tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25631009.post649379667233260830..comments2023-02-12T05:12:03.000-06:00Comments on FinanĀ¢ial $en$e: Congressional Reform Act of 2011Dave K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04692058869431211885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25631009.post-14907320414781390122011-10-29T11:37:50.580-06:002011-10-29T11:37:50.580-06:00OWS has been a disjointed group from the start and...OWS has been a disjointed group from the start and they are becoming a real-life Orwellian Animal Farm as the organizers are now not liking the fact that homeless people (the bottom 1%) have been coming into the OWS camps to get some free food. <br /><br />When not Orwellian, the OWS people have become a gathering place for ex-60's hippies yearning for their glory days to return. If it's not too painful, check-out this YouTube of Congressman John Lewis trying to speak to the OWS group in Atlanta to express his solidarity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QZlp3eGMNI&noredirect=1 (hint: it doesn't happen as it appears the group has consumed way too much LSD). <br /><br />But I digress. The dinosaur media (the "DM") is interested in conflict, hyperbole, and sensationalism and printing their own predispositions masquerading as inevitable truths, if only the great unwashed would be as enlightened as they are. But fear not, the DM is just that - a dinosaur. They are still oblivious to the fact that more people get their information on the internet where the readers as individuals are the ultimate arbiters of truth and what constitutes news.<br /><br />We saw an inkling of people disdaining the DM in the 2010 elections. Traditional politicians were discarded and look for much more of this in the 2012 elections. What I find ironic is that the message is still lost on several politicians. They think that people are wanting more compromise among politicians. No! We would like politicians who have clear core positions. Compromise is what saddles the U.S. with thousands of earmarks in every budget.<br /><br />The U.S, absolutely needs to reign in the special benefits given to its politicians, and their enablers. It's happening now. Hopefully, we can get some changes enacted before it's too late, but I'm not holding my breath. It's human nature to wait to act until after the catastrophe. <br /><br />One more thing - Warren Buffett may be one of the largest hypocrites on economic matters that there is. He says to "raise his income tax rates", but has already sheltered billions in trusts. When one reads about him making "an investment" in a company, it is most often a deal extremely tilted in his favor and one which the average investor could never receive. His companies employ hundreds of lobbyists that persuade politicians to include tax-favorable legislation for those same companies. Warren is like the Hollywood-elites that are in the OWS groups hoping that no one realizes that they are the top 1% being railed against.Dave K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04692058869431211885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25631009.post-43702711017606224262011-10-29T05:47:18.511-06:002011-10-29T05:47:18.511-06:00Me too! I believe Warren is saying many of the sa...Me too! I believe Warren is saying many of the same things that are behind the Occupy Wall Street movement, only Warren is more articulate. Why hasn't this gotten more press? I have seen it through emails, seen it posted on Facebook, and your blog, have not seen it reported in any paper or newscast.Stonecarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085383678260634074noreply@blogger.com