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well saidOriginally Posted by TeamJordan79
Responsibility, by all means. You worked your butt off when there was a good chance you would get a job. Now its not as easy to do so and hence the reason for this movement now. One has to admit that the current system is pretty much designed to entrap people in odious debt. Whether its car payments, mortgage, college loans or even your cell phone bill. We are tantalized with images of the american dream which is being rationed to the masses at interest. Even if most of these protesters are irresponsible with money, made unwise decisions, or just plain naive and stupid, I def see where they're coming from - that the govt no longer represents their interests as it shouldOriginally Posted by crcballer55
I really find it hard to feel sorry for most of them. Other than the first one, they are all victims of the choices they made. Nobody forced you to go to college and end up with thousands in debt. Nobody forced you to give up on the American Dream. I graduated college right before the recession with several thousand in debt. Because I worked my butt off, I paid off that debt within 2 years and managed to save up an emergency fund on top of it. Although I agree that there needs to be major reform enacted, it seems like most of the "99%" are playing the victim card and not taking responsibility for their own actions.
i also agree with Jking's post above me