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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:42 AM Original message |
What If the Soon To Be Benefitless 2,000,000 Unemployed Americans Took To Panhandling? |
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Delphinus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. What if they |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. It Needs To Be Peaceful And Lawful |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Don't condemn it to uselessness right out of the gate |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
59. What if they marched on Washington, like Coxey's Army (1896) and the Bonus Army (1932)? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. Great question. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
30. the honor goes to the person with a gun |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Yea thats why I listen to music and watch movie clips. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. i listen to music too |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
4. They'd probably be arrested |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Arrest Fifteen Million People? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Arrest 15,000,000? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Who Is Going To Take Care Of Their Families? Social Services Is Already Overwhelmed |
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katnapped (938 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Govermint got plenty of room |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If You Have To Put The Poor In Concentration Camps You Have Ended A Civil And Orderly Society |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
5. We don't need no more steenkin Palinhandlers |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
7. They don't care if you have a sign....... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. There Would Be Chaos If You Had Fifteen Million People |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. There would be no chaos.... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I Just Think With Those Numbers |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Republicans would use it as an excuse to bring back poor farms. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Back To My Original Point |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:28 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. One word, dear DemocratSinceBirth: Palin. We're already a joke. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:33 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. France Had LePen (Sp) Russia Had Zhirnowski (Sp) |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I actually agree with you, but would the world see? |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
11. It's a great idea. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. What if they took to taking pitchforks to DC? |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. At least one of the freeper types thinks that MAGICALLY all these people will get a job and go back |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:57 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. And who was that idjit |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. How Can You Save When All Your Money Goes To Non-Discretionary Spending? |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Oh, who knows? |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
19. Overstretched State & Private Services... |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
26. What if they take to rioting |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:33 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Street Theater>Violence |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. they should sell drugs or become prostitutes |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
29. double |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:47 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. The Latter Is Definitely A Victimless Crime |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
32. Stock in Tazer, Inc., Wackenhut and Prisons For Profit, Inc. are going up up up! |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
33. I think the Government would respond by erecting new street signs |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. I Am Underemployed And My Girlfriend Is Unemployed |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
35. I have never known a time in this country ... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
53. I remember when it was so rare that we gave them something every time |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. In front of their local Congressional/Senatorial offices. |
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bluetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
38. Everybody ready for the crime rate to soar? |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
39. They will make it illegal to panhandle ...just like they did in St. Pete and Orlando. The news... |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Millions Of Panhandlers Would Literally Overwhelm The Criminal Justice System |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 06:32 PM Response to Reply #45 |
51. How are you going to get them all in one area? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 06:14 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. That's The Point |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
40. They should ALL meet on the steps of Congress to do so. n/t |
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ChoppinBroccoli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. What If They Stormed The Bastille............ |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
46. What if they started building guillotines? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
47. what if they went and sat on the steps of congress |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. better yet |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:35 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. You rock! nt |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
48. If that were to happen laws would be passed to outlaw panhandling. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. Echoes of history |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-01-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. America already IS a laughingstock. This will make it a disgrace. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 07:20 AM Response to Original message |
55. I'd prefer if they take to the streets |
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Buns_of_Fire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 09:49 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. That would probably even create a few jobs... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-02-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. They'll live off the fat of the land! |
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