My thoughts on Occupy

This morning I have spent a good deal of time trying to get a better understanding of the Occupy movement.  I agree with all of the media, that I could find, that there is not a concise plan or idea for this movement.  I watched them argue with bankers and lobbiest.  I watched them debate with interviewers from all kinds of organizations.  I have also watched them be made fun of by several commedians.  All of it was pretty amusing.  None of it was very informative.

Several weeks ago, I was sitting around a campfire with several people.  One of the guys, brought up this subject and began to argue for the movement and what he felt was their purpose.  He got very arguementative when I took up for, what he considered, the 1%.   I would like to use the term 'wage earners' here, but the people this group are upset with do not earn a wage.  He was agruing several points at once, and I wish we could have just stuck to one at a time.  What did come out was a regurgitation of what I saw this morning.  He told me  his salary per year.  However, he did not tell me what he spent on his college education.  Therefore, I could not do an analysis on his return on investment.  He told me that I was ignorant, not having gone to college, so I could not debate with him because I did not understand as well as he did.  What I did learn from this exchange, was that he was actually only upset with the .05% of the people of this country.  We were talking about the 'have and have-nots' and his feelings on the subject.

I have seen all kinds of ideas represented byt his movement.  "Jews are the new Nazi's" was on one sign.  This is appaling!! The anti-semitism was being tollerated by this group, shocked the hell out of me.  This person should have been asked to leave.  Period.  This would not be a tollerated statement of any other religion.  "Good Jobs" seems to be another big one with them.  No one person can define a good job.  There is no correct definition.  There can not be.  A "good job" to me and a good job to you are not the same.  Here is what I know.  I make less than the national average, per the Buruea of Labor Statics.  However I have clothes, food to eat, major medical insurance, and a little money for hobbies.  I have a "good job".  

... More to come later!!