Back to "Occupy" my small corner of the web.

A "Peaceful Protest", no one would pay attention to. A "Peaceful Protest" means using public lands or private lands (if you have the owners consent) without limiting the use of that land by the public (if public) or the owners (if private) and you shouldn't be breaking laws. Sitting in the middle of the street limits the use of that land by the public. Using bullhorns or not leaving when told to is, by it's very nature, breaking the law. The bullhorns are a sound ordinance law and the other is an illegal occupation. So you guys are breaking the law. That's not a "Peaceful Protest".

So the police are allowed to arrest you. If you resist, you broke another law. If you make it impossible for the police to do their job, you have caused it to escalate. If they see you as a threat (and there is very liberal rules on what constitutes a "threat", if they can't see your hands or are not following orders), they can use force to compel you. The police have a tendency to use "non-lethal" forms first. Pepper spray, Tear gas and Tasers are "non-lethal" I for one would rather them use that than "lethal" forms. (If you protesters don't understand, that means guns). So you have been pepper sprayed because you didn't follow the forms of a "Peaceful Protest". Sorry I have no sympathy for you because you BROKE THE LAW!

Quit whining and go home. Or you can use my tax money more effectively from jail.

Federal Taxes

Here we go...

The top 15% of wage-earners pay more in federal income taxes than the other 85%.

Corporations pay more in federal taxes than most of us will see in a lifetime.

The bottom 50% of wage-earners do not pay federal income taxes.

Now, first thing, Taxation without Representation should work both ways. If you don't pay federal income taxes, shut the hell up. You have NO horse in this race. If you are recieving Welfare or EIC, shut the hell up. You are making money already from the other 50%.

I am constantly appalled by the amount of just petty jealousy exhibited by the lazy against the workers. Really, if you don't have enough, work for it! How do you think the "rich" (still looking for a defintion) got their money. They got it by being smarter and working harder. You can't work 40 hours a week or less and expect to get rich. Usually the rich got rich by working 60 + hours a week some as high as 100 hours a week.

If you aren't willing to do that, and most people (including me) aren't willing, don't whine about those that do. It's their life. I look at it this way: I don't care what goes on in your bedroom. That is your own personal choice. Why in the hell should I care about what goes on in your wallet?

People please let's call it what it is and recognize it.

It's PETTY JEALOUSY.

Now maybe we can solve the problem.

The un-99%