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That bad eh?
Yet he cancels out Ockham, with these positions from the article above:
"The statement released by him shows full support of the Wall Street protestors:
As I continue touring college campuses throughout New Hampshire, I am reminded of all the young Americans currently taking part in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Please know that I stand by you.
It is Main Street that creates the majority of jobs in America; it is Main Street that sends our brave young men and women to war; it is Main Street that hurts when another manufacturing plant closes only to be re-opened in China; it is Main Street that is being foreclosed on; and it is Main Street that is suffering while the greed of Wall Street continues to hurt our middle-class.
Too-big-to-fail banks have only gotten bigger thanks to government bailouts, and as president, I will end the corporate tax loopholes that un-American corporations take advantage of only to ship our jobs overseas. Fair trade not Free trade.
Money in politics has created institutional corruption. Both parties are guilty of taking the big check and are bought by Wall Street. My campaign is the only one that speaks out against this and I look forward to the day lobbyists are not allowed to donate to campaigns.
Wall Street grew to be a source of capital for growing companies. It has become something else: A facilitator for greed and for the selling of American jobs. Enough already.
Born in Shreveport, Roemer graduated as valedictorian of his high school class and entered Harvard University when he was just 16. Roemer went on to earn his MBA from Harvard and work in his father’s computer business before entering politics. In 1972, he was elected as a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention. He went on to serve four terms as a Democratic representative of Louisiana’s Fourth district, followed by one term as governor of Louisiana, during which he switched parties."
Ok so i guess they speak for the 99.99999999999%They really don't have a claim to speak for the 99%.
They certainly don't speak for me.
We already have at least three candidates who wants to close corporate loopholes, and I support one of them. Neither democrats or republicans like crony capitalism.
However, the occupy wall street movement is not about stopping corporate welfare. It is about young liberal students who are mad, because they can't get jobs and can't get their left-wing utopian paradse. Instead of blaming the white house for the corruption where businesses, banks and trade unions buy political parties. They are blaming Wall Street and bankers who are just following the laws and regulations of the country. If the laws and regulations are inadequate, then it's the White House fault.
Secondly, they are only able to identify the problem, and find someone to blame their problems on. They are not able to find any solutions, the only solutions I have seen, is radical left wing proposals and having someone else pay their bills.
We already have at least three candidates who wants to close corporate loopholes, and I support one of them. Neither democrats or republicans like crony capitalism.
However, the occupy wall street movement is not about stopping corporate welfare. It is about young liberal students who are mad, because they can't get jobs and can't get their left-wing utopian paradse. Instead of blaming the white house for the corruption where businesses, banks and trade unions buy political parties. They are blaming Wall Street and bankers who are just following the laws and regulations of the country. If the laws and regulations are inadequate, then it's the White House fault.
Secondly, they are only able to identify the problem, and find someone to blame their problems on. They are not able to find any solutions, the only solutions I have seen, is radical left wing proposals and having someone else pay their bills.
Not really arrogant...at least not anymore arrogant than when every politician ever claims to speak for Americans.they speak for themselves... however many of them there are.
It's absolutely arrogant to claim you speak for 99% of Americans... astoundingly arrogant.
they speak for themselves... however many of them there are.
It's absolutely arrogant to claim you speak for 99% of Americans... astoundingly arrogant.
You misunderstand what they mean. They are saying 99% of Americans are getting screwed by 1%.
Not really arrogant...at least not anymore arrogant than when every politician ever claims to speak for Americans.
Well, if you talk to most of them, you will realize that they think we will get "paradise" if they were in charge.i'll take exception to all the left wing utopia stuff
Who the heck is Buddy Roemer?
Judging from the stub on Wikipedia about him, he was a governor of Lousiana, switched to the Republican party in 1991 and lost every election after that. He has the authenticity of Mitt Romney, and the political credentials of Herman Cain.
BTW: He didn't even get invited to the debates. :lol:
what about all the very wealthy people who only pay capital-gains taxes.
what's short-term capital gains tax-rate again?
I don't know much about these protesters, really. But I like the way they are getting the righties all up in a tizzie. That's worth a balogna sandwich in my book!
in that case, it's not arrogance.. it's delusion and dishonesty
It just means the one term Marxist president Obama's class warfare rhetoric combined with paying for protesters works.The conservatives should however fear the impetus behind this movement.
in that case, it's not arrogance.. it's delusion and dishonesty
Have you been drinking again?...its about the TEAPARTY blaming everything thats wrong with the country on everything and everyone but the rich and corporations . . .
I agree it would probably look that way by those that do not realize they are being screwed.
You have been drinking again!No sir...you are wrong and your not paying attention....the teaparty has done nothing since the nov elections but attack everything and anything middleclass and poor.
You may feel eating is unpatriotic, I just want to know who's paying for them to be fed. It's a standard question - no need to get upset.Right, eating is unpatriotic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me know when you get to the bottom of this great evil.
Am I? How do you know this? In order to make an informed decision and understand who and what these protests are about, it's required to find out as much about them as possible, including who is funding them. No one spends 22 days in the open air in NYC without money - especially not in the 1,000's of protesters. I can understand your concern - but aren't facts more important to help those who still have not made up their minds - make up their minds?Curious you are more concerned about who is providing food to the protesters than you are the money wall street is providing to our politicians.
You have been drinking again!
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Clearly you are a genius. What was the effective tax rate during the Eisenhower presidency? What is the effective tax rate today? I am confident you know because you speak with such force, such clarity, such purpose...I guess then you have to prove that the prices they raise are equal to or more than what the revenue benefits would be. You kind of leave that hanging. Also, it does matter what the higher bracket is taxed because when they were taxed at 90% back in the Eisenhower era it had the direct effect of companies investing in their growth rather than their executives and it showed in the economic stability.
fair enough.politicians are are absurdly arrogant lot too...
But that is not where the babes, the booze, the drugs and the opportunity to do mischief are.Personally, I would be much more impressed if the Occupiers went out and got occupied. Don't camp out in a New York park, trying to get screen time on Rachel Maddow's show while you scream about Goldman Sachs. If you truly care about the millions of Americans who are hurting, go out and volunteer at a soup kitchen, at a food bank, at a school. Be a tutor, a mentor, a Big Brother or Big Sister. I'd be much more likely to listen to their m--assuming it were focused--if they did something like that than if they just spend endless weeks in drum circles and consensus-building call-and-answer sessions.
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