I would kill myself if I was that person. I don't do shit and I've inherited a fortune. I'm still 99% though because I doubt I could get a job if I wanted to.

good for her. hope she getts filthy rich in the future.

>>358528260
it's a guy

Someone browses IAB.... If I were fancylad I would track you down and slap you.

not fair. gimmie.

>work 30 hours+ a week
>minimum wage
>work my ass of errday
>thats how its supposed to be

>>358528845
I do not. I had to google IAB just to see what it stood for.

Let's look at it this way. You're starting your grown up life. You're very frugal, responsible and brimming with foresight... Then BAM.

You get cancer or some other terminal disease. BAM. In debt.

You get into an accident that recquires major surgery. BAM. In debt.

Your apartment gets robbed/vandalized. BAM. In debt.

Yeah, that's how it can work too.

>>358529161
On top of going to school. I don't think you know the feeling of maintaining a GPA that high while working.

Honestly, I think this person is full of shit. Sure, there could be people like that, but there are very few, and I doubt those very few would post their pics on newt gingrich.
Secondly, this person does not live in the same reality as everyone else. I'm glad they seem to think that working their ass off and getting their degree (funny they didn't mention if it was a MA or BA), however I know people have who 2, not 1, but 2 Master Degrees in subjects, and still can't find work because of the economy.
Sorry, this bitch can such a dick.

>>358527818
Well it's very obvious you're lying. Plus you go to a shitty school, so fuck off anyways.
>this is what republicans really expect people to be/do in order to be successful/wealthy
>the majority of successful/wealthy people are so either because of inheritance or by fucking other people over
>implying that even if this person is real, they will only enjoy a meager life of middle class, even after a lifetime of preparation and scrimping by.

>>358529382
no i dont, and luckily i dont know the feeling of being so damn retarded as whoever wrote that crap.

>>358529481
>however I know people have who 2, not 1, but 2 Master Degrees in subjects, and still can't find work because of the economy.

Fuck bro.
Fuck.
I don't even know what to greentext in there because it's all so fucked up.
Fuck.

>>358529161
30+ hours a week?
LOL! I work 60+ hours a week down at the docks where I live. I make good wages, but that's because I work 12 hours or more a day. Fuck this bitch.

>>358529369
Person lives a trauma free life.
>Fails to understand/sympathize for those who aren't so lucky
#sureisrepublicanhere

>>358529369
It's called insurance.

Haters gonna hate.

You're not 1% unless you make $350,000 a year or more...

you are the 99% you don't seem to understand the concept. thats like having a thousand bucks between 1000 people and everyone has 0.001 cents. and the other guys has fucken 990 dollars. Or two guys having 495 bucks. just cause your not in debt and graduating.. you still admit you having nothing by comparison to the 1%.... THAT is the problem, no ONE person NEEDS that much MONEY/POWER its unjust, and thats why America gets shit president after Shit President over and over again cause hes working for the coorpoations NOT the people. It has nothing to do with you wanting to work for a living etc. Theres nothing wrong with people working for a BETTER living... but when one person makes money, simply because he HAS money... that doesnt make sense. the 1% are lazy... lol they profit EASILY, and their children inherit that and continue the corruption.

>>358530009
>implying insurance companies aren't covens of jews trying as hard as possible to screw you out of the coverage you deserve, and have been paying for. Or they never actually provided coverage in the first place..
(see national dealer warranty) Its literally a company that sells "insurance" but when thier clients get in an accident they say they aren't covered.

Fed min wage is $7.25 per hour (higher in some states)

So... 30 hours per week at let's say $9 per hour.
$270 per week, 52 weeks in a year
$14,040 per year.
Cheap rent? $500 per mo? $6000 per year
Leaves $8040
Cheap car payment? $150 per month? $1800 per year
Leaves $6240
Car insurance? Required pretty much everywhere, young person... Liability only coverage? $100 per month $1200 per year.
Leaving $5040
So minimum wage jobs don't come with health insurance... Would you like to not die?
$5040 is $420 per month to spend on health insurance, food, fuel, school, savings, anything.
You're fucked if anything unexpected goes wrong. You get sick? You're fucked. You're transmission breaks? You're fucked. You get laid off? You're fucked.


Also we are missing some key words here...


PUBLIC UNIVERSITY (tax dollar subsidized)
Scholarship (charity, tax dollar subsidized)

>>358529939
>Fails to understand/sympathize for those who spent all their money on iPods and blu-ray discs

fix'd

lol

>>358530159

Closer every day.

If I can make assistant manager at this McDonald's... THEN! Finally I can be in the 1%

>>358529685
>Implying it is a requirement to be a Republican in order to have these ideas.
>Implying the prestigiousness of the school matters, especially considering the person in question specifically chose this school based on a budget constraint.
>Implying that inheritance is bad, and making implications that YOU would be better suited to choose where OTHER people can send their money.
>Implying we live in a zero sum society in which everyone fucks each other over to better themselves.
>Implying that the person in question will get that life.
>Implying that people are entitled to getting lives better than that based of of NOT working hard.
Cookie cutter liberal alert.

Op has a point. Most people dont know how to spend within their means. Albeit, accidents and unfortunate events happen........ <-- whole point of saving

i know the fag that made that sign. will post info about him if asked to. NOT OP btw

Just heard this sign discussed KOGO.

I love how it says being in the 1% is a choice... since only 1% of people can be in the 1%...

>>358530283
That's right. Every insurance company in the country is a rip off. You're so smart.

>>358530239
the occupywallstreet movement shows its age

No one cares

Yea, shit happens...it just hasn't happened to OP yet (assuming not troll). I joined the National Guard cause they said they would pay for my college. I get back from basic training and BAM...they deploy me. I am now in Iraq.
true story.

>>358529481
>2 masters degrees in art history and Women's Studies
bitches about not finding work

>>358527818
You will never be the 1%

>>358530009

Insurance IS pretty convenient... implying you can afford it without living beyond your means.

>>358530329
nah you missed the point if something like that happened THEN he'd go into debt but once he finishes college with a good degree all that debts easy to pay off if he stays at the standard of living hes at and if the medical bills are SUPER high then he can go bankrupt (which is kinda part of what bankcuptcy is for) in about 10 years once he finishes school and gets a job it wont have mattered and if it does they'd look into records and go ohhh he had 200k in medical debt no wonder he got hurt

Op is right careful thinking and planning makes all those "problems" non-issues if your not retarded

>>358527818
which requires to even have a job in the first place

plus: i work 38,5 hours, but after work i'm totally down.
it is a real accomplishment to still study in this mood, but i guess it's up to the support you receive and your talent on achieving high, while stuying not too much.

not everyone has that.

but i totally concur on the 'no iphone and shit you don't really need plus eating out when you don't have the money'

>>358531240
you joined the military in an attempt to con your way into college, and then complain about actually doing military service?

you're fucked dude

>>358527818
tl;dr

>>358531351
most of the current 1% are first generation rich.

Its not as outlandish as you make it seem.

just a 99% livin in a 1%'s world

What if the world is deterministic in nature?

There is no choice, then. Just the illusion of one.

Soft determinist reporting in.

>>358527818
Well that is fantastic, if you live in a third country like me, but you live in amurrica a first wurld cuntry, you should be able to make a living without working your ass off that much, and a better living if you work that hard.

>>358530810
post it pls

>>358531240
You joined the National Guard in the middle of a war and they deployed you? Wow, I totally never would have seen that coming. lol

>>358529369
right, and then your debt is Wall St.'s problem?

>>358531653
You're not entitled to anything you didn't work for.

>>358527818
>>358527818
>>358528260
>>358529369
>>358529481
>>358530159

funny how the 99% cant come up with one fucking solution. just bitchin and complainin. like when they dont get their allowances. I smell socialism

This site is being infiltrated by aliens trying to undermine the OWS efforts to expose them.

>>358531411

Planning only goes so far. Murphy's Law can be a bitch sometimes.

These people miss the point of what a good chunk of the protestors are actually arguing against. Its not debt, or not having a job. Its that capitalism is being shit on with government-bailed out companies and that corporate-funded politicians get to make sure it keeps happening.

It has a lot more to do with the fact that the many are being dicked over in favor of the few, and the many are getting sick of it. It doesn't mean rich people should pay so I don't have to work, its that they should pay so I don't love 1/2 my paycheck to taxes every single year

>>358527818
If we all followed this sensible frugal living then...
the economy would totally collapse

go get some credit and live a little
money is debt

>I worked so hard and I don't have anything! But I worked so fucking hard for it! Other people should be happy to have so little for working so hard! Fuck 99%ers!

That's a greeeaaat argument there. Lets not try to acknowledge somethings wrong and that almost all of us aren't making enough money, lets just pretend we're tough by getting mad at those who can see somethings wrong with the system.

As things are now I actually plan on joining a farming commune or trying to start my own. No way I'm gonna slave away for little unless it's all my little that I'm slaving for.

yup. bad life decisions and all that. at least it got me out of the house for a bit. money aint that bad either.

When you stop being a child and live in the real world for a while, you'll realise that everyones life sucks. A lot of motherfuckers can't deal with that and need to find somebody to blame. That's why:

Women blame men
Niggers blame white people
Poor people blame the rich
"99%" blame wall street

Stop being a pussy and blaming other people for your situation, take some personal responsibility.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

Come on guys, we can break these illusions.
The institution you are appealing to is the real problem. The world can be so beautiful if we all wake up from this nightmare.

Oh look, this thread again. We haven't had one in several minutes!

And started by another cancertard with an axe to grind. What are the odds.

>>358529481
I was the "99%" until I decided to stop being such a lazy fuck and I went to college and am now the 1%. I am in debt, yes, but I don't blame it on Wall Street.

>>358531686
okeydokey.
https://www.facebook.com/cstephenmoore?ref=ts
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Phone: 1 949.275.2487 Mobile
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Email
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I like how the biggest criticism in this thread is "BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS TO YOU???" Most of the protestors had nothing bad happen to them besides their own poor decisions.

>>358532222
The 99% doesn't mean unemployed or having a shitty job. Because compared to the 1%, every job is a shitty job. They make in an hour what you make in a year, regardless of failure, scandal, or lawlessness.

hahastop.com

Some dumb bitch thinks that having debt makes you stupid. Can't wait till she graduates and can't get a home loan because she has no credit.

>>358531839

How is it that people still don't know about their demands after all this time? It has to be willful ignorance and parroting.

>financial transaction tax
>reinstitution of the 1932 Glass-Steagall Act
>full personhood status removed from corporations (go back to at least pre-Citizen's United)
>comprehensive campaign finance reform

The 1% owes us. We gave them our time and money, and they stole stole stole, and continue to steal from us. We would be better off sharing than having them as leaders.

>>358532408
it is specifically the hubris that is the result of the lawlessness that the movement is speaking out against.

>fyi homosex

>>358532370
idiot

there are people who just CAN'T achieve wealth

but sure, you can call wanting a child a failure.
or wanting an education, to not be forced to work a mc-job.
or not die at being 12 years-old.
...

>>358532583
And they pay your wages. Or the foodstamps you live on.

>>358532094
>almost all of us aren't making enough money

Do you have food to eat? Yes
Do you have a safe warm bed? Yes
Do you have clothes to wear? Yes
Can you afford a new iPad? No

>fucking bullshit, don't have enough money to live, fuck wall street, 99%

ñe
i loves you

>>358530329
If the numbers you picked had any validity to them, then perhaps your argument would be a little more convincing. Working 30 hours a week? Paying for health care, and then still being fucked when getting sick? Not to mention your car insurance statement. Half of your numbers are useless. Secondly, are you completely ignorant of the fact that raising the minimum wage causes higher unemployment? Not to mention the fact that all prices are driven up because of this. If anything, your solution of raising the minimum wage does nothing but lower the living standards of everyone. On top of this, it encourages people to illegally work under the minimum wage, further screwing the people who are stuck above it. As to your last statement, public schools give mediocre schooling at the very best. If anything, if we were to allow schools to be established on a competitive basis, then there would be MANY cheaper private schools. However, government runs a monopoly on cheap schools, in which it never has to worry about failing (as long as it keeps taxing and pumping them full of money). Your charity statement is ridiculous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoGvVxh0iP8&feature=feedu

Come on guys, we can break these illusions.
Learn the truth, know your enemy.
The 1% is that group willing to use violence against you. That group is the State. There are two classes, the productive class who relies on voluntary interaction and the men with badges, guns, and titles (eg. Senator, President, Representative) who rely on violence.

We have a murder based society. That is the problem.

>>358532583
Ok, so what you're suggesting is that the government tax them. That makes the government more rich and powerful, but the people are still making 14k a year

are you seeing the problem yet?

>>358527818

Enjoy your life of mediocrity, no matter how hard you work, no matter how hard to try to achieve. Also enjoy knowing that you will never make enough money to support a family.

Is this the American dream?

HERP DERP because a $50,000 trip to the hospital won't send me into debt.

>>358532763
no, they don't

that do the 99%

the 1% have their money overseas, so it isn't taxed.

i like OP

>>358532663
>there are people who just CAN'T achieve wealth

Then explain rich roody-poos

>>358532763
Nope they pay hardly anything or nothing at all, and continue to pay less and less and take more and more.

>>358532967
The richest 1% account for 70% of all IRS revenue.
The world is not as simple as the Internet wants you to think. Deal with it.

>>358532788
>Oh no! Look at this disease I suddenly have! Now I lost my home.

Yeah we're all totally making enough.

>>358532370

I'd like to meet all of the most you are talking about, if you would be so kind as to enumerate these people of poor judgement.

>>358529369
and yes change national policy for the minuscule chance some sudden weird tragedy might befall someone somewhere

and you wonder why people don't take you OWS retards seriously?

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POST PICTURES OF THE GUY MEME OCCUPY PICTURES, THE GUY WHO WANTS THE FED TO BE PRINTING GODLY AMOUNTS OF MONEY

>>358533192
i think you believe the world is too simple

that is how it works, nobody likes to pay too much taxes

these taxes are just a fraction of what the 1% really hold

plus, in the us, what is financed by it?
the military, the military, then infrastructure, public schooling, a little health care, and then your food stamps.

You have lovely handwriting Mr Officer, I mean OP.

Write more stuffs, it pleases my eyes.

>>358533192

>>358532583
Please explain your statement. How are they stealing from you? Why do they owe you? Explain.

>>358533557
List of demands found here

http://coupmedia.org/occupy-vote.html