Peter Schiff is at Occupy Wall Street!

[specsaregood]

Man, when schiff dropped the "there is nothing immoral about greed" bomb, you could see jaws dropping. way to go schiff!

 

[nobody's_hero]

This is surprisingly much more civil than I expected.

 

[dannno]

I can't wait to see the vids, but he is NOT the 1%.

 

[low preference guy]

I can't wait to see the vids, but he is NOT the 1%.

who cares. whatever gets people attention.

 

[musicmax]

Man, when schiff dropped the "there is nothing immoral about greed" bomb, you could see jaws dropping. way to go schiff!

 

[AdamT]

Damn looks like peeps are lovin him!

 

[AdamT]

LOL FF to 15:00 where Schiff pwns some leftist dude from Madison, WI so hard!

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17999453

 

[Rosenzweig]

Peter Schiff should write a book on the economic history of America. A lot of people are confused about the history of regulation, "deregulation", the income tax, and other economic topics. I liked it when he cleared up the misconception that Americans actually paid 70% tax rates and such.

 

[kuckfeynes]

He's nowhere near the biggest dogs, but he is most definitely in the top 1%.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/20/news/economy/occupy_wall_street_income/

 

[dannno]

who cares. whatever gets people attention.

Ya, those were great vids, I wish I could give Peter Schiff a +rep

 

[dannno]

He's nowhere near the biggest dogs, but he is most definitely in the top 1%.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/20/news/economy/occupy_wall_street_income/

He is not the 1% that the movement refers to.

99% is not an exact figure, and it isn't dependent completely on wages. It's more about who controls the economy.

 

[Roxi]

Oh my goodness. I didn't realize Peter Schiff could get MORE awesome.

 

[Roxi]

Hmmm I think lew Rockwell and the mises crowd should road trip it there and set up shop with video cameras too.

They could bring jack hunter, Kane, and Val Venis as body guards if need be.

Jack Hunter a body guard? Have you seen Jack Hunter?

 

[PaulConventionWV]

I think Schiff has it wrong. OWS is more anti-corporatist than anti-capitalist.

That's your opinion... based on?

 

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

Peter Schiff should write a book on the economic history of America. A lot of people are confused about the history of regulation, "deregulation", the income tax, and other economic topics. I liked it when he cleared up the misconception that Americans actually paid 70% tax rates and such.

Seems like all the leftists have the same talking points:

- "In the 50's, the rich paid 70%, and we were prosperous!"
- "Reagan deregulation caused the bubble!!"
- "It was the repeal of Glass-Steaglal!"
- "Govt spending and WW2 ended the depression!"

 

[TheBlackPeterSchiff]

Left wing loons never blame the government for selling out but keep blaming the special interest for lobbying for the special privileges. Peter couldn't have said it any clearer in regards to the government selling out their power yet these people keep missing the point. I think deep down, these people like crony capitalism but it's just that they want entities that they like to get that special privilege. (example: green energy, unions, student loans).

It's great that Peter is down there talking with these folks but i think these folks are a lost cause.

They like crony capitalism, they just want their cronies getting the checks.

 

[dannno]

I think Schiff has it wrong. OWS is more anti-corporatist than anti-capitalist.

That's your opinion... based on?

Um, ok, it is clear that neither of you watched the videos before posting. Although I am also guilty of the same thing, as you can see above, I hope that both of you watch the videos and see what is really going on at these protests. PaulConventionWV, Peter Schiff basically blasts all of your arguments to hell in these videos, so I really hope you watch them.

Peter Schiff asks everybody about whether they are anti-capitalist, marxist, etc.. and ALL of them, even the leftists, say that the marxists are a "fringe" element and the vast majority there are pro-capitalism.. They even did straw polls among the surrounding groups of people and found that most had no problem with capitalism. They had a problem with the banks and corporations getting govt. to do their dirty work, and so this allowed Peter Schiff to plant some important ideas in their mind.

Peter and the surrounding groups both agree that the media is trying to paint them all as leftist/marxist/fringe elements and that ONE OF THE REASONS WHY PETER SCHIFF WAS ASKING THEM WAS TO CLEAR UP THESE MISCONCEPTIONS.

 

[GreenBulldog]

Wow...ballsy, quick, and principled...Peter Schiff looked bigger and brighter than Ron Paul in those videos...And anyone looking better than Ron is rare.

...Of course Ron is better in total though, of course.

 

[PaulConventionWV]

Everybody that has been smearing these people as hardcore socialists should be watching this. These guys are denying that and saying they are pro-capitalism.

That's little to rejoice over. Most of the people still want more government.

 

[Wesker1982]

BALLS