# Occupy Wallstreet

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**Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647 "2011-09-29T12:57:52Z")
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### Author: ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2011, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647/41 "2011-10-04T05:58:06Z")

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> [@major drug bust in northtowns](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/major-drug-bust-in-northtowns/45797/10):
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> They make that money only because they are allowed to make that money and thanks to lobbyists they put themselves into a very healthy position.
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> 90% of people has a boss that tells them how much they make, for corporations the boss is the government. **Imagine if you had your own personal lobbyist to go to your boss and negotiate a sweet employment deal. Wouldn’t that be nice.**
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> Of course they are paying more, how is that nor relevant? If you’re using %, which is the standard now for taxing everywhere, it’s simple math. More you make, more you pay. Are you seriously telling me that’s unfair?
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> All that proves is that they are doing so extremely well that even without raising the tax, at the agreed % level their record earnings are bringing most tax income, while middle class is paid so poorly that the % rate for them brings in shit.

They do that all the time. It’s called being in a union.

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