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To me, it was just another example of OWS trying to get results in the wrong ways. I don't totally disagree with a lot of the base principles of OWS. I really don't. I just think that more often than not, they go about trying to get their goals in the wrong ways. Just my opinion, though.
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I can't believe Verizon, with all they are making on cell phone plans and phones, would even try something like that. Especially after the B of A thing.
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While it was a dumb move from a PR standpoint, I don't see the big deal. It only applied to people who manually pay with credit card. That means you could have still made monthly automatic payments without paying the $2 fee, or have simply paid with your bank account. It costs businesses more money to accept CC payments than bank payments, so it's understandable that they'd want to charge for that.
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It's only a "big deal" because of the symbolic nature of it, just like the Bank of America fee. It doesn't matter what it costs them, people don't want to hear that right now.
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Today I was part of a photo shoot for a silly edition (made up stories) of the paper I work at. We were "the 1%" and dressed up in suits, held iphones, coffee from Starbucks and held placards. Mine said "99 problems but I ain't one"
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Awww, Cobbler's first costume party.
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You live in Bloomington? I was there a few months ago.
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According to CNN, Americans make up more than half the world's wealthiest 1%.
Some Americans are saying that this is evidence that hard work pays off, that free enterprise really does good things, and that the OWS protesters should be grateful that they don't live in Africa or Asia. Do you guys agree with this statement? |
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Most definitely. Great town there, I'd say probably nicer than State College.
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Occupy Oakland arrests reach 400; City Hall vandalized - latimes.com)
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I like how you bolded the "burned the American flag" part. To me this is much more bothersome and aggravating:
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Lovely article from Bloomberg today:
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