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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
While the message has always been convoluted, I think it's fairly obvious they're talking about the whole banking/bonuses/tax structure/corporate and government back-scratching/broken regulatory system environment. "Greed-based economy" is just how a person chose to describe it.
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But they're basing thier complaints on whats happening in the U.S. and other companies not here.
We have a strongly regulated banking system, and a pretty strong set of regulations that control corporations.
I don't know how the tax system is unfair when 1% of the population is paying over 25% of the taxes in this country, and if your making low income your tax exempt.
If your making less then 10,382 per year you're at 0
If you make between 10,382 and $41,000 you're at 15%
If you make over $128,000 its $29%
How is that somehow unfair, the 1% are essentially paying double the tax rate and for example if you make $30,000 per year your paying what about $4500.00, if your making the so called 1% at $170,000 your paying about $49,000.00
you could argue about tax loopholes and what not and I would agree with that, but these occupyer's don't want that, they want people who earn more then $170,000 to pay like 90% tax rate.
They bitch about government/corporate back scratching, but surprise that has to happen, if the government just focused on super taxing corporations like the NDP wanted we'd have these lavish social systems and no jobs. But we'd make one hell of a buggy whip.
Someone that argues about Canada having a greed based economy is stupid and has no understanding about how the system works, they've read some newspapers about things in the States, and they've said, gosh it must be just like that here, thats why the man is holding me down and enslaving me.
Then they turn around and want free college education, to be honest 2/3rds is being paid for by the government already.
We want higher minimum wage, thats great and all, but then you have to jack up the pricess of every consumer good out there, so you end up further behind anyways.
I heard one protestor bitching that its unfair that the bank is charging him 18% on his student loan and that was just wrong, so I wonder if he's actually read a loan document in his life.
Frankly I haven't seen a discussion from Occupy Calgary about any of what your talking about Ozzy. I've seen them talk about stuff that they've read in the newspaper ala Team America World Police and they've adopted that as their own with very little understanding.
I've heard Occupy Calgary talking about demanding free stuff.
I've heard nothing from them about regulations, or any of the other stuff that you've talked about with any kind of depth or understanding.
But I guess they're boned because without electricity they can't go to occupywiki and look up their next series of buzz words.