thinks they're a bunch of lazy knuckleheads with degrees in Art History who can't find work and now believe the world owes them something. Cry me river


- The 1%
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Old 10-31-2011, 09:52 AM
 
Location: NJ
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The Occupy Movement is the only chance we have of restoring Democracy in America
this is the kind of desperation i love to see on the left. just wait until after the 2012 elections and the tea party will have the senate, house and probably presidency as well.
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Old 10-31-2011, 10:30 AM
 
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Well then it failed.

Three weeks ago there more than 1,000 marching on Sunday. The next weekend, a few hundred on Saturday, and then less than 100 on Sunday, and now there's just a handful, and they aren't even occupying anything.

Those people are clueless and angry. They have no idea what they're talking about, they understand what they're talking about, and they're pointing fingers at everyone except where the fingers should be pointed, and that is at them.

All forms of democracy require vigilance. If you're going to bury your head in the TV for four years and then run down for 5 minutes and vote, you're going to fail.
It hasn't started yet, my advice would be to go home and return in spring.
Perhaps take a hint from the Tea Party and show up seeking a 2nd Amendment Solution
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Old 10-31-2011, 01:13 PM
 
Location: NJ
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Perhaps take a hint from the Tea Party and show up seeking a 2nd Amendment Solution
what does this mean?
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