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Old 02-25-2015, 06:50 AM
 
Location: South Carolina
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The only way to create a basic income is to feed the Wall Street monster and you are simply going to fall further behind when that happens. They are going to keep far, far more than they allow to trickle down to you. If never having to actually work a day in your life makes you happy you are not setting the bar very high.
Not sure what a basic income has to do with Wall Street. Is going to a crappy job really setting the bar high you do realize that there are more ways to be happy then from a job.
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Old 02-25-2015, 07:02 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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I would have taken this comment seriously IF last paragraph wasn't included...When legislatures ban birth control for women
Where is birth control for women banned? Last I checked, anyone who wanted to purchase various forms of birth control were free to do so at will.
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Old 02-25-2015, 07:12 AM
 
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Not sure what a basic income has to do with Wall Street. Is going to a crappy job really setting the bar high you do realize that there are more ways to be happy then from a job.
Sorry, I can only chuckle.
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Old 02-25-2015, 07:56 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Not everyone can invest in only real estate. Literally 100 million or more American workers and current retirees are depending on that $24 trillion invested in their pension/retirement funds to be there. What right do you have to insist that they lose it all?

Ehh-what do you think happened in 2008? Normal people LOST EVERYTHING!!

And to make matters infinitely worse, the only people that were helped thereafter would be those financial institutions and nationless corporations that caused the crash in the first place. In other words, we protected institutions and preserved the hierarchy of our broken financial system instead of helping people and fixing the system-we kicked the can down the road.

We created TRILLIONS in US Dollars out of thin air since 2008 in order to prop up the stock market, devaluing OUR currency for the benefit of less than 1% of the population-while income stagnates for 90% of Americans and prices rise.

The next crash will be as early as THIS YEAR-afterall is has been 7 years since the last one.

Besides, money HAS NO VALUE without our consent and faith in the system. We could easily END THE FED and institute a debt-free currency that is completely within the reigns of The US and our people, but that means those that have the control and power giving it up-which will never happen voluntarily and as long as people are so ignorant about finances and our monetary system.
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Old 02-25-2015, 07:59 AM
 
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Ehh-what do you think happened in 2008? Normal people LOST EVERYTHING!!

And to make matters infinitely worse, the only people that were helped thereafter would be those financial institutions and nationless corporations that caused the crash in the first place. In other words, we protected institutions and preserved the hierarchy of our broken financial system instead of helping people and fixing the system-we kicked the can down the road.
And you expect those that did that to fix the problem?

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We created TRILLIONS in US Dollars out of thin air since 2008 in order to prop up the stock market, devaluing OUR currency for the benefit of less than 1% of the population-while income stagnates for 90% of Americans and prices rise.

The next crash will be as early as THIS YEAR-afterall is has been 7 years since the last one.

Besides, money HAS NO VALUE without our consent and faith in the system. We could easily END THE FED and institute a debt-free currency that is completely within the reigns of The US and our people, but that means those that have the control and power giving it up-which will never happen voluntarily and as long as people are so ignorant about finances and our monetary system.
Can I assume you support those trying to audit the Fed?
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Old 02-25-2015, 08:03 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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And you expect those that did that to fix the problem?



Can I assume you support those trying to audit the Fed?
HELL YES-I voted for Ron Paul only because he wanted to audit and eventually end the fed and bring our troops home.

I have read End The Fed by him, The Creature From Jeckyl Island by G Edward Griffin and others and am disgusted at how little people know about our financial system.

It has to be more than an audit though-the Fed's "too big to fail" banks must also be broken up-Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, BOA, Citi, Chase.
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Old 02-25-2015, 08:05 AM
 
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HELL YES-I voted for Ron Paul only because he wanted to audit and eventually end the fed and bring our troops home.

I have read End The Fed by him, The Creature From Jeckyl Island by G Edward Griffin and others and am disgusted at how little people know about our financial system.

It has to be more than an audit though-the Fed's "too big to fail" banks must also be broken up-Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, BOA, Citi, Chase.
THANKS! It's rare to find someone with even a lick of principles.
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Old 02-25-2015, 08:14 AM
 
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Ehh-what do you think happened in 2008? Normal people LOST EVERYTHING!!
Really? Then how is the pension/retirement investment sector of normal people valued at $24 trillion?

Retirement Question 4 | EBRI

You're believing deliberately deceptive and manipulative class warfare propaganda instead of looking at the truth.
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Old 02-25-2015, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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Ugh-I need more headsmack emojis.

What will you say when the market crashes again?
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Old 02-25-2015, 08:21 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Ugh-I need more headsmack emojis.

What will you say when the market crashes again?
There are stops in place now, which is why the current pension/retirement investment sector is valued at $24 trillion.

Do you really have NO clue what's going on?
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