[CSM]

Hi all, I know it has been a long time, but I have been very busy and was even on vacation for awhile. I hope you are all “better than you deserve.”

On his October 19th show, Dave took callers that are supportive of OWS and for the most part he walked them into their own ignorance. If you want some good entertainment, I would highly recommend listening to that show!

Take care and keep working hard.

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[mk2000]

Right on! It’s just about I want I want gimmie gimmie and I don’t want to pay for it.

[SMARTY]

“... I’m not impressed by your temper fit. I’m not impressed at your lack of goals and focus. I’m not impressed by the fact that the only thing I see about your movement is ignorance, immaturity and envy. Grow up—and get a job.”

All this is just what the parents of these OWS losers should have drummed into their heads a very long time ago.

[justlurking]

We should stop calling this protest "Occupy Wall Street".

Obama has been using these to drum up sympathy for his cause, and it's time to make him own them.

Start calling them what they really are:

Obamaville

Spread the meme....

[Hodar]

At the core of this demand is envy. And that's not the same as jealousy. Jealousy just says, "I want what you have." Envy is a different beast. Envy says, "I don't think I can ever have what you have, so you shouldn't have it either."

One of the most profound statements I've heard from Saint Ramsey.

[InterceptPoint]

A lot of people on Twitter are saying I totally agree with the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demands and goals. The only problem is that I have no idea what their demands and goals are. And neither does anyone else.

Dear Dave:

You are just not doing your research and in this case you are just dead wrong. The demands and goals of the OWS movement are well known to some if not most of us and are easily found with just a little searching. You need to do your homework before you start spouting such nonsense.

Take a look at The 99 Percent Declaration web page and you will see the plans and the demands and goals of the OWS movement. It's no secret. Google is your friend.

[sauropod]

I have my toughest critique for those who believe this: You are a thief. When someone takes my money and gives me no say in the matter, that's called theft—whether they're using a gun or the government. At the core of this demand is envy. And that's not the same as jealousy. Jealousy just says, "I want what you have." Envy is a different beast. Envy says, "I don't think I can ever have what you have, so you shouldn't have it either." Decades of horrible economic teaching and the politics of envy have kept this monster alive and growing and moving forward.

That point is brilliant and very well stated!

[Still Thinking]

Dave Ramsey's Take on Occupy Wall Street

Ohh, this should be good!

[mlo]

I agree with Dave's sentiment, but he's wrong on a couple of points:

"Banks and big companies should not receive taxpayer money for a bailout while their CEOs are making hundreds of millions of dollars. If that's your gripe, then you're protesting in the wrong location. Pack up and head to Washington, D.C., to deliver your message to the current administration. Don't get me wrong—I totally support a company's freedom to pay their leaders well. I just don't believe that I, as a taxpayer, should subsidize those huge salaries in the form of taxpayer bailouts. I pay my own team members; I don't need to pay everyone else's too."

The problem with corporate bailouts is not that the CEOs are well paid. They would be just as wrong if the CEO was working for free. They are wrong because it's not the business of government to save private businesses, and they are economically counter-productive.

"Gordon Gekko was wrong. Greed is not good. Greed is bad—very bad. It's a spiritual disease, and it is a disease that sadly affects a lot of companies across the country. If you believe a specific company is acting purely out of greed, then don't just get mad—do something. Point out where and how they're greedy and let the world know. Stop doing business with them. If enough people listen to you, the company will get the message because you'll hit them where it hurts: the bottom line. If they don't get their act together, then they'll go out of business and another business will take their place."

Gordon was right. Capitalism works because each person is free to persue their own selfish goals. Individual greed ends up working for everyone because people have to do useful things to satisfy their greed. What people think in their heads is not our concern. What they do is what matters. If someone robs a bank the problem is not that they were greedy. The problem is that they robbed a bank.

[MoochPooch]

By the way, you may be shocked to learn that the Tea Party agrees with you on this one—and so do I.

I think Dave missed one fundamental point.

Tea Partiers are against government bailouts because of the burden placed on taxpayers. We the middle class are being asked to pay for other people's mistakes.

The OWS, however, are against bailouts because they hate the rich, period. As we should know, the rich are mean & evil. Had the the recipients had been welfare mothers, these clowns wouldn't be two miles away from me gathering fleas.