Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I posted this on my FB, Google +, LJ, but bears repeating: I'm not saying that everyone should agree with the tactic or methods used by the Protesters, but after debating in a friend's thread, it's clear that most people just don't get it: a) you are not the 1% (*). Really. If you earn less than $350K a year, you are not that 1%, b) the 1% pays "a lot of" taxes but in percentage they pay in is less, c) CEO average pay is now 350x-450x of the workers; everywhere else is 100x or much less, d) corporations are hoarding a lot of cash and the bankers are not lending. Note that I am not addressing how to fix things. I am just pointing out why people are angry. Further: http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-a re-so-angry-about-2011-10 http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2011/09/class-war-and-lessons-of-history.html (*) We may possibly personally be friends of a "1%er," but that was one of those startup-made-it-huge stories. -- // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>