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Opinions/Editorials Title: Most “Occupy” Protesters HAVE Jobs … Unemployment Much Lower Than In Tea Party Unemployment Much Lower Among Occupy Protesters Than Tea Party One of the mindless attacks on Occupy protesters is that they are lazy and should “go get a job”. In fact, most Occupy protesters have jobs. For example, Scott Olsen – the Marine veteran peacefully protesting in Oakland who was shot in the head with a projectile by riot police – had a very good day job, but was so dedicated that he went to the protests after work: Scott Olsen, 24, joined the protests as he worked his day job as a network engineer and left his apartment each night to sleep alongside protesters in San Francisco and Oakland, Calif., Keith Shannon said. *** Olsen, who is originally from Wisconsin, served two tours of duty in Iraq, makes a good living at a San Francisco software company and had a hillside apartment that overlooks San Francisco Bay. *** Each night, he would go out to the tent camps that have sprung up over the past month in cities as the movement spread to protest economic inequality and what they see as corporate greed. snip Indeed, the Wall Street Journal found: The vast majority of demonstrators are actually employed, and the proportion of protesters unemployed (15%) is within single digits of the national unemployment rate (9.1%). snip In contrast, a 2010 New York Times CBS News poll found that only 56% of members of the Tea party were employed (question 105). Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest #1. To: Not Badeye, A K A Stone, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, mininggold, brian s, mcgowanjm (#0) The “get a job” slur is, in fact, highly ironic. Shhh - don't tell... Wall Street owns the country…Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us…Money rules. Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890 #2. To: lucysmom (#1) Studies of the 60's activists show they were underemployed elitists ... seeking undemocratic political power via undemocratic means --- marxists ! If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys ! #3. To: BorisY (#2) Studies of the 60's activists show they were underemployed elitists ... seeking undemocratic political power via undemocratic means --- marxists ! Of course, seeking to enforce equal and Constitutional rights for an oppressed minority is Marxist - I always thought that was unfortunate. Wall Street owns the country…Our laws are the output of a system which clothes rascals in robes and honesty in rags. The [political] parties lie to us and the political speakers mislead us…Money rules. Mary Elizabeth Lease, 1890 #4. To: lucysmom (#3) (Edited) seeking to enforce Exactly ! Studies of the 60's activists show they were underemployed elitists ... seeking undemocratic political POWER - ENDS via undemocratic means --- marxists ! If you ... don't use exclamation points --- you should't be typeing ! Commas - semicolons are for girlie boys ! Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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