please - don’t put words in my mouth. $20-$40 per month to pay for online access, on a computer that’s probably a few years old doesn’t mean that they’re rolling in money, and it won’t really help them when it comes time to pay rent if they cancel service or sell their computer. And I don’t know how many of those you’ve read, but most aren’t women with multiple unwanted kids looking for a handout. They seem to be split between men and women, and most have student loan debt, and are either jobless or working below their education level. What makes you think that the degrees they have are worthless? Are you actually saying that the level of unemployment is so high because college graduates aren’t getting the right degrees, and that’s why they can’t get jobs? BTW, regardless of their degree, college is expensive - even if you go to a state school.
This isn’t a partisan issue, and everyone who was against the bailouts should be on their side. This is about wall street getting too close with govt to the extent that the govt let the free market go to hell, just to keep these firms afloat. Do you really think that those firms and banks only donated to the dems?
Remember, it was the GOVERNMENT that gave out all the cash. Some of these banks that they are protesting against were FORCED by the government to take the money when they didn’t really need it. I just think their anger is misdirected and that they appear to be asking for a handout they don’t deserve.
These folks are more than a anti bailout crowd if you see some of the signs they are carrying. It is the usual gimme stuff leftist nonsense of environmentalism, anti war, anti capitalism greedy “fat cat” sloganeering bag of tricks. And further the cause of the fact that they do not have jobs is not because “fat cat” bankers received a bailout here.That was 3 years ago. Get over it. The last time I looked this recession is global. This crowd smells more of a Euro socialist mob looking for the government to solve their problems than it does a bunch of libertarians. You can find the same crowds on the streets of Athens as you can on Wall Street today.