Did the MSM purposely under report Occupy Oakland General Strike turnout?? 7,000 vs. 100,000

And what exactly do the people win?

The elite, the so called 1% are far more dependent on the system to remain intact than the absolute poorest of the poor are. With the system gone, so is their wealth. That is the thing about wealth centered on a fiat currency. When no one believes in the supposed value, it becomes valueless.

The demands that I have heard: Free Education, Free Housing, Free Jobs (at a higher rate of pay), Free Redistribution of Wealth, Free This and Free That all come at a price.

And that price is that the very system that these 1% depend on in order to retain their wealth will indeed continue on. In fact, will have to expand. So let me ask this simple question: Who is really benefitting the most should these Occupy Movements succeed?

I don't think it is me. And before the assumption comes out about if I am in the 1%, consider this...In this year I was unemployed for the first 8 months and cashed in my 401K (what was left of them) in order to just keep a roof over my head. I am working now. Two jobs in fact. And within 6 months, I may be able to recover from the lost income. Rather than sit and complain, I found a small part time job and start busting my butt on the weekend until I could find a weekday job. I do both and clear roughly $500-$600 a week after taxes. Not much, but given that for the first eight months I did what I could to get by be it skipping meals or sitting in the dark without the benefit electricity, internet nor phone for some periods. So I may be able to save $700-$1000 a month if I chose to not spend it on frivolities.

Demands to people that don't know you are the epitome of self-serving greed. Of course they won't listen. I have little remorse in not selling beer to anyone that cannot produce an ID proving they are over 21. The consequences are that I pay a huge fine and risk my employer losing his license which would put three shops in this town alone out of business. Sure I hear the sob stories of how they just want a beer and it isn't hurting anyone. But the point is that everything in this world is often times bigger than yourself and what you can see from your own perspective.

Sure the system is rigged by the people that make the rules. But the beauty of the system is that you have the opportunity to try to carve out a slice for yourself. It take luck and work and yes you can fail. The trick is to not to try to reinvent the wheel. Take fast food as an example, none of the big names produce an honest to god tasty hamburger and french fries that don't taste like they were carved from a block of salt. Wendy's has a good burger and McDonald's has halfway decent fries. Be the one that provides both for a reasonable price and you will compete with them both. Do the same thing and they will crush you. Overprice your meal and the public will go elsewhere as well. Sure it takes start up capital that you either have or will have to borrow. Don't like the banking practices then go to each and every protester in Oakland. Explain what you want to do and ask if they will give you a dollar to make that plan come true. You will have between $7000-$100,000 start up if you plan is solid enough for the person to give you a dollar.

The system is there, but there are ways around it. And it is all valid and legal as a one dollar gift is not taxable income. In fact, if your goal is to be the President you can fill out the paperwork and it is called campaign contributions.