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Sounds like Wall Street influence on Government action which is exactly what these protests are about. It's not a Business vs. Government perspective.
Sure. While he was at it, perhaps he should have looked into his crystal ball as well. A college freshman should have the insight to know what's going to be in demand 4-6 years out?
90k of debt is now manageable with a Wal-Mart gig? Maybe I'm in the wrong profession.
Sounds like Wall Street influence on Government action which is exactly what these protests are about. It's not a Business vs. Government perspective.
Still sounds like a problem with government.
Really? Politicians regulate to enrich themselves
Really? Lobbyists lobby to enrich the politicians and get the favors back.
Who pays the lobbyists?
Partially. The corruptor also shares responsibility.
Well, four years ago, I could have told you that lawyers wouldn't have job waiting for them. Yet, they continued to stream into law school
Yes, people need to give considerable thought into their future before they borrow money to get an education.
Maybe you shouldn't have gotten into $90K of debt before you knew how you were going to pay it back. And, $90K of debt is now manageable on a protesters salary?
Sorry, I've never relied on credit...except for my mortgage. And, I wouldn't have done that if houses weren't so goddamned expensive. As it is, I'm paying off a 15-year fixed rate in about 7 years.
Personal anecdotes FTW
It's a problem of government's relationship with Wall Street.
Wow...
A response in 8 minutes.
Did you try to find a job in that time frame?
Well, he works for me. I like him and think he is presidential material.
No .
Here people are, protesting Wall Street, when they really don't recognize the scam the education system can be. Besides, was the $90k debt towards a field that was in demand at the time, and projected to be in demand in the years later?
I don't know how many times I have noticed hyped ads over the years for an education in "X, Y , or Z," just to see in the years later, the grand design was to get a abundance of qualified graduates, so the wages could be lowered.
You're not persuading me. Of the two, which has the power to force the other to act?
Back to the OP topic...
Lawrence O’Donnell lectures Herman Cain on how to be black in the segregated South
Link to the entire interview at the site.Where do you think black people would be sitting on the bus today if Rosa Parks had followed your father’s advice [for Herman not to make trouble if told to sit in the back of the bus; my note, Cain was 9 years old at the time of Parks' act of defiance.]
You watched black college students from around the country and white college students from around the country come to the south and be murdered, fighting for the rights of African-Americans; do you regret sitting on the sidelines at that time?
And this...
The Herman Cain Story
Which ponders the question of why the "experts" are saying Cain is unelectable.
It also links to another blog that reprinted a readers e-mail recounting Cain's experience.
Cain is, by far, the most qualified person to seek the office in several generations.Herman Cain is running for president. He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.
Here’s his bio:
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science.
• Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).
• Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.ENTAL
• VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).
All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers!
• Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.
• Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it profitable in 14 months.
• In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.
• He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.
Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!
• Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.
• Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.
After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time!
• Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You're Stupid.
• Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).
He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life—including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking—Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.
I'm a Cracker for Cain!
"Cain is, by far, the most qualified person to seek the office in several generations."
YOU LIE
An honest listen to a few of his soundbytes should cure what ails you.
Agreed. Yet he remains unelectable.
His soundbytes are no worse than any other politician on either side of the aisle. You could assemble 3 hours of Obama soundbytes that make him look like an absolute idiot but, alas, he was elected -- even when he lacked the basic qualifications to be an executive.
I agreed with you when Cain was at 8% just like I thought Obama was unelectable when he trailed Hillary Clinton.
Things change.
I think more attention only makes Cain a stronger candidate, not a weaker one.
I'm a Cracker for Cain!
True, but unlike Obamas bytes, Cains need not be cherry-picked. There's a steady dose of "WTF" in virtually every sentence.
Sure, but once gotten it needs to be the correct kind of attention. Here is where his mouth will ultimately betray him.
Were you also a Cracker for Godfathers Pizza?
Cain will wilt under close scrutiny, not bloom, just like Jimmy Ricky propaganda and lies about TX exposed him as a dumb fraud.
He'll need $1B+ to win. The Repug/VRWC moneybags won't give it to him.
We disagree. But, oh well. Whatever Cain is saying that turns you off, he has successfully turned more than one business around, bringing it back from the brink and making it successful.
If his ideas work that, I'm willing to let him try them out on government. I don't care how crazy you think he sounds.
We shall see.
Not a big pizza eater.
I like Cain because he is the only candidate out there with the balls to take on our ed up tax system. 999 is clean, simple, and easily enforceable. Congress would REALLY hate it.
ppl complaining, maybe shouldve throught about a career in politics, thats where the money and incentives are at, have you seen some of the packages they get compared to ur private industry worker...fkn these guys give themselves raises more then CPI inflation, yet when the avg person goes ask for a pay rise, they get the gtfo look.
It's also the gateway to a FairTax system where the federal government is completely funded by a consumption tax.
9 9 9
cost shifts taxes from 1%, wealthy, corps to the 99%
Yep. Without tax loopholes to sell off, how are congresscritters supposed to attract campaign contributions?
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