Talk:Arts/Outreach

None of the email addresses work?!

user:BilLewis999 Wednesday, 9:27 pm

Outreach & SPP bounce. :-(

But didn't the government made $ off the bail out?

user:WayneKleinPhD Oct 16, 2011 8:10 am

In a little town of 100 homes, there is one humongous mansion worth almost as much as all the other homes combined. One day the owner of the mansion, Walter Street, asks the town government for a massive loan. Reason, he has been gambling, lost his money and is in danger of losing the mansion. This spreads rumors that the town is dying. Home prices crash. People get scared, stop spending money. With sales off, businesses lay workers off. With fewer sales, many small businesses fail. The laid off workers and struggling small business owners are unable to pay their mortgages – with many losing their homes. Many of those who are still able to pay their mortgage (because home prices fell) now owe more than their home is worth. But the mayor, who used to work for Walter Street, goes to the town council declaring that Walter Street is To big To Fail. So Walter Street, the riches man in town, gets a low interest loan courtesy of the town’s taxpayers.

As soon as Mr. Street receives the money he begins gambling again, is again rich and lickity split, he has repaid the loan with interest. Meanwhile, 9% of the town is collecting unemployment and another 15% has either exhausted their unemployment benefits or they are now working only part time. Many of those who never lost their jobs are working harder and longer hours just to make the same money. Everyone’s home is worth less. So did the townspeople make money on Walter Street’s bailout?

re: But didn't the government made $ off the bail out?

user:anonymous-observer Wednesday, 10:42 am

Brilliant! Way to boil this down to basics - it would be great if all those that are part of the 99% but don't support or don't understand the OWS movement read this post.

OB Organizers - go ahead and put it on the home page as a contribution from one of your supporters.

re: But didn't the government made $ off the bail out?

user:anonymous-observer Wednesday, 1:23 pm

Here is a comment from the Blogs - since I quoted it there to see the reaction:

"Really oversimplified analogies are just that. Oversimplified.

Now if everyone in the town had an investment that Mr. STreet was overlooking for them, and he had a complex web of financial ties to not only the townspeople but the other local towns, and heck even other states- then the analogy might make a little more sense."

re: But didn't the government made $ off the bail out?

user:anonymous-observer Wednesday, 1:24 pm

And...this was my response:

"No one claims this is 100% accurate LOL — the bailout didn’t go to Mr. Street’s mansion (aka Wall Stree), but a minuscule corner of that mansion (aka a few corporations). Financial stability should be protected as that IS “too BIG to FAIL”; but let those useless corners rot, those are not too big to fail.

Am I to understand Catherine that you are a fan of the “too big to fail concept” for a few corporations? Not allowing them to fail is now bringing down MR. Street’s entire Mansion because he continues to gamble. Those bailed out did not learn, they are not creating jobs, they are still paying their CEOs exhorbitant amounts of $.

So no need to be anal on oversimplified analogies, conceptually the message is that the few rotting corners of the mansion should have been allowed to fail then rebuilt later THE RIGHT WAY. Not allowing those few corporations to fail caused them to learn NOTHING and still mooch off our backs. Look at Trump, he declared bankruptcy then came out stronger than ever. Now don’t go and accuse me that I am a fan of Trump or anything (picky, picky…). The devil’s in the details, but it would only benefit OWS and OB to just pick a simple message and stick to it like no more bailouts or no more financial influence on Washington."

Business Outreach

user:OneKarma Oct 10, 2011 12:16 pm

Has there been any creation of a kit to invite small, local businesses to stand in Solidarity? We should have posters that can be placed in their windows so their patrons will become aware.

re: Business Outreach

user:daniel.coexistence Oct 11, 2011 12:06 pm

This is a great suggestion. There has not been a kit created specific to small, local businesses but anyone is welcome to take the lead on that (like maybe...you?).

If interested, please contact us

re: Business Outreach

user:anonymous-observer Wednesday, 11:06 am

Great Idea !!! Much stronger than the support of Labor Unions...

The demands of the 99% and why we march

user:Cuneform Oct 15, 2011 9:37 pm

Hi,

Thanks for marching.

I have the document that lists the demands from the 99% and our representatives marching across the country.

Unfortunetly, this document is to big to fit in this tiny space. So please e-mail me a request to: mlinder3@gatech.edu and I will send you a pdf copy as soon as possible.

This document is designed to give those who don't understand why we're angry an idea of what we are fighting for, the changes we want to make and how these changes could be implemented.

In addition, we offer explainations as to why these changes are so important to us and the survival of the United States and its people.

This document will continue to be a work in progress until our demands are met.

We welcome coments, additions and/or criticism in order to make our demands stronger and clearer.

M. Linder

re: The demands of the 99% and why we march

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Is this an official document from OWS or Occupy Boston?