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In the discussion thread: Why Occupy's Plan To Cancel Consumer Debts Is Brilliant [View all]

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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:06 AM

Hissyspit (40,394 posts)

44. They're not occupying much?

That's because they were, as a non-violent movement, violently ejected from their occupations.

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71 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why Occupy's Plan To Cancel Consumer Debts Is Brilliant [View all]	xchrom	Nov 2012	OP
I love it. I hope it brings some much needed attention	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#1
It will certainly help the people whose debts are forgiven	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2012	#3
And perhaps we will stop being ruled by credit ratings.	djean111	Nov 2012	#6
I guess we'll disagree on that point	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2012	#8
May be overused? I think that is quite an understatement.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#12
There are certain jobs where a credit rating should be considered	SickOfTheOnePct	Nov 2012	#14
I fail to see the logic with insurance rates at all.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#16
Credit ratings can be unfairly prejudicial	wickerwoman	Nov 2012	#65
Hope it works	liberal N proud	Nov 2012	#2
Of course they will squash it.	closeupready	Nov 2012	#27
the good thing people are missing here	litlbilly	Nov 2012	#54
Kinda blows a gaping hole in....	99Forever	Nov 2012	#4
...	xchrom	Nov 2012	#5
Never understood the disdain some here have for Occupy.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#7
Their "disdain"...	99Forever	Nov 2012	#9
It's mostly been the OWS adherents who claim that nothing has changed.	randome	Nov 2012	#15
You don't see this as having much to do with Wall Street?	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#17
Because it concerns money? I guess they do have that in common.	randome	Nov 2012	#20
No. because credit ratings have become vital to	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#21
I hear you but what they're doing to buy debts apparently doesn't change the bad credit ratings.	randome	Nov 2012	#22
It is a start to the conversation.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#23
I can get behind that.	randome	Nov 2012	#24
Thank you Captain Obvious.	99Forever	Nov 2012	#26
And this is why OWS gets so little traction.	randome	Nov 2012	#28
OWS is made up of all kinds. As is DU. nt	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#33
Very true. I should keep that in mind more often.	randome	Nov 2012	#36
Yeah... sure...	99Forever	Nov 2012	#37
They're not occupying much?	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#44
This rolling jubilee	tama	Nov 2012	#48
Of which we have many	Le Taz Hot	Nov 2012	#19
No doubt.	blackspade	Nov 2012	#46
Ked and Red......	marmar	Nov 2012	#10
...	xchrom	Nov 2012	#11
At least one was on duty, attempting to smear "OWSies".	WorseBeforeBetter	Nov 2012	#34
Because I didn't think OWS would last longer that the first weekend...	aikoaiko	Nov 2012	#13
Is it Occupy's plan? Or is it someone's plan? Who is it? Who is Occupy?	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#18
Oh bother. It's not the DNC, it's not the GOP, it's not the SEIU, it's people.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#25
The URL you send money to is registered to one person only.	Coyotl	Nov 2012	#56
Agree you have to be careful about who you are sending money to.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#58
These ideas come out of David Graeber's "Debt: The First 5,000 Years"	starroute	Nov 2012	#29
If there are no repercussions for debt, then no one will honor it.	randome	Nov 2012	#30
huh? what's happening now?	xchrom	Nov 2012	#32
'Debt' has been a part of Western civilization for hundreds if not thousands of years.	randome	Nov 2012	#35
Exactly. Going in to debt was actively encouraged by the financiers, businesses and the msm.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#38
"refusing to pay for it"	Hissyspit	Nov 2012	#45
Of course it isn't. I'm suggesting that OWS doesn't know who are deserving and who are deadbeats.	randome	Nov 2012	#55
How do you know this? How hard is it to evaluate?	vanlassie	Nov 2012	#60
I don't know.	randome	Nov 2012	#62
Social capital and financial capital	tama	Nov 2012	#51
Thanks for the information. Going to have to look that book up. nt	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#39
Sounds very interesting and is available on Kindle.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#40
Well said.	blackspade	Nov 2012	#49
Kudos!	WaitWut	Nov 2012	#31
So many people have been hit by identity theft scams and the	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#41
I thought the stimulus might have worked better	4th law of robotics	Nov 2012	#42
To all those concerned about credit ratings...	caraher	Nov 2012	#43
I donated to OWS when they first started protesting ....	Howler	Nov 2012	#47
Nice work. Fear should not be a part of life.	DaveJ	Nov 2012	#50
this works because the debt is worthless	MsUnderstood	Nov 2012	#52
Furthermore, Collectors seem to expect the entire payoff, not payments.	DaveJ	Nov 2012	#61
I donated $100	CaptJasHook	Nov 2012	#53
Here's an idea: Excepting houses, pay cash. If you cannot afford something, go without it.	savannah43	Nov 2012	#57
I prefer to live this way. However, it will hurt you in many ways.	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#59
could the 'Rolling Jubilee' be considered a charity for tax purposes?	BlueMan Votes	Nov 2012	#63
I didn't know people were so stupid that they needed to be told that.	DaveJ	Nov 2012	#64
It's like a Christmas Gift for the collection agencies. It will qualify thousands of our neighbors	jtuck004	Nov 2012	#66
Rolling Jubilee is focusing on --	Hell Hath No Fury	Nov 2012	#67
They are focusing on UNCOLLECTABLE DEBT. That is sitting in a box at a collection agency marked	jtuck004	Nov 2012	#68
That's not really true, imo	DaveJ	Nov 2012	#69
That would be true if time stopped when they started. But student loan default is rising to unseen l	jtuck004	Nov 2012	#71
ttt	Blue_Tires	Nov 2012	#70

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