Could the USA erupt like Egypt is right now?

wiseones2cents said:
Why do you think there is a problem in Egypt in the first place? Anwar El Sadat started opening up Egypt to private and foreign investment. And the Egyptian elites started to make a killing, making the elites richer and the poor, poorer.

In other words. Free market ruined Egypt.
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Trickle down fascist-o-nomics. It's not real free market. It's controlled access to opportunity through cronyism.
 
Had a talk with my stockbroker. He's scared. Nobody is investing because there's no money to invest. Most of his clients are taking money out to be able to eat and pay bills. I'ts only a matter of time before hunger and unemployment brought on by 30 yrs of conservative 'free market' 'trickle down' 'voodoo economics' ideology force Americans into the streets. It's called survival.

It's part of the right's plan to destroy this country and force people all over the world into economic slavery and poverty. They'd better study the French Revolution.
 
Wake up, neocons. If there's an actual patriot in any of you, please wake up to the destruction of globalization stupidity.
 
Crashk said:
Had a talk with my stockbroker. He's scared. Nobody is investing because there's no money to invest. Most of his clients are taking money out to be able to eat and pay bills. I'ts only a matter of time before hunger and unemployment brought on by 30 yrs of conservative 'free market' 'trickle down' 'voodoo economics' ideology force Americans into the streets. It's called survival.

It's part of the right's plan to destroy this country and force people all over the world into economic slavery and poverty. They'd better study the French Revolution.
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that was Hillarious, you having a broker. LOFL bahhaha
 
Topspin said:
that was Hillarious, you having a broker. LOFL bahhaha
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Dear Mr. Scrooge McDuck,
does it bother you that you don't know everything about everybody? Difference between me and you is money isn't the most important thing in my life. Because I'm a progressive liberal doesn't mean I haven't worked and invested all my life. Go crawl back into your vault.
 
Crashk said:
Dear Mr. Scrooge McDuck,
does it bother you that you don't know everything about everybody? Difference between me and you is money isn't the most important thing in my life. Because I'm a progressive liberal doesn't mean I haven't worked and invested all my life. Go crawl back into your vault.
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you talk like your dirt poor, people with brokers don't rant anti corp crybaby shit like you 24/7.

I'm a progressive liberal myself, except I don't drink the coolaid 24/7:fu:
 
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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i doubt it. Most of the people in this country work and dont have the time to go out rioting. The ones that are out of work are either looking for jobs or are lazy and sit around at home.
 
Topspin said:
students will revolt, but not until thier parents cash is gone.
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For many that is the sad truth.....This generation has had it good and they were spoiled by a hard working generation.

Though the kids whose parents wont run out of money? Well, these kids will do everything to make sure that revolution dopes not happen.
 
Chapdog said:
i doubt it. Most of the people in this country work and dont have the time to go out rioting. The ones that are out of work are either looking for jobs or are lazy and sit around at home.
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ummmmmm Haven't you noticed?Jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate.
People are losing their homes.

But hey! Nothing to worry about! When America's currency does a nose dive? There will be plenty of work in America. You will be a third world country, China and India outsource to, for cheap labor!(Note sarcasm)!

Maybe you can even peg your dollar to the Chinese dollar. NAhhhhhh, the Chinese would never go for that.
 
wiseones2cents said:
Why do you think there is a problem in Egypt in the first place? Anwar El Sadat started opening up Egypt to private and foreign investment. And the Egyptian elites started to make a killing, making the elites richer and the poor, poorer.

In other words. Free market ruined Egypt.
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Do you believe that for some to be rich there must be many who are poor?
 
wiseones2cents said:
Definitely. A man must take from many people to become wealthy. Resulting in the people that had little to begin with, becoming poor.
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This proves that you have a basic misunderstanding of modern economics. :palm:

Although this is how George Soros made his money, most wealthy people make theirs by creating products that allowed others to work more productively or to purchase goods more cheaply.
 
Topspin said:
you talk like your dirt poor, people with brokers don't rant anti corp crybaby shit like you 24/7.

I'm a progressive liberal myself, except I don't drink the coolaid 24/7:fu:
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I understand what dirt poor is. I also understand a strong work ethic. Something I taught my children and something I saw my family take advantage of when I was growing up. The opportunity for the middle class to grow in this country is almost gone. It's already gone in Egypt, Greece, and on and on.
 
Damn Yankee said:
This proves that you have a basic misunderstanding of modern economics. :palm:

Although this is how George Soros made his money, most wealthy people make theirs by creating products that allowed others to work more productively or to purchase goods more cheaply.
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My understanding of modern economic is vast. And I recognize the thievery.

I just posted another post on this subject. Read this.

Also I hear that a doc makes about lets say 250K a year. And if he would have to pay lets say 50K a year? Rather then take it out of his pay and still walk away with 200K. He passes it down to the consumer to cover his incompetent butt.

Can you imagine if we could pass down our expenses? Yet that is capitalism in a nut shell. And you wonder why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
 
wiseones2cents said:
My understanding of modern economic is vast. And I recognize the thievery.

I just posted another post on this subject. Read this.

Also I hear that a doc makes about lets say 250K a year. And if he would have to pay lets say 50K a year? Rather then take it out of his pay and still walk away with 200K. He passes it down to the consumer to cover his incompetent butt.

Can you imagine if we could pass down our expenses? Yet that is capitalism in a nut shell. And you wonder why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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This is absolute propaganda. Yeah, those mean old rich folks living off the sweat of the working man, huh?

The average Dr has school debts of $140,000, compared to the average college grad debt of 20,000.

The average Dr has been in school and training for 11 years since he graduated high school. And for several years of that time he was working at least 60 hours a week, if not more, in order to get where he is now.

Yes, he makes $250k a year. But that is not something that is given to him. It is something that he earned. So if we are going to make a Dr pay 20% of his income in taxes, then people making $50k a year should pay $10k a year in taxes.
 
wiseones2cents said:
Definitely. A man must take from many people to become wealthy. Resulting in the people that had little to begin with, becoming poor.
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Words can conjure up such wonderful images. When you say "A man must take from many..." its hard to see that as anything but theft.

But most rich people have a skill or something of value that people want to buy. No one forces them to shop for his products or use his services. He may pitch a good ad campaign, but it is still the "many" that will give him their money in exchange for something he has.
 
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