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I'd offer some of them a job...but then again I don't think they want one.

Nor are they willing to take any sort of personal responsibility for the "mess" they are in. You didn't necessarily get screwed, you probably screwed yourself. And if you are complaining about tuition costs go protest at the universities, not Wall Street. How dumb can some people be?

Certain financial institutions may certainly be at fault to a degree, but so is Washington and Congress and YOU. Take responsibility and do something positive for the country. This is a joke.

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Erm. These are people who are going far out of their way to draw attention to what they believe are serious problems and try to build momentum for broad action to resolve those problems.

If you think that's a "joke", not really sure what I can say to you.

Similarly, if you think the appropriate response to this is to hand-wave into trying to blame the people who are protesting for the results of, let's face it, massive fraud perpetrated on the world by "certain financial institutions", I have a hard time even beginning to comprehend your worldview.

At least people are trying... The focus may not be clear and the participants may not be the most informed but don't underestimate the potential of this movement. Think of all of the recent injustices that no one has responded to. This is potentially the start of something big, I think we just need some intelligent leaders to provide some direction.

You really believe that a vote has any power?

Absolutely! But people need to vote at every single level from city council to the Presidency, not just once every 4 years for whoever your favorite news stations tells you to.

I personally don't feel bad for or listen to those who refuse to vote.

>Absolutely! But people need to vote at every single level from city council to the Presidency, not just once every 4 years for whoever your favorite news stations tells you to.

On the one hand I absolutely agree with you, but on the other hand, corporations vote with their dollars every single day.

True, but who else votes with their dollars every day? American citizens. Perhaps some should pay more attention to what they are voting for with their wallets.

Yea, what a great idea. Why did no one think of this? Oh, wait. They did. They voted in Obama to make a statement against Bush's policies. What did they get? More of Bush's policies.

The US is a two party system where both parties get the majority of all their funding from big business. Why would they care what individual citizens have to say? Elections are won with campaign money.

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