Wow... That Was One HELL Of A Quote !!!

[WillyT]

Outside, listening to NBC Nightly News (PST), and they are doing a piece on the Egyptian Revolution.

At one point they are interviewing some local (didn't catch who) and he says:

"Dictators do not see a difference between public money and private money."

:wow:

Neither do Oligarchs apparently... What DID you do with our Social Security money, boys???

:shrug:

[msongs]

1. it's all private money, the public is just allowed to use some of it some of the time nt

[notesdev]

2. To answer your question

"What DID you do with our Social Security money, boys???"

Most of that was embezzled and spirited away to the Cayman Islands, but it should be noted that a decent sized chunk of our money went to Mubarak.

[Lorien]

3. Iraq and Afghanistan, for starters. nt

[ThomCat]

4. Corporations don't see the difference between public

money and corporate profit either.

That is why they are constantly investing in bribing/buying politicians so they can find every possible way to raid our federal, state and municipal treasuries. They believe that all taxed money should ultimately belong to them.

So, you could just as easily say that "People with power do not see a difference between public money and private money."

It does not matter what the form or type of power is that they have, or what it is called. It could be political power, or economic, or military, or religious, or social, or something else entirely. As long as it is a form of power that is pervasive and influential enough to control access to wealth, people with that power will use it to get access to public money and make it their own.

[StarsInHerHair]

5. K & R I commented the wealthy here feel entitled to all our money, which

is weird because they're already rich. So why are they doing this basically everywhere?