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OWS Protests the Consequence of an Entitlement Nation?

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    Former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi on the Occupy Wall Street protests.

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What you get with an entitlement nation -- -- point people just keep asking for.

Express is the former McDonald's USA CEO and head.

You mentioned this before that without citing these kids are these protesters.

There is a built in expectation that sense particularly less years the government has been doing more and offering more people expect more -- there ever.

Salute you -- you tell people over and over and over again they're entitled they're entitled entitled.

Because you want to get reelected.

They're gonna start believing asked -- company is advertising date they say the same thing over and over again here long up you believe -- these people are lazy.

Ignorance slackers that are more interest -- and.

Our but if there are a growing force and that sounds of the mainstream media describes a growing -- but I agree -- as they very distinct minority within a minority.

And they're mad at the world demanded that -- dissident headed by unemployment rates demanded to quality jobs available a mad that.

Some on Wall Street have done very rich and they have -- and some have been rescued and they have not.

But this these big these rescues that really Begin in the financial industry with woods George.

I don't believe that I think he had there's 80% of people United States just want a fair shake.

Did do what's right go to work earned eleven buy a house get a health care.

They just want good fair equal access split paid one point articulates REIT area but about what happens then when.

You -- that your neighbor is having his mortgage -- works because he's an Essex payments in a row.

You've been dutifully trying to make your payments that you get squat and you look around you'd say -- -- but it's human nature to one in on that game right.

Absolutely -- you know why work when the least at you doesn't working gets the same reward you should be getting your busting their butt.

It's -- -- -- that we've created a whole society of people that say I'm sick and tired of paying for everybody else I want mine.

But we have now half of all Americans not paying any income taxes at all now everybody raises is that -- -- plain Social Security of -- I don't dismiss that.

The fact of the matter is the tax code what is the structuring of -- us what they are.

That's what the reality is but that doesn't get mentioned in the fairness -- So it seems like everything is twisted.

Hey you know I had an opportunity sit with the old head of the AG -- and he said they're real people on welfare in this country.

Are the people -- about the checks not the ones get -- checks.

-- they're getting the government is the biggest cesspool of non productivity in the world.

And they did just it's in saying that we keep operating the way we operate they can some is going to be different this state of Illinois bankrupt -- we keep raising taxes on people that can't afford to pay.

Pay for their houses it's just idiotic as some does got to be done they -- government has got to change.

They're spout their method period that they're very direction -- I can't believe they're that stupid.

But you know -- I really think -- -- started -- -- come to think of it in your great days of driving McDonald's forward.

You started making -- fat.

And it wasn't me ordering those six quarter pounders it was you know putting a gun to my back.

Making -- ordered the six quarter pounders so in a real sense you are to blame for this anarchy we've got today do you feel guilty.

No me and I start to work when I was -- -- eleven years old I started McDonald's make an 85 cents an hour working on a grill.

And I busted my but had a great career with a great and fabulous company.

Now I've got my own restaurants until you get up -- but in this country go to working get a fair chance from government to do what's right and you're gonna be okay.

Yeah -- just anyone illustration in this city have.

Chicago you gotta have a 161.

Different licenses.

To open up a business appear in the dog grooming business you have to have a lice is a solid potter.

Call -- give the dog a -- and -- -- it's crazy.

Bomb -- get a fast food analyzed army that's along -- about signs in jobs -- go begging and some towns.

Where.

You know restaurants like Wendy's emerge and others are are offering them jobs for upwards of ten dollars an -- -- of -- just to get people ahead.

And they can't fill -- -- of people kids are are dismissing that what do you do.

I've got a I've got a restaurant Tom and NEC and I -- northern suburb of Chicago.

We need people dust spread that place we're starting at 950 an hour for kids that are in school for crime and a lot.

They don't have.

We're gonna teach -- everything need to know we can't get anybody a walk in the door to take a job it's -- -- -- and you didn't recruit.

That might since the -- if all of pearl lunch but no influence on -- it's a pleasure as always thanks for speaking your mind.

Yeah I always do I'd let's let's pray our country gets -- stuff together and our politicians wise up because we're on our very slippery slope -- immigrants who think.

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