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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
My paternal grandfather came to NYC in 1911 -- he was 11 years old and came from Czarist Russia. Louis pushed a cart in the streets of NYC peddling new men's socks and underwear. He bought his own pushcart and some inventory and became his own boss in a few years.
He became a pattern cutter in the NYC Garment district. He ended up owning a factory that made high-end lady's sportswear.
He retired in 1948 at 49 years old.
What is OWS about?
It's should be about really having a fair shake in America like America gave my Grandfather.
There is little left of the garment district in NYC. The jobs making clothing and cloth in the textile mills in the south -- those jobs were not the best but they helped America become great -- those jobs are gone and the semi-skilled to skilled jobs that the aspiring lower middle class needed to get ahead are mostly gone now.
FDR sold the "New Deal" maybe the OWS should be selling the "Fair Deal" a chance to make it -- the same thing that brought my Grandfather to Ellis Island ...
30K yesterday in just NYC marching , the estimated 700K watching world-wide and the mainstream media was not covering the "events" live -- why? Who owns TV and Cable ... |
your grandfather would be embarrassed by your support of ows.
for every protester begging for a handout, there's someone like your grandfather working his way to the top.
back in 1911 there was no income tax, no unemployment benefits, no welfare, standard oil was a bigger, more powerful monopoly than ANYTHING we have now, the list goes on and on yet you think today's beggars (uh, protesters) have it hard but your grandfather had a fair shake?
wow
