Jeff Mangum plays Occupy Wall Street

hip hop bunny hop · 10-08-2011, 07:19 PM

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You're trying to be overly convoluted. It's in your best interest because it will increase your standard of living. Period. No need to be lengthy.

Not really; I'm trying to get you to stake out a position so that I can better understand your argument, and so that I can make mine more concise. As of now you've yet to state just what level of wealth inequality you find tolerable, if any.

To illustrate; if you were arguing for completely equitable wealth distribution, I'd point out how this would not provide an incentive for people to take on extremely difficult schooling or become involved in professions which are highly stressful. If you were arguing for partial equity in wealth distribution, my argument would be along the lines of:

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About 47 percent will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009. Either their incomes were too low, or they qualified for enough credits, deductions and exemptions to eliminate their liability.

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The result is a tax system that exempts almost half the country from paying for programs that benefit everyone, including national defense, public safety, infrastructure and education. It is a system in which the top 10 percent of earners -- households making an average of $366,400 in 2006 -- paid about 73 percent of the income taxes collected by the federal government.

Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax - Yahoo! Finance

Buzzov*en · 10-09-2011, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Then, please, Buzz, enlighten me. Why should I support this "occupy wall street" movement?

Nah.

Double X · 10-10-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by hip hop bunny hop

Why is it beautiful? "Occupy Wall Street" is a crass mob movement. I've yet to read one apology for those folks that makes any sense, example:

Well because...

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Originally Posted by Alfred

I could be wrong, but I think he was referring to Jeff Mangum playing 'beautiful' music in a fairly hostile environment, not this protest itself.

This.

I've been in OccupyBoston this whole weekend, it was pretty awesome seeing so many people support it. Of the people I talked to, it seemed pretty much based around the reforming campaign finance so financial institutions don't get completely deregulated, so we don't have massive recessions like we did ~2008. There is some luddy socialism in their but it's just traces. It's more reactionary anger towards the recent butt-buddying of government/corporations, regardless of party.

BTW bunny, to me it seems like you are investing far too much time and effort debating political theory. Relax, nothing turns off people more than an angry person yelling politics.

Thom Yorke · 10-10-2011, 05:34 PM

Investment bankers, unite!

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