DeMint op-ed: The most surreal article I've ever seen

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http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20111016/OPINION/310160022/Wall-Street-occupiers-really-need-occupations

Wall Street occupiers really need occupations
12:40 AM, Oct. 16, 2011

By Jim DeMint
GUEST COLUMN
Jim DeMint, a Republican from Greenville, represents South Carolina in the U.S. Senate.

Occupy Wall Street has a fitting name. One of the meanings of occupy is “to take control of” and the Obama administration has been taking control of the economy for years — to terrible effect.

The “occupiers,” many of whom have supported Obama’s liberal agenda, are an apt symbol of the Obama economy. They truly believed President Barack Obama’s promises to create millions of jobs, but are now unemployed or underemployed because those promises never came true. Now they want someone to blame other than themselves or Obama.

If you listen to their complaints, you’ll hear deeply-seated worries about personal debt, mostly incurred from student loans, housing and health-care expenses. Desperate and lacking the paychecks needed to pay down their debt, they fault Wall Street. But, their grievances should be directed at Washington. Washington is where heavy-handed regulations and interventionist policies are perversely driving up costs and transforming workers into liabilities rather than assets, making it harder for employers to hire.

Just look at the plight of young Americans entering this miserable job market. In 2010, student loan debt outpaced credit card debt for the first time. Why? Since 1982, costs of attending college have increased over 439 percent, which happens to correspond with a nearly identical 414 percent increase in federal aid for college students since 1980.

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Surreal, eh? This fucker doesn't even have a clue what an asshole he is.

[Chiquitita]

1. This is the new meme

CoffeeCat has a great thread on this -- they are trying to link the Occupy movement to the White House.

[Fuzz]

2. "Since 1982, costs of attending college have increased over 439 percent, which happens to correspond

with a nearly identical 414 percent increase in federal aid for college students since 1980."

Imagine that!

[abelenkpe]

3. We have student loan debt because the government tried to help more attain an education

So please ask government to stop helping kids get a college degree and feed wall street and wars instead.

[blogslut]

4. That man must be so very limber.

Look how he twists himself into a pretzel in order to justify the fact that he's a complete slave to the billionaires.

[CTyankee]

5. He's just naturally that way. Jim DeMint is insane.

[AnnieBW]

6. Um, that's the point, DeMentor...

They DON'T have "occupations" because there are none to be had! Because you and your ilk are more concerned about political games and attacking a woman's right to choose than passing legislation to help Americans get jobs!

Fucking doofus.

[MisterP]

7. amusingly, OWS is quite against most of Obama's economic policy

hence the focus on coddling banks, unemployment, student loans, and healthcare