christ on a stick. the more i read it the more the stupid assaults my brain.
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
~ Richard Feynman
I don't think they meant S&P and Moody's, but the agencies that dish out credit reports on individuals for background checks.Dilbert_X wrote:
There are many reasons to nail Wall Street - none of these even have anything to do with the place.
Except 12 obviously, not that that is really the core of the problem.
That is pretty retarded. Wasn't the collapse a result of people not being able to pay their mortgages?Jay wrote:
I don't think they meant S&P and Moody's, but the agencies that dish out credit reports on individuals for background checks.Dilbert_X wrote:
There are many reasons to nail Wall Street - none of these even have anything to do with the place.
Except 12 obviously, not that that is really the core of the problem.
this country is pissed off, and there are tea-baggers on wall street too - the left, the right are more vocal. i can't wait to see what straw it will be that breaks the center's back . . .DesertFox- wrote:
Is that really what they want? If so, they make the Tea Party look almost reasonable.
I think what America needs now is a war with Pakistan.Burnzz wrote:
i can't wait to see what straw it will be that breaks the center's back . . .
They obviously don't see that as theft.Spark wrote:
number 11. oh geez.
HOW CAN PEOPLE BE SO DUMB
I know right hahahDesertFox- wrote:
The "free college education" alone is laughably unrealistic.
nothing is free.DUnlimited wrote:
I know right hahahDesertFox- wrote:
The "free college education" alone is laughably unrealistic.
wait, I've got free college. In fact ALL education up to masters degree and to some extent even doctorates in Finland are free.
wat
herp a derp. there are no tuition fees. for students the education is free.Jay wrote:
nothing is free.DUnlimited wrote:
I know right hahahDesertFox- wrote:
The "free college education" alone is laughably unrealistic.
wait, I've got free college. In fact ALL education up to masters degree and to some extent even doctorates in Finland are free.
wat
Your parents pay taxes, no?DUnlimited wrote:
herp a derp. there are no tuition fees. for students the education is free.Jay wrote:
nothing is free.DUnlimited wrote:
I know right hahah
wait, I've got free college. In fact ALL education up to masters degree and to some extent even doctorates in Finland are free.
wat
my parents are not students. way to sidestep my point.Jay wrote:
Your parents pay taxes, no?DUnlimited wrote:
herp a derp. there are no tuition fees. for students the education is free.Jay wrote:
nothing is free.
My parents aren't students either but they helped my brothers pay for college. You will be paying for other peoples tuition for the rest of your life. But grats on your 'free' education I guess.DUnlimited wrote:
my parents are not students. way to sidestep my point.Jay wrote:
Your parents pay taxes, no?DUnlimited wrote:
herp a derp. there are no tuition fees. for students the education is free.
of course we pay more taxes in here but i'd put free education for anyone preeetty high in priorities when it comes to state budget.
They are like the former law students that sued New York Law because their law degrees didn't come with high paying jobs attached to them. They want the wealth without doing the work necessary to earn it. Fuck em.Ty wrote:
Yes this list is stupid and unrealistic. But this list is one person's proposal for a possible list of demands. It is posted on this protest's website. After 140+ comments NOT ONE has been in support of it. It has as much relevence as a self-appointed political commentator's Youtube video.
From what I understand this protest is in regard to increasing income disparity and waning social mobility in the US. To a certain extent it is the cry of a bunch of over-privelaged children with a false sense of entitlement. It also seems poorly structured and has no real direction. But I think there is some discussion value in the points that they are presumably trying to make. Income disparity in the US is at a ridiculous level and is getting worse while people earning obscene amounts of money are not being taxed to a level that seems remotely fair. Social mobility, the backbone of the national ethos, is declining - I believe the US rates tenth in the world for this which is pretty poor for a country that prides itself on "The American Dream". America increasingly seems to be a nation for the rich with the laws and even the culture of the country catering more and more to wealthy people who really dont need the help. I think these people are just generally frustrated with all of this but don't quite know exactly what they're mad at or why.
http://m.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhat … kG6lL8jNbNNow the students have become the litigators. Graduates of New York Law School filed a class action lawsuit against their alma mater, claiming they were duped into enrolling with false promises of practically guaranteed high-paying legal jobs. In papers filed today in Manhattan Supreme Court, Alexandra Gomez-Jimenez, Scott Tiedke and Katherine Cooper say they were victims of a "systemic, ongoing fraud that is ubiquitous in the legal education industry and threatens to leave a generation of law students in dire financial straits." The suit says the school duped students by claiming that "the overwhelming majority of its students —90-95 percent —secure employment within nine months of graduation." The "reality of the situation," the suit says, is "that these seemingly robust numbers include any type of employment, including jobs that have absoloutely nothing to do with the legal industry, do not requre a JD degree or are temporary or part-time in nature." "Rather, if NYLS was to disclose the more pertinent employment statistic" of graduates who landed full-time law-related jobs, "the numbers would drop dramatically, and could be well below 50 percent, if not lower." Lawyer David Anziska, who’s representing the now-employed grads, said the school has also inflated reports about the salaries its graduates pull in by using an average "based on a small, mostly self-selected subset of graduates who actually submit their salary information." That means the bulk of graduates have a hard time digging out from their students loans to attend the almost $50,000 a year school, Anziska said. The suit says most graduates leave owing over $100,000 from the loans. The suit seeks a court order changing the way the school reports the employment and salary numbers, as well as unspecified money damages. The school’s dean, Richard Matasar, said, "These claims are without merit and we will vigorously defend against them in court."
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