Well, certain groups are above 40%, but using U-6 (which doesn't count prisoners, which is a full 1% in the US) average unemployment is at 16%. The private sector has not been adding jobs in a significant enough number to influence the number. The public sector layoffs were months and months ago. U-6 is what most of the…
http://occupywallst.org/ I totally agree. Check out the October 6th, 11:48am post (quoted here) ""This Site Has Nothing To Do With Us Posted Oct. 6, 2011, 11:48 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt occupyparty.org We are not a political institution.""
Greevar, I think you're going just a bit hyperbolic. This isn't a case of 6 evil mustache-twirling villains dictating the system. You could kill every billionaire alive and it wouldn't do anything to fix the problem, because it's the system not the individuals. The problem is capitalism.
I think it's important to make sure we have a distinction between people who make well over 6 figures as salaried employees and paying upwards of 40% in income tax and the real filthy rich. I would say that its the middle/upper class households that end up paying the enormous portion of income tax, at least in this country…
Hey can someone resolve this for me. With JP Donation. http://www.disinfo.com/2011/10/jp-morgan-chase-donates-4-6-million-to-nypd-on-eve-of-protests/ But the site, http://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/article/ny-13.htm?TB_iframe=true&height=580&width=850 Note the difference? Did Morgan change it or did these groups…
This is going on today: http://occupyourhomes.org/blog/2011/dec/6/national-day-action-stop-and-reverse-foreclosures/ excerpt- "Today is the Occupy Our Homes National Day of Action to Stop and Reverse Foreclosures. Actions are taking place in over twenty-five cities around America, as the Occupy movement joins with…
I may not agree with Chris Hedges all the time but he make a damn good argument. More from Chris Hedges: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRQjF1IPgKQ"]How Corporations Destroyed American Democracy - Chris Hedges.[/ame] [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYCvSntOI5s"]Chris Hedges Death of the Liberal Class at The…
I agree. There are a lot of hedge fund guys that don't have to pay taxes until they take their money out of the fund. So what do they do? They barrow against it using the fund as collateral. The chances are high that they'll never have to pay taxes in their life time... Then you have people like Frank McCourt the former…
Pull political campaign funding from the federal budget with a hardcap instead of private lobbyists? Or is it too late for something like that ? You should also be careful about those income figures. Those are reported income figures so you sure as hell know that the people making the 6-7 figure reported salaries get taxed…
That's because it's all theatre and money is the hand inside each puppet's ass making their mouths move to say what pet issue they appose, while they all work together to fuck America's working class. Obama received hundreds of millions from the financial industry for his first campaign, and the expected billion dollar…