[Edited on October 16, 2011 at 10:43 PM. Reason : you're pretty much photobombing at this point]

10/16/2011 10:04:37 PM

In 2008, there were 29.6 million businesses in the United States, according to Office of Advocacy estimates. Census data show that there were 6.0 million firms with employees in 2006 and 21.7 million without employees in 2007 (the latest available data). Small firms with fewer than 500 employees represent 99.9 percent of the 29.6 million businesses (including both employers and nonemployers), as the most recent data show there were about 18,000 large businesses in 2006.

Source: Office of Advocacy estimates based on data from the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, and U.S. Dept. of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.

10/16/2011 10:12:49 PM

COMMUNISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/16/2011 10:17:16 PM

10/16/2011 10:38:57 PM

Anyone that thinks we have capitalism is a fool. Private gains, socialized losses? That's not fucking capitalism.

10/16/2011 11:09:00 PM

i want this shit to be about one thing

FUCK THE POLICE

10/16/2011 11:13:34 PM

If by socialized losses you mean higher prices passed on then yes. But businesses fail all the time. Until the recent "too big to fail" bs very few major businesses were outright propped up. Most financial experts still think that bailing these firms out turns out to be cheaper for everyone in the long term.

10/16/2011 11:18:23 PM

"too big to fail" is not a new concept

10/16/2011 11:19:46 PM

someone should tell these motherfuckers that life doesnt have cheatcodes.

10/16/2011 11:22:33 PM

these protests are about economic injustice

10/16/2011 11:24:54 PM

how is it then that some of us are so apparently successful compared to these fools then?

am i the only person that feels a sense of satisfaction when paying down debt? its like proof im successful.

now i have a pretty high opinion of myself but its downright flattering to see im doing much better than everyone of these goddamn losers.

i would be fucking embarrassed to to have my student loans forgiven!

10/16/2011 11:39:27 PM

Quote :

"I am totally confident not that the world will get better, but that we should not give up the game before all the cards have been played. The metaphor is deliberate; life is a gamble. Not to play is to foreclose any chance of winning. To play, to act, is to create at least a possibility of changing the world. There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people's thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible."

http://www.wibfrederick.org/pdfs/The%20Optimism%20of%20Uncertainty.pdf

10/16/2011 11:41:21 PM

More successful than THESE GUYS?

10/16/2011 11:44:06 PM

George Bush Obama hates black people

10/16/2011 11:52:45 PM

Here's a guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eNPAH46oI8&feature=player_embedded

What a worthless hippie only caring about himself

Never had a job in his life

Probably shouldn't have gotten those liberal arts degrees

[Edited on October 16, 2011 at 11:55 PM. Reason : ]

10/16/2011 11:55:12 PM

Quote :

" the recent "too big to fail" bs "

you're right. we should have let the entire economy fail.

"gosh, i just can't seem to understand why Tehran and the NAZI party are supporting my cause, why didn't they support the tea party movement? i just don't get it"

V actually i'm not. i was being sarcastic asshole. if you let the economy fail, you get exactly what Iran wanted yay

are you brain dead?

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM. Reason : .]

10/16/2011 11:58:52 PM

psst I think Arab13 is on your side

10/16/2011 11:59:26 PM

Hedge fund managers pay NO federal income tax.

Quote :

"Hedge fund managers benefit from preferential tax treatment that middle-income Americans don’t. Due to what’s known as the carried-interest loophole, the income that hedge fund managers receive if their funds make money is treated as capital gains — rather than ordinary income — and gets taxed at the capital gains rate of 15 percent. Even though the pay is performance-based compensation (just like any other performance-based bonus made by any other worker), hedge fund managers receive a tax break on that income. This results in hedge fund managers paying less in taxes on this income than middle-class workers, who are subject to a 25 percent top marginal tax rate. Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/top-25-hedgefund-managers-make-almost-1-billion-each-and-pay-less-taxes-than-you-do.html#ixzz1b0aLmIQH"

10/17/2011 12:03:36 AM

^^ what. he worked for boeing and lockheed. is he too good to work at lowes foods and make rent and a car bill until he lands his 'uber gig' again? what the hell.

if i was in that position i sure as hell.

but this guy. NOPE ITS EITHER 120k LEVEL JOB OR HOMELESS.

what a smug sack of shit. he deserves to be homeless with that attitude.

10/17/2011 12:04:05 AM

Haha wow I've never seen anyone come right out and say "fuck you for being homeless"

10/17/2011 12:09:46 AM

The man in that video. Wow. That is exactly what is wrong with human beings period. The fact that they are entitled to some dream job just because they have a degree.

Degrees don't mean shit. You don't deserve shit just because you survived some shitty college courses. I'd easily hire a brain dead retard with good social skills and persistance over a schmuck with an "i'm the smartest guy on the planet" attitude like that. I mean holy shit.

After day 1 on the job everybody would hate his phoney sack of shit fake "I'm smart" vibe and wouldn't work with him on a team level. Even if he presented some incredible 'genius' information to his occupation it would easily be assimilated in just a few weeks.

No wonder the dude can't find a job. Can you imagine the interviews? I bet they are just laughing their asses off after they are done with this guy pretending he is Einstein. pffft.

10/17/2011 12:13:26 AM

my only debt is my mortgage

i have been employed continuously since 1998

i support this fight against economic injustice in ways that are invisible to you or to television cameras because i can't be there in person

but i'm doing my part to make sure this shit doesn't go away until the corporations that own our government are punished for their crimes

10/17/2011 12:14:52 AM

^ name a law they broke. hire a lawyer and bring them to justice in the system

oh wait you can't/won't do that because you want to tear the system apart, not use it.

lol

10/17/2011 12:17:39 AM

10/17/2011 12:19:44 AM

10/17/2011 12:21:04 AM

pack_bryan, banks gave mortgages to people they knew couldn't afford them, chopped up and repackaged those mortgages as securities, and then bet against them and made buckets of money

they should be prosecuted

and if they can't be (i'm not a lawyer) then something needs to change

i don't know why i'm even bothering to respond to you

as far as i can tell, you haven't made a good faith effort to participate in a meaningful conversation, instead choosing to photobomb this thread with propaganda and misinformation


[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 12:23 AM. Reason : e]

10/17/2011 12:21:57 AM

10/17/2011 12:26:10 AM

Quote :

"banks gave mortgages to people they knew couldn't afford"

people accepted mortgages they knew they couldn't afford.

hahaha. now they want their free houses and mansions and let the banks fail. you can't have both!

take your picK! a failed economy or a few extra broke dumbasses on the street and about a 4% higher unemployment. hmmmmmmmmmm.

misinformation and propaganda all over!! you're right. you're spewing it non-stop. and i'm throwing logical round house after round house kick to your face

10/17/2011 1:00:51 AM

it's hard for me to feel sympathetic for the individuals that accepted mortgages they couldn't afford

the damage was in aggregate to our economy and the global economy

why do you keep trying to make this about individual cases and free rides

that's not it at all

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:04 AM. Reason : troll more creatively please]

10/17/2011 1:04:05 AM

YAY WE CENSORED ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DONT AGREE WITH US

GREAT VICTORY IS OURS!




[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:12 AM. Reason : .]

10/17/2011 1:12:21 AM

^^ He's not intelligent enough to understand the systematic connections, and he thinks no one else is either.

It's a common problem that's often compounded by cognitive dissonance.

10/17/2011 1:13:11 AM

and the troll reference and the troll and the fact that he is outgunning me in every possible way and the nazi party is on my side so i'll just resort to calling him a troll and censoring him and the masses are on his side and the i'll just call him a troll and i have no argument whatsoever so i'll just pretend i'm intellectually superior since all liberals are right when compared to conservatives and the troll reference and the troll and the fact that he is outgunning me in every possible way and the nazi party is on my side so i'll just resort to calling him a troll and censoring him and the masses are on his side and the i'll just call him a troll and i have no argument whatsoever so i'll just pretend i'm intellectually superior since all liberals are right when compared to conservatives and the troll reference and the troll and the fact that he is outgunning me in every possible way and the nazi party is on my side so i'll just resort to calling him a troll and censoring him and the masses are on his side and the i'll just call him a troll and i have no argument whatsoever so i'll just pretend i'm intellectually superior since all liberals are right when compared to conservatives and the troll reference and the troll and the fact that he is outgunning me in every possible way and the nazi party is on my side so i'll just resort to calling him a troll and censoring him and the masses are on his side and the i'll just call him a troll and i have no argument whatsoever so i'll just pretend i'm intellectually superior since all liberals are right when compared to conservatives

10/17/2011 1:14:56 AM

censorship? what?

10/17/2011 1:15:45 AM

It's getting hard to find posts or responses to me where the main point is "I'm intellectually superior to you for some reason and therefore I am right"

Awesome logic.

10/17/2011 1:16:33 AM

DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR ILL JUST IGNORE THE FIRST POST IN THIS PAGE

HUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRR DUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRR

IM A LIBERAL AND AM SUPERIOR IN ALL WAYS INTELECTUALLY TO ANYTHING THAT DOES NOT CONFORM TO MY VIEWPOINTS DEEERRRRRRRRRRRR

ALL I CAN DO IS CLAIM ANYTHING OPPOSING ME IS A TROLL HEEEEERRRRRR DDDERRRRRRR

10/17/2011 1:17:41 AM

i just figured something out and it's fucking hilarious

troll on, pack_bryan, troll on

10/17/2011 1:18:27 AM

LOL

this isn't a liberal/conservative issue, that's part of what your problem is.

10/17/2011 1:18:50 AM

again! and the pretending and the feigning of the intelectual superiority! and the responses void of fact! and the acting as if you are superior! and the holier than thou attitude you carry like the worst of religious zealots!

10/17/2011 1:20:07 AM

the force is strong in pack_bryan

10/17/2011 1:20:36 AM

ahahah

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:23 AM. Reason : bryan, paul says to take your meds]

10/17/2011 1:21:15 AM

YAY

NOW WE GET HAVE SOME REAL FUN

RUH ROH!

what kind of awesome information do you have for us

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:24 AM. Reason : or is it a secret . i bet it's a super duper secret you don't want to share ]

10/17/2011 1:23:57 AM

aw. damn. i thought you literally had something juicy. letdown city :/

i'm really really wishing you were right here. but nah

10/17/2011 1:25:31 AM

i'll share this info by PM with anyone that asks

anyone except you, that is

10/17/2011 1:25:44 AM

. and the pretending. and the feigning and the faking and the fun and the yay!

10/17/2011 1:27:11 AM

PM sent

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:28 AM. Reason : posting it on site 3]

10/17/2011 1:27:59 AM

yay i'll try to pretend like i'm in on it. this should be fun.

I BET YOU ARE SO COOL NOW! YOUR FRIEND COUNT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ROOF BECAUSE OF THIS ONE FINALLY. YOU FINALLY MADE IT!

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:31 AM. Reason : .]

10/17/2011 1:29:02 AM

settledown: YAYAYAYAYAY PERSONAL DENEGRATION AND ATTACKS ON SOMEBODY WHO DOESNT SHARE MY OPINION. I CANT WAIT TO SHOOT A COP.

10/17/2011 1:31:43 AM

ahahahahaa

pure gold

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:32 AM. Reason : pretty much predicted your post word for word]

[Edited on October 17, 2011 at 1:33 AM. Reason : keep copy and pasting]

10/17/2011 1:32:08 AM

10/17/2011 1:42:22 AM

I have to take issue with some liberal propaganda spookyjon posted in here earlier

Here's a haymaker of FACT coming to your LOGIC FACE

10/17/2011 1:42:32 AM