OWS wrong thinking

As you may have guessed from reading this blog my personal views run in the complete opposite direction as the "Occupy" "flea-baggers."  To be more blunt....I can't stand them.  Nothing but a bunch of self-serving, entitlement momma's boys who have been told all their lives that they are special for absolutely nothing.  Now that they are in the real world and find out that their twit mothers' were wrong and they really aren't special they don't know what to do...

But maybe I am wrong.  So, just for a moment, lets play devil's advocate.

*waves magic wand*  POOF!!!!  you all got your wish.  Every dollar that the so called "wealthy" have has been seized and given to the government.  Right now the government costs tens of billions a day to run and you insects want to up that bill with more entitlement programs and nanny-state give aways.  Let us say that there are several hundred "millionaires and billionaires" in this country.  There are more millionaires in that category than billionaires.  But let us again go with your best case scenario and say that every person in the "1%" is worth $1 billion.  If you confiscate every cent they have and give it to the government that is only about $300, I'll even be generous and say $500, billion.  That is enough money to run the government and its myriad of handouts for a month...maybe two.  Who are you going to take money from next month to pay for your welfare?

The people who you call the 1%, the wealthy are the business owners, the wealth creators.  By leaving them penniless you have eliminated their ability to make more wealth.  Also, since you have now seized and liquidated their businesses you have also destroyed billions of jobs for others.  Now since these are the innovators and risk takers of the country they could bounce back if given the chance.  But what would be the point?  As soon as they make a buck you idiots will demand they give that to you too.  So not only have you destroyed the wealth that currently exists, but you have also eliminated the desire to make more...all for the sake of running an unsustainable system for two months.

I like this game!  Lets do it again.  Devil's advocate take two...

You say "Ok. Fine."  Lets not give the money to the federal government.  Lets still soak the rich and give all the money to "the people."  Lets run the math again.  You still have the same pool of money of the "1%."  We will again go with the optimistic number of $500 billion.  The population of the US currently sits at about 312,000,000,000.  Congratulations!  You have now increased every body's wealth by less than $2!  And you still have the problem that you have now destroyed all ability to create wealth in this country and any incentive to to do so anyway.

That's two scenarios down...how about a third!

You say "OK...FINE!!!"  Lets give the money to a select few "right people" that will use it properly.  Who decides these people?  And then how do they decide the "correct" way to use it?  Also,  these new owners of wealth are now the "1%"  Congratulations!!  Does your ideology suddenly stop just because you now have the wealth?  That's a pretty shallow ethos.  And if you still believe in your re-distributionist methods you should have no problem handing over your new gotten wealth when someone else says that you are now the 1% and they deserve to have your money, right?  You are just going to give them your money with a smile and a handshake?

*waits for an answer and listens to the silence.  Also sees the truth on your face*  I thought not.

The truth you do not want to admit is that who has the money is not the problem.  You are just jealous its not you.  Instead of actually working to make your own wealth, you just whine and complain until someone gives you something.  I'm sorry that your parents lied to you that doing nothing makes you special.  Doing nothing makes you a lazy piece of shit!  You don't deserve anything especially if it comes from someone who actually worked and earned what they have.

The biggest and original complaint of the "Occupy" crowd was their student loans and that they couldn't  find a job.  I agree with that much.  Big Education is an eye sore and a drain on the country...but that is another blog.  Maybe you shouldn't take such useless major's as Women's Studies, or Bi-sexual Asian Cultures, or whatever government approved degree you have.  I'm in the boat with you.  I took Anthropology/Archeology only to find a limited job market.  Now, six years later, I am not even using that degree.  The difference is that I'm not bitching!  I don't think that anyone else should pay for my poor choice in education.  I'm not asking for a hand out.  I got a steady job to provide for my family while I go back to school for something more useful even though it will mean more student loans and debt.  It is just the right thing to do.  You make decisions and live with the consequences.  If they are mistakes, you take your licks and pick yourself back up and try again.


**UPDATE!!** 1/06/12

I did some research and found some real numbers provided by the IRS, Dept. of Labor Statistics and other Gov't groups.  Now the most current tax numbers available are from 2010, but the spending numbers for 2011 are available, so it will not be an exact comparison but it will be close enough.

In 2011, the federal government spent $3.789 Trillion dollars on all its entitlements and regulations which was $1.615 Trillion more than it raised.  In 2010, the "1%" had a total gross income of $1.685 trillion from 1,399,606 positive returns, meaning that many people that made money instead of having a loss for the year.  So, even if you Occupados get your dearest wish and take the "1%" for all they are worth, you are not even funding the federal government for half the year.

And, again, you run into the same problems afterwards (see above).   Namely, if you take everything the "1%" has, you eliminate their ability to earn anything at all.  So, in 8 months who are you going to soak next?