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Henry: Lazy Occupiers Want Freebies

Perhaps the biggest thorn in my side about this whole “occupy” movement is a phone call to a Boise-based radio show I read about. This young man, let’s call him Bobby, was upset that businessmen and other executives drive fancy cars that he can’t afford because he works as a cart pusher at Walmart. He wanted to know when he would get “his” Bentley. Well, you know what, Bobby? You’ll get “your” Bentley when you work hard and earn it and quit being an sniveling, entitled little punk. Despite our tough economic times America is still the land of opportunity, and unlike myself who has worked hard to create my own opportunities, you want yours to be handed to you on a silver platter by Uncle Obama the minute you walk off the college graduation stage. Guess what? That’s not going to happen/Henry Johnston, Moscow-Pullman Daily News. More here.

Question: Is Henry analyzing Occupy movement correctly -- as a bunch of lazy individuals who want their Bentleys without having to work for them?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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