tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post9211528160774797598..comments2024-02-09T12:12:37.636-08:00Comments on best minimum wage job a middle aged guy ever had: They've Madoff with Black Friday.Duncan McGearyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-68182881997287419742011-11-28T12:58:14.485-08:002011-11-28T12:58:14.485-08:00Buster thinks he's a 1-percenter, Dunc. Or may...Buster thinks he's a 1-percenter, Dunc. Or maybe even a 0.01-percenter.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-13012480259089737332011-11-28T11:48:32.954-08:002011-11-28T11:48:32.954-08:00"The 1% is never defined"
The 1% is ver..."The 1% is never defined"<br /><br />The 1% is very clearly defined. It's people in the top 1% of incomes -- about $386,000 a year currently.<br /><br />I'm much more concerned about the 0.01% -- those with incomes of $11 million or more. That cohort includes only 14,000 families and reaps 5% of the nation's total income.<br /><br />Here's an interesting graphic: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/10/30/nyregion/where-the-one-percent-fit-in-the-hierarchy-of-income.html<br /><br />"Where pray-tell will the money come from to create this perfect world?"<br /><br />Nobody thinks he's going to create a perfect world. The idea is to create a better economy -- one in which everybody can make a living, instead of just a handful making a killing.H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-46565641110397875852011-11-28T11:06:52.053-08:002011-11-28T11:06:52.053-08:00Yep, credit the tree lighting. We stopped in and b...Yep, credit the tree lighting. We stopped in and bought a few things on the way back to our car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-70752366828422587552011-11-28T10:44:42.091-08:002011-11-28T10:44:42.091-08:00"Bloomberg's lawsuits and investigations ..."Bloomberg's lawsuits and investigations into the Federal Reserve's secret emergency lending program to America's largest banks are done, and they're able to reach the conclusion "that banks reaped an estimated $13 billion of income by taking advantage of the Fed's below-market rates" during this period."<br /><br />Shit like this happens and you write an anti-OWS comment, Buster?Duncan McGearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02857388833850939721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-16546281094469595572011-11-27T18:25:06.616-08:002011-11-27T18:25:06.616-08:00One last comment on OWS that drives me crazy.
Thi...One last comment on OWS that drives me crazy.<br /><br />This thing about 'consensus', you see opinion is not tolerated by OWS.<br /><br />But where pray-tell does the 'consensus' come from? Well of course it comes from the OWS leaders who don't exist.<br /><br />All I can say about OWS is that they have made 'double think' look like a comic book shop. Only children can buy into such intellectual positions as letting other people set your opinion. History of course is NOT tolerated in OWS, and strangest of all 'liberty' is a 4 letter word. Freedom you see is the cause of all our problems.<br /><br />The 1% is never defined, left to when the OWS comes into full political power and occupy's our gubmint, then and only then will the let us know. You see 'names' are not allowed in the OWS, but the names will be given at a later date.<br /><br />Unions are loved, and especially the cop, prison, and teachers unions. Everything MUST be unionized.<br /><br />Where pray-tell will the money come from to create this perfect world? Well by robbing the 1% of course, but as of yet we don't know who they are. Because OBAMA & DIMON are not on the list, nor is any forture 10 CEO, or prez.<br /><br />The OWS makes alice in wonderland look like a fairy-tale, or too even quote Twain for the 100th time, "Reality is always stranger than fiction, fiction must make sense", ... nothing in OWS makes sense except Fascist power making one last grab during the economic collapse. Now that easy money is gone, all that is left to steal is the minds of gullible children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-529575095156315075.post-2659689120410668132011-11-27T17:15:13.153-08:002011-11-27T17:15:13.153-08:00You need to offer waffle makers for $2. They'l...You need to offer waffle makers for $2. They'll be breaking the doors down (literally).H. Bruce Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14613347512240617956noreply@blogger.com