Occupy Wall Street

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Wellllll...of course not all of those people out there are unemployed or protesting only during their off-time. It isn't uncommon for people to make protesting a full-time job. Part of the protest is to fully protest. It proves you truly believe in the protest.

I just hope they don't blame the 99% for their unemployment.

@ Bold

But what are they trying to accomplish again? I get what they are feeling, just still not sure what they actually want to see happen.

- Ok, lets say we tax the "rich" at an extra 5 or 10 percent, that money would most likely just go to fill in the billions in dollars deficits that the U.S. Gov has every fiscal year. I don't see tuition going down, medical costs going down, jobs springing up and the economy recovering just because a family making 300k a year pays an additional 1k in taxes.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

@ Bold

But what are they trying to accomplish again? I get what they are feeling, just still not sure what they actually want to see happen.

- Ok, lets say we tax the "rich" at an extra 5 or 10 percent, that money would most likely just go to fill in the billions in dollars deficits that the U.S. Gov has every fiscal year. I don't see tuition going down, medical costs going down, jobs springing up and the economy recovering just because a family making 300k a year pays an additional 1k in taxes.

For starters, I meant to type "I just hope they don't blame the 1% for their unemployment."

I don't know what they hope to accomplish. Perhaps what Warren Buffet recommended.