After watching the Occupy Wall Street protests for a couple weeks I really hoped the protester would do their thing for a while and then go home. Not so surprisingly the protesters are still at it.
Since I’ve confessed before to listening to Glenn Beck, I look for George Soros under every rock. And since Beck warned us many months ago this type of protest was coming, driven by left wing organizations funded by Soros it’s only disappointing that Beck was right. Craig’s List ads recruiting folks to be paid protesters is a good indicator they’re not there on principle; paid bail and legal aid for protesters who are arrested, who are encouraged to do illegal acts so they will be arrested and food brought in to feed the protesters paid for by someone else are a few examples.
As I watch it happening, listening to the television interviews of some of the protesters it’s clear many of them are there just for the experience; not because of anything specific but because they want to be a part of it. Who can blame young folks for following a pied piper who promises a good time if they will just join the crowd?
At the same time I’m also hearing folks complaining to Wall Street about the lack of jobs; or that Capitalism is the root of all evil. On the one hand they blame business for not creating a job for them then they demonize the system that can create jobs. It’s clear that Economics 101 was not one of the classes they took in college.
And since a goodly number of the protesters are unemployed recent college graduates angry and afraid because life is not fair they are looking for someone to blame. It’s unfortunate that American History and Government weren’t classes they took either since then they might understand the role of government in our economic system.
I’m disappointed that college educated young people, out of ignorance, are focusing their anger on the system that could be their salvation. I’m disappointed that these kids are paying for an education but getting a meaningless diploma; and pay they will even if there are no jobs.
Which brings me to…
Many of the protesters didn’t pay for their educations yet, they borrowed the money to go to college and now that they are out, their lenders are expecting to be repaid.
The economy has been in the tank for three or four years now so these recent graduates should’ve had an inkling that the competition for jobs would be fierce yet they still went heavily into debt to get an education with little likelihood of getting a job when they graduated. And now, they are angry? Help me understand, what job you are hoping to land when you get your degree in Women’s Studies or Art History? Shouldn’t a job or career be a consideration for students if their “education” requires they take on so much debt?
Nobody forced them to borrow the money and maybe prudence might have suggested that in a recession they might choose a more conservative strategy but like some of their career choices poor judgment was wide spread and now they want to blame someone else.
It’s time for these kids to understand that the crappy economy has been crappy for all of us. You don’t have to be unemployed to understand the plight of Americans today, young and old. Many of us have learned the brutal lesson that when we make bad choices there is a reckoning; but we step up, we take our medicine and we move on.
If the protesters are serious about changing things so they will have jobs in the future they need to ask the companies they hoped would hire them why they don’t have jobs for them and listen carefully to their answers. More likely than not, the culprit will be too much government. Then the protesters can decide whether they are protesting in the right places. If you can’t figure out which companies to ask, you probably got your degree in the wrong field!
American businesses would like nothing better than to have jobs for every young person graduating from college today because that would signal that our government has gotten off their backs and the economy is moving productively again. If only we could convince the government to get with the program.
No Loss for Words
Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue!
by Steve DanaAfter watching the Occupy Wall Street protests for a couple weeks I really hoped the protester would do their thing for a while and then go home. Not so surprisingly the protesters are still at it.
Since I’ve confessed before to listening to Glenn Beck, I look for George Soros under every rock. And since Beck warned us many months ago this type of protest was coming, driven by left wing organizations funded by Soros it’s only disappointing that Beck was right. Craig’s List ads recruiting folks to be paid protesters is a good indicator they’re not there on principle; paid bail and legal aid for protesters who are arrested, who are encouraged to do illegal acts so they will be arrested and food brought in to feed the protesters paid for by someone else are a few examples.
As I watch it happening, listening to the television interviews of some of the protesters it’s clear many of them are there just for the experience; not because of anything specific but because they want to be a part of it. Who can blame young folks for following a pied piper who promises a good time if they will just join the crowd?
At the same time I’m also hearing folks complaining to Wall Street about the lack of jobs; or that Capitalism is the root of all evil. On the one hand they blame business for not creating a job for them then they demonize the system that can create jobs. It’s clear that Economics 101 was not one of the classes they took in college.
And since a goodly number of the protesters are unemployed recent college graduates angry and afraid because life is not fair they are looking for someone to blame. It’s unfortunate that American History and Government weren’t classes they took either since then they might understand the role of government in our economic system.
I’m disappointed that college educated young people, out of ignorance, are focusing their anger on the system that could be their salvation. I’m disappointed that these kids are paying for an education but getting a meaningless diploma; and pay they will even if there are no jobs.
Which brings me to…
Many of the protesters didn’t pay for their educations yet, they borrowed the money to go to college and now that they are out, their lenders are expecting to be repaid.
The economy has been in the tank for three or four years now so these recent graduates should’ve had an inkling that the competition for jobs would be fierce yet they still went heavily into debt to get an education with little likelihood of getting a job when they graduated. And now, they are angry? Help me understand, what job you are hoping to land when you get your degree in Women’s Studies or Art History? Shouldn’t a job or career be a consideration for students if their “education” requires they take on so much debt?
Nobody forced them to borrow the money and maybe prudence might have suggested that in a recession they might choose a more conservative strategy but like some of their career choices poor judgment was wide spread and now they want to blame someone else.
It’s time for these kids to understand that the crappy economy has been crappy for all of us. You don’t have to be unemployed to understand the plight of Americans today, young and old. Many of us have learned the brutal lesson that when we make bad choices there is a reckoning; but we step up, we take our medicine and we move on.
If the protesters are serious about changing things so they will have jobs in the future they need to ask the companies they hoped would hire them why they don’t have jobs for them and listen carefully to their answers. More likely than not, the culprit will be too much government. Then the protesters can decide whether they are protesting in the right places. If you can’t figure out which companies to ask, you probably got your degree in the wrong field!
American businesses would like nothing better than to have jobs for every young person graduating from college today because that would signal that our government has gotten off their backs and the economy is moving productively again. If only we could convince the government to get with the program.
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