I knew I liked Adam Carolla for some reason.. His take on the OWS Generation. LOL

[Vegas69]

You climb to the top of the heap for a reason. If you have the profits, take them as you see fit. It may piss off outsiders, investor, and employees, but it's their pony show. It's a free country. If you don't like it, get off the boat.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

You climb to the top of the heap for a reason. If you have the profits, take them as you see fit. It may piss off outsiders, investor, and employees, but it's their pony show. It's a free country. If you don't like it, get off the boat.

For purposes of my statement I was talking about publicly traded companies, not sole proprietors. Those profits (of public companies) belong to the investors since "they" are the actual owners of the company. A sole proprietor can get as much as he can, or is willing to take.

[Etch]

From what I know, the OWS movement is more about corrupt politics than anything. This IMHO is a legitimate reason to be angry about.

I watched LAPD evict the protest members from Occupy LA. MYFOXLA was there interviewing the protesters, asking "what do you want to see change in Washington?" All the protesters answered something along the lines of "I want to see money out of Washington."

What does that mean? Money out of Washington?

Here are some examples of "money in Washington", and corrupt politics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0LMAP0L5G4&noredirect=1
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kristi...b_1101433.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROTECT_IP_Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Dbx...ature=youtu.be
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain...mericans-face/

The real issues at hand is: Should big businesses be able to influence politics more than the average citizen?

Efficiency is a company's number one goal, it's how the government has set it up. But what happens when 'efficiency' oversteps people? The government needs to be changed.

Some objective data to look at: http://motherjones.com/politics/2011...ca-chart-graph

http://visualeconomics.creditloan.co...heir-paycheck/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ncome_equality
*note that we have the same income distribution as China...weird...


Now, I'll be the first to admit I don't know much of anything, I'm only 20, going to college... and I'm honestly kind of confused about this. Anyone older, with more experience care to let me know what these numbers actually mean?

P.S. Does anyone know about http://wikileaks.org/? Thoughts? What about the hacker group 'Anonymous'?