Could the USA erupt like Egypt is right now?

wiseones2cents said:
Sorry but "compensated quite well" = over paid. Don't back peddle.
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I'm not back pedaling. I am compensated quite well, and I am not overpaid. I did not say I was rich. But I'm comfortable and enjoy my work.

Since you don't know my salary package, you would have to define what "over paid" means.


wiseones2cents said:
Actually I am listening better than you think. Many people are making their money on wall street. I'm talking real money.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local...010_hedge_fund_king_raked_in_a_record_5b.html

Can you say insider trading?

Paulson, 55, made headlines along with his tidy profit last year. His name was linked to a scandal in which Goldman Sachs was accused of duping investors to put money into the failing housing market - a deal that netted $1 billion for Paulson.

OH OH! Doesn't sound too honest to me!
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I didn't say the financial sector was honest. I said if you are listening and hear that the only people making money are in the financial sector, you should listen better.

In other words, there are other sectors and industries that are making money.
 
WinterBorn said:
I'm not back pedaling. I am compensated quite well, and I am not overpaid. I did not say I was rich. But I'm comfortable and enjoy my work.

Since you don't know my salary package, you would have to define what "over paid" means.




I didn't say the financial sector was honest. I said if you are listening and hear that the only people making money are in the financial sector, you should listen better.

In other words, there are other sectors and industries that are making money.
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LIke monkey dong blowing, ask your mother for details.
 
WinterBorn said:
I'm not back pedaling. I am compensated quite well, and I am not overpaid. I did not say I was rich. But I'm comfortable and enjoy my work.

Since you don't know my salary package, you would have to define what "over paid" means.
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LOL> How pathetic your attempt at back peddling looks.

You went from compensated to quite well to claiming one can almost call you underpaid. Sorry, your an idiot.




I didn't say the financial sector was honest. I said if you are listening and hear that the only people making money are in the financial sector, you should listen better.

In other words, there are other sectors and industries that are making money.
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I'm talking about making real money. The only people getting rich these days are the wall street investors.Obviously any one that is employed is making money.

Oh and the pharmaceutical companies. They are drugging everyone from your grandma to your kids, to your dog(coming next).

America the great Prozac nations. Where you hear of manic depressant people turning and killing people in the streets every day.
 
wiseones2cents said:
LOL> How pathetic your attempt at back peddling looks.

You went from compensated to quite well to claiming one can almost call you underpaid. Sorry, your an idiot.
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I didn't change a thing. I am compensated quite well. The total package works out so that I can retire a little early and still live well. I have plenty of toys and the company takes good care of me.

You are under the misguided impression that unless you are super-rich you are a victim. I'm in the "upper middle class" segment you labelled me at earlier. You said that long before I mentioned anything about being well compensated.

It is you who are back pedalling. Once you realized you would have to define "over paid", and hadn't a clue how to say it accurately and still try to make it demeaning. lol






wiseones2cents said:
I'm talking about making real money. The only people getting rich these days are the wall street investors.Obviously any one that is employed is making money.

Oh and the pharmaceutical companies. They are drugging everyone from your grandma to your kids, to your dog(coming next).

America the great Prozac nations. Where you hear of manic depressant people turning and killing people in the streets every day.
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If you want to start a thread about pharmaceutical companies, we would probably agree on much there.

But this is about whether the financial sector is the only one making money. They aren't.
 
WinterBorn said:
I didn't change a thing. I am compensated quite well. The total package works out so that I can retire a little early and still live well. I have plenty of toys and the company takes good care of me.

You are under the misguided impression that unless you are super-rich you are a victim. I'm in the "upper middle class" segment you labelled me at earlier. You said that long before I mentioned anything about being well compensated.

It is you who are back pedalling. Once you realized you would have to define "over paid", and hadn't a clue how to say it accurately and still try to make it demeaning. lol
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Yawn. Keep spinning till you make yourself dizzy. My point stands.The reason why you do not see the economic problems in society is because you are eating at the pig troughs, and your own words testify to this.


If you want to start a thread about pharmaceutical companies, we would probably agree on much there.

But this is about whether the financial sector is the only one making money. They aren't.
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Like I said. The only ones making "real money". Not the crumbs you receive that you refer to as compensated quite well.

I read an article not too long ago that stated that the majority of rising millionaires are coming from the financial sector.
 
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wiseones2cents said:
Yawn. Keep spinning till you make yourself dizzy. My point stands.The reason why you do not see the economic problems in society is because you are eating at the pig troughs, and your own words testify to this.
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You called my over-paid. And yet you do not know how much I am paid. So your point does not stand unless you have some way to define what "over paid" means.

I see the economic problems in our society. I disagree with your opinion of the cure.



wiseones2cents said:
Like I said. The only ones making "real money". Not the crumbs you receive that you refer to as compensated quite well.

I read an article not too long ago that stated that the majority of rising millionaires are coming from the financial sector.
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So first "you hear that only those in the financial sector are making money". But now "most" of the millionaires are from the financial sector.

You went from "only" to "most". Now who is backpedalling?

My crumbs have paid off my house, helped my kids go to college, and allowed my wife to stay at home and be a full-time Mom. Those crumbs have covered all medical and dental treatments except for small deductables. And those crumbs allowed the building of a retirement account that will keep me comfortable when I stop working.

But you want to dismiss that as crumbs? Now who is showing their greedy side?
 
wiseones2cents said:
Are you saying millionaires have no skill other then knowing the system and knowing how to rob without getting caught? :)
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I'm saying exactly that. And if your over 25 and not doing it your dumber than azzhat. I'm about to retire at 52 and I can easily match my current salary with investment income. Now if your young and not doing it you can start. If your 30 plus and not how smart is tha for when you age. Dork liberal arts major :awesome:
 
Yurt said:
do you think it could ever happen? why or why not...

imo, i believe our elections help quell such uprisings. further, our country is vastly larger in size and contains many more ideologues than egypt's fairly homogeneous muslim population.
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Yes! if we had a dictator like GWB or a Dick Cheney! In other words a rightwing facist dictator! Mubarak of Eygpt and President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia are rightwing facist swines!
 
signalmankenneth said:
Yes! if we had a dictator like GWB or a Dick Cheney! In other words a rightwing facist dictator! Mubarak of Eygpt and President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia are rightwing facist swines!
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wow, this is a dumb post.

for starters, bush and cheney were in charge of the executive branch for 8 years....if they are dictators as you claim, how is it we never broke down like egypt?

do you now see the utter stupidity of your statement? :palm:
 
Yurt said:
wow, this is a dumb post.

for starters, bush and cheney were in charge of the executive branch for 8 years....if they are dictators as you claim, how is it we never broke down like egypt?

do you now see the utter stupidity of your statement? :palm:
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You are missing the point DA, GWB and Cheney were not dictators, they did not have absolute power!
The question was could what happen in Egypt happen here? Yes you DA, if GWB or Cheney or anyother rightwing f*ck was dictator!
Dictator: a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

I know, the truth hurts doesn't?
 
signalmankenneth said:
You are missing the point DA, GWB and Cheney were not dictators, they did not have absolute power!
The question was could what happen in Egypt happen here? Yes you DA, if GWB or Cheney or anyother rightwing f*ck was dictator!
Dictator: a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

I know, the truth hurts doesn't?
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huh? no wonder you usually only post links or cartoons, you make no sense
 
signalmankenneth said:
You are missing the point DA, GWB and Cheney were not dictators, they did not have absolute power!
The question was could what happen in Egypt happen here? Yes you DA, if GWB or Cheney or anyother rightwing f*ck was dictator!
Dictator: a person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession.

I know, the truth hurts doesn't?
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Cheers to Kenneth for his first original thought!

Unfortunately, it makes no sense whatsoever. :(
 
A version of what occured in Egypt did occure here in the 1960's. Students were shot at Kent State and the Viet Nam war continued. The goal was not necessarly to depose Nixon, but to end the war.

The effort was largely unsuccessfull and was not as big of a movement as what is occuring in Egypt.
 
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