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You are here: Home / Organizing & Resistance / #OWS / Rick Perry to OWS Protestors: “Money is highly overrated.”

Rick Perry to OWS Protestors: “Money is highly overrated.”

by Imani Gandy (ABL)|  November 1, 20119:55 pm| 84 Comments

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 Rick Perry is ridiculous:

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Tuesday advised protesters in the Occupy movement to worry less about income inequality.

“You know, we have young people who are today occupying Wall Street, that there are some people out there that are making too much money,” the Texas governor said at an education forum in Des Moines, Iowa. “And if somebody were to ask me what the best advice that I could give them? It would be that money is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world.”

“It’s good to have some,” he admitted. “Because I’ve been without and I’ve had some, and it’s better to have some.”

Lay off the sauce, buddy.

[via Raw Story]

[cross-posted at Angry Black Lady Chronicles]
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  1. 1.

    MikeJ

    November 1, 2011 at 10:00 pm

    4. People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices.

    Lemony Snicket

  2. 2.

    RareSanity

    November 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Mo’ money, mo’ problems…

    However, when you have no money, you only really have one BIG problem.

  3. 3.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:01 pm

    Looovee, ABL.

  4. 4.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    but have to say, drunk Rick Perry is teh awesome!

  5. 5.

    Linnaeus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:05 pm

    Money is overrated, eh?

    Then let’s talk about dealing with that whole capitalist system that prioritizes the making of money. No, you say? Yeah, that’s what I thought.

  6. 6.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    From his point of view, he’s right. From theirs, he’s wrong. Another $10K/year probably wouldn’t mean a thing to a governor. To a struggling twentysomething with $80K in student loans it would mean a lot.

    And the point isn’t so much that some people have and make a lot of dough, it’s that they’re shirking their responsibility to contribute to the cost of government. It’s not that they have so much, but that they pay so little of it in taxes.

  7. 7.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    repeat after me:

    the rich are not the problem. the worshippers of the rich are the problem.

  8. 8.

    Cat Lady

    November 1, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Rick Perry talking about OWS AT ALL means that OWS has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams, and to make their point for them by being a clueless fucktard about being in the 1% is just pure win for OWS and ultimately the country.

  9. 9.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    Paraphrasing Sophie Tucker. “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor — and believe me, rich is better.”

  10. 10.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    was that Sophie Tucker?

  11. 11.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    wait. who’s sophie tucker?

  12. 12.

    scav

    November 1, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    And the obvious, if so, then why are you’ll so het up about possibly giving some of the not-so-important-stuff to the government?

  13. 13.

    piratedan

    November 1, 2011 at 10:12 pm

    hey Governor Perry, your campaign….. also overrated.

  14. 14.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    @Little Boots: Vaudeville entertainer about 80 years ago-ish.

  15. 15.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    @piratedan:

    and your governorship, and your state, and your party.

  16. 16.

    Chris

    November 1, 2011 at 10:14 pm

    @Cat Lady:

    Rick Perry talking about OWS AT ALL means that OWS has succeeded beyond my wildest dreams, and to make their point for them by being a clueless fucktard about being in the 1% is just pure win for OWS and ultimately the country.

    What I love is the number of them who’ve spoken out just to say how unimportant and silly and unserious OWS was and how it wouldn’t last and didn’t matter at all and wasn’t anything like the Glorious Tea Party… etc.

    Like Nixon telling the public that he hadn’t even watched the anti-Vietnam marches when in reality he was going ape-shit.

  17. 17.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 1, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    Wow. 15 new threads since lunch. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t keep up, so I’ll just drink wine the rest of the night.

  18. 18.

    Martin

    November 1, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    It would be that money is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world

    Oh, okay. Then if education, health, public safety, and so on are by comparison underrated relative to money, then we should have noooooooo problem raising taxes on the rich to pay for that stuff.

    I hope Obama is keeping a copy of all of this stuff in his iPad, just in case.

  19. 19.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    ya know, I thought he’d lose. I thought with this economy he had no chance. then the Republicans started nominating people and … suddenly it all seems so different.

  20. 20.

    Svensker

    November 1, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    @Little Boots:

    wait. who’s sophie tucker?

    John Lennon’s favorite group.

    Ba dum dum.

    I just dated myself horribly.

  21. 21.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    November 1, 2011 at 10:20 pm

    @MikeJ: It should sting being called out by Lemony Snicket in advance.

  22. 22.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:21 pm

    @Svensker:

    wait, I just got that.

    Okay, we’re both dated.

  23. 23.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:24 pm

    what no sophie you tubes?

  24. 24.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 1, 2011 at 10:27 pm

    ABL’s first line was my reaction to the headline.

    If money is highly overrated, then why is the parasite overclass so set against actually paying for the social infrastructure that benefits them?

    My experience in the private sector tells me that ordinary people, 99% types, pay their bills (mostly) on time, and understand that the services provided to them cost money, and they’re expected to help offset that. 1% types, on the other hand, consistently expect freebies.

  25. 25.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    you know who should check in here and chat?

    ABL.

  26. 26.

    Bullsmith

    November 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    Paris Hilton is a job creator. The guy who drives your kids to school is a worthless freeloader who’s lucky he gets paid at all, much less gets a “lunch” break. Since when did driving a bus require three meals? It’s not like he has to get his fat ass off the bus. He should be paid less and taxed more. There are rich people who need that money to create jobs, or statues of themselves, whatever God tells them in the moment.

    This used to be sarcasm, even satire. Now it’s the definition of bipartisanship.

  27. 27.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm

    @Chris:

    Like Nixon telling the public that he hadn’t even watched the anti-Vietnam marches when in reality he was going ape-shit.

    Not the first (or the last) time Tricky Dick lied.

    “I am not a crook.”

  28. 28.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:30 pm

    you all disappoint me terribly.

    terribly.

  29. 29.

    Martin

    November 1, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: It’s a tautology. The rich are rich because they don’t spend their money.

    That’s why job creators/trickle down is such bullshit.

  30. 30.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:31 pm

    can I be patriotic, and out of context?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puVmKfCwb4M

  31. 31.

    pete mack

    November 1, 2011 at 10:33 pm

    If you are looking for candidates separated at birth from blue-clad comic characters, look no further than Mitt Romney and The Tick.
    • can’t remember past beyond last 3 years
    • Loves to show off oversized chin
    • caricature of type, rather than genuine article

  32. 32.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    @pete mack: The Tick is amusing; Romney is not. Not a perfect match.

  33. 33.

    handy

    November 1, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Shorter Rick Perry:

    Are there no prisons? Union workhouses, poor law in full vigour, etc.

    Merry Christmas Governor.

  34. 34.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:39 pm

    everybody loves Numa, don’t they?

  35. 35.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    @Little Boots: No.

  36. 36.

    Chris

    November 1, 2011 at 10:41 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    My experience in the private sector tells me that ordinary people, 99% types, pay their bills (mostly) on time, and understand that the services provided to them cost money, and they’re expected to help offset that. 1% types, on the other hand, consistently expect freebies.

    In my case, it’s not even private sector experience, it’s something I noticed in college. The group of friends I ended up in spanned the spectrum fairly well from dirt poor to filthy rich, with both liberals and conservatives in it: out of all of us, the absolute wealthiest one (who was also a Republican) was, to the best of my knowledge, also the only one whose family felt entitled to cheat on their taxes. (To the tune of something like six million dollars in an offshore Cayman account, something she proclaimed without a trace of embarrassment).

    That seems to be more or less the standard.

  37. 37.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    so sad. so bitter.

    numa makes everyone happy, or should.

  38. 38.

    handy

    November 1, 2011 at 10:43 pm

    @Little Boots:

    I’m partial to dramatic squirrel myself.

  39. 39.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    @Little Boots: It’s actually Romanian.

  40. 40.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:46 pm

    what is this dramatic squirrel you speak of?

  41. 41.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    and I’m okay with that.

    why must you hate Romania?

    hater.

  42. 42.

    Steve

    November 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    Money sure isn’t everything… but it’s definitely not overrated.

  43. 43.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    @pete mack:

    Perry’s more like Megaton Man to me. And in 12 months he’ll be just as obscure.

  44. 44.

    handy

    November 1, 2011 at 10:47 pm

    @Little Boots:

    Wait you’re not talking about this?

    ETA: based on your last response to OO you are. In which case, this will explain all

  45. 45.

    piratedan

    November 1, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    @handy: “hey Rocky! Wanna watch me make a stupid campaign statement? Nothing up my sleeves…..”

  46. 46.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:50 pm

    @Little Boots: The soon-to-be-ex-Mme Omnibus is Romanian. I don’t hate Romania; I just do not necessarily care to be reminded. You asked.

  47. 47.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    @handy:

    close, needs more hot sailor. or:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGRN_M8QHMg

  48. 48.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:51 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    my tact is legendary

    bad.

  49. 49.

    handy

    November 1, 2011 at 10:52 pm

    @Little Boots:

    In the immortal words of Steve Jobs, “OH WOW”

  50. 50.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 10:54 pm

    @Little Boots: It’s okay. FWIW my hatred of that song is entirely independent of, and preexisted by years, the divorce.

  51. 51.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    admittedly, most straight guys do.

    seriously, sorry about your trubbles.

  52. 52.

    Omnes Omnibus

    November 1, 2011 at 11:01 pm

    @Little Boots: ‘S okay. If you actually want interesting Romanian music, check out Zdob si Zdub.

  53. 53.

    Mark S.

    November 1, 2011 at 11:03 pm

    I wonder if this is why abstinence education’s been such a rousing success in Texas.

    “And if somebody were to ask me what the best advice that I could give them? It would be that sex is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world.

    “Don’t do sex, kids.”

  54. 54.

    MikeJ

    November 1, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    @Mark S.:

    “And if somebody were to ask me what the best advice that I could give them? It would be that sex is probably the most highly overrated thing in the world.

    Lemony Snickit:

    People who say sex doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few pieces.

  55. 55.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:05 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    okay, I’m drunk, so I’m brave enough to ask.

    how did you meet a Romanian. What was she like?

  56. 56.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 11:09 pm

    Over rated or under rated?
    Chuck Klosterman’s 10 Most Accurately Rated Bands

  57. 57.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:10 pm

    omnes what is going on here?

    Is it doug’s fault?

    cause I’m okay with that.

  58. 58.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:13 pm

    okay, everyone post their favorite numa.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=ig7I2L-zndM

  59. 59.

    MikeJ

    November 1, 2011 at 11:14 pm

    @RossInDetroit: Matthew Sweet *does* in fact have one perfect song per album. The rest of them are 99% perfect. But what do I know? I like My Bloody Valentine.

    Thank gopod he didn’t drag Big Star into this.

  60. 60.

    MikeBoyScout

    November 1, 2011 at 11:16 pm

    You know what else is over rated?

    The IQ of Texas Republican governors.

  61. 61.

    handy

    November 1, 2011 at 11:18 pm

    @RossInDetroit:

    About My Bloody Valentine:

    Loveless sold about 200,000 copies. This is the correct number of people on earth who should be invested in the concept of swirling guitars.

    That is pure win right there.

    Also the New Radicals, I actually did think it was a Todd Rundgren song when I first heard it.

  62. 62.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    can we yell at doug yet?

  63. 63.

    fasteddie9318

    November 1, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    I was planning to do a shot for every lie Condi told during her interview with Stewart, but I was hunched over the toilet, blitzed out of my skull 45 seconds in. She’s got to hold some kind of fucking land speed record for being a lying piece of shit.

  64. 64.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    @MikeJ:

    Girlfriend is probably one of the perfect pop songs of all time. There’s just nothing about it that isn’t sparklingly excellent. And I’ve spent quite a while looking.

    RIP Alex Chilton.

  65. 65.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    can we at least like numa?

  66. 66.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    omnes, you did not answer.

  67. 67.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    @RossInDetroit:

    post, please.

  68. 68.

    Redshift

    November 1, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    @fasteddie9318: There is no drinking game involving Republicans that will not end either in stone cold sobriety or alcohol poisoning.

  69. 69.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    Maybe Perry is trying to do young people a service. He could be telling them that slavishly following wealth is not the way to happiness.
    No, you go find happiness. We want the best for you. Leave the nasty wealth business to us…

  70. 70.

    Little Boots

    November 1, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    or this, which is kinda fun:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0upHlWfQ4

  71. 71.

    RossInDetroit

    November 1, 2011 at 11:38 pm

    @Little Boots:

    Very fun.
    When the Ronettes toured England in ’64 (’65?) the Stones were the opener for some of their shows. Mick and Keith warmed up the crowd for three girls from Manhattan.

    I gotta call it. Work in the am. Try to behave.

  72. 72.

    bk

    November 1, 2011 at 11:53 pm

    @Svensker:

    Actually, it was Paul McCartney who called Sophie Tucker “our favorite American group” in the lead in to “till There Was You”, when they performed in front of the Queen in November 1963.

  73. 73.

    Wag

    November 1, 2011 at 11:56 pm

    When the Monkees toured Jimi Hendricks opened

  74. 74.

    rageahol

    November 2, 2011 at 12:35 am

    @wag #73:

    correct. that, of course, was Jimi Hendricks, the well-known Australian glockenspiel virtuoso. Wildly popular at the time.

  75. 75.

    Yutsano

    November 2, 2011 at 12:36 am

    @Wag:

    When the Monkees toured Jimi Hendricks opened

    I blame Obama.

  76. 76.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    November 2, 2011 at 12:48 am

    @rageahol: Along with Charles Dikkens, with two “K”s, the well known Dutch author.

  77. 77.

    opium4themasses

    November 2, 2011 at 12:56 am

    Ugh. I’m in Texas. Governor Good Hair is a divisive figure. At least every time he opens his mouth assures less popularity for his actions in the state.

    My first thought:
    Rick Perry said Money is overrated and that you should follow your passion to be happy. I’m sure he and the business interests he protects/promotes would be more than happy to soak up that “overrated” money.

    Talk about some patronizing bullshit.

  78. 78.

    Donald G

    November 2, 2011 at 3:36 am

    @Little Boots:

    but have to say, drunk Rick Perry is teh awesome!

    Especially when he’s channeling Paul Lynde in the center square.

  79. 79.

    Pat In Massachusetts

    November 2, 2011 at 5:27 am

    And did the crowd in Iowa cheer and cheer and cheer?

  80. 80.

    joeshabadoo

    November 2, 2011 at 6:03 am

    Money isn’t everything until you don’t have any.

  81. 81.

    Lurking Canadian

    November 2, 2011 at 8:04 am

    As the old saying goes, I am prepared to accept that money doesn’t buy happiness. All I want is the chance to prove it.

  82. 82.

    Paul in KY

    November 2, 2011 at 11:32 am

    @Chris: I remember Paul McCartney musing on how when he was dirt poor & struggling, nobody gave him a thing. Once he became wealthy & famous, he got all kinds of free stuff: guitars, drugs, etc.

  83. 83.

    Paul in KY

    November 2, 2011 at 11:35 am

    @Lurking Canadian: Money can’t buy happiness, but it can sure rent it.

  84. 84.

    Caravelle

    November 3, 2011 at 7:57 am

    I’d like to see that guy have a nice, friendly conversation with Tim Minchin. That would go well.

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