PIC of OWS PROTEST SIGN: NYPD is a layoff away from joining us!!!

[yurbud]

We need more signs like this to get more reactions like the cop nearest to him.



http://twitpic.com/6s2g4a

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. :)

[sakabatou]

2. I like that one

:D

[Initech]

3. Win!!

[UrbScotty]

4. I bet you if they could, many of them WOULD join OWS.

[JI7]

5. cute, i was thinking signs about how police don't get paid as much as they should

because we need to give wealthy tax breaks and other welfare would be good also.

but the message needs to be short and to the point similar to the one in the OP.

[Marazinia]

6. He certainly seems to be thinking it over!

To whoever took that photo: :toast:

[yurbud]

7. or how Wall St wants to raid their pensions too

[donheld]

8. Would it be wrong of me to copy that

change the NYPD for DPD (Denver Police Department) and take it to Occupy Denver?

[MrMickeysMom]

9. Yep... except...

They have more options for long term employment...

municipal employment

prisons

foreign wars...


Hey, at least military offers full employment and HEY>.... look at those benies!!!!!

[yurbud]

11. Obama gave the military a reason to join OWS: pension ''reform'' that diverts it to Wall St.

It appears that when the current administration talks about cutting defense, they don't mean cutting endless wars, or corrupt contracts with connected corporations--they want to privatize (which means give to Wall Street) the troops pensions. At least that's what Secretary of Defense Leon Pannetta said recently at National Defense University citing a plan by an advisory board of corporate suits.

It would be no surprise if the Republicans proposed this, given their constant schemes to undermine and privatize Social Security, but if Obama and Democrats in Congress embrace and push for this, there would be no surer sign that care more about obeying Wall Street than winning elections.

The ''reform'' would change military retirement from a guaranteed amount based on rank and available immediately when they retire after 20 or 30 years of service to a 401K type plan than wouldn't be available until they are 60. One military group did the math and it would end up costing an E-7 $1.6 MILLION over the course of their retirement, an 85% cut.

This is a classic corporate move on a couple of levels: reducing and/or stealing employees pensions, and by saying currently serving troops would be spared the change is a standard union-busting move--divide and conquer future vs. current employees.

http://professorsmartass.blogspot.com/2011/08/fire-def-sec-panetta-for-threat-to.html">FULL TEXT with links

[MrMickeysMom]

13. "That might have been why troops donated to Obama 6:1...

... over McCain in 2008 (besides the mistaken impression that he was anti-war)!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Wow...the 2 policemen's poses really speak volumes.

Very powerful picture, 1,000 words indeed.

[bklyncowgirl]

12. I took part in that big march they had a few weeks ago--most of the cops were very positive.

They had their job to do and with a few exception did it without malice. One demonstrator was screaming invective at the cops--a couple of OWS organizers got her to shut up. There was one or two cops who insisted on acting like assholes of course but most were carefully neutral or even friendly. I overheard one cop telling a demonstrator that if he was off duty and could get away without being recognized he'd be out with us. Those who chose to do civil disobedience were as far as I could tell given fair warning.