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In reply to the discussion: Occupy Wall Street and the Personal Debt Crisis [View all]Smickey
(3,318 posts)58. For profit debtors prisons? n/t
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I have been around our Occupy from the beginning and have never heard anyone propose that.
patrice
Sep 2012
#4
Your goal is my hope too and, being older, I believe that should happen in a step-wise FOREVER
patrice
Sep 2012
#30
Goodness! Something else that I have been saying for a while, TTE, "Our culture isn't
patrice
Sep 2012
#31
That is what happens. These extrapolated entities create/define the promises, break them at will &
patrice
Sep 2012
#32
Would you like someone to help you understand what this is all about, and what OWS
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#45
I prefer Upton Sinclair's explanation for the seemingly "lost" behavior...
backscatter712
Sep 2012
#55
I am pleased to say that this has been my instinct. Ever since the Derivative Crash & listening to
patrice
Sep 2012
#2
I look for the right social situations and even the most slightly appropriate verbal cues.
patrice
Sep 2012
#26
What Occupy should be aiming at is the financial dismantling of the law enforcement system
Zalatix
Sep 2012
#13
Neither can I. I just read in this thread, eg, that students are a bunch of scum.
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#38
True, which is why most of the actual Progressive Dems don't bother posting about OWS
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#52
Yes, I agree. Paying for a civilian force that is meant to protect and serve the
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#37
Me too. And it is not the first time I've seen it described as similar to the Mafia.
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#41
Excellent post, thank you. They should stage a 'burn your credit card' protest
sabrina 1
Sep 2012
#39