# A let-them-eat-cake moment for the modern day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2011, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973 "2011-10-08T04:49:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/21 "2011-10-10T22:19:33Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Having a tough time with the difference between taxi driving and keeping violent offenders locked up against their will? And plenty of non-violent offenders. From what I’ve heard over the years for once I have to agree with **code\_grey** ; the California prison guards can be fairly described as “leeches”. Not just because of their salaries but because they have a lot of political power that they use to make the prison population and prison system ever larger and more expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/22 "2011-10-10T22:37:24Z")
> [@code\_grey](#): > > taxi drivers continually put their lives at risk too (from car accidents and violent attack). And they don’t have all the cages, the tasers, the guns and other accoutrements of running a modern American zoo for human beings either. But, working for the private sector, taxi drivers don’t get 6-figure salaries and ironclad job security on the public dime from a bankrupt State that is experiencing big out-migration of productive middle class taxpayers that are fed up with the tax-eating SOBs. So, lots of prison guards camping out? Taxi drivers? Since you are trying to direct attention away from the point, I assume you agree that the protesters should get jobs, and that there are plenty out there? I also assume you voted against 3 strikes, since you care so much about prison spending. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/23 "2011-10-10T22:38:39Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Is LA dauphin-safe? You did that on porpoise. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/24 "2011-10-10T22:53:46Z")
The only Jobs we had left in America died a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2011, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/25 "2011-10-10T22:55:00Z")
I walked by the protestors in Chicago by the CBOT at lunchtime and it wasn’t very impressive. Onlookers nearly outnumbered the protestors. The police looked bemused though it was a very calm scene so I give credit to the protestors for facilitating that. Otherwise it just looked pretty sad and half-assed. The drums were a nice touch though. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/26 "2011-10-12T17:08:34Z")
Eh, the “get a job!” response is a knee-jerk reflex for some people when they see protestors. At the puppy mill protests I used to go to on Sundays, people constantly yelled “Get a job!” at us. Why did they think we were out there on Sunday? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/27 "2011-10-12T18:46:12Z")
> [@Sailboat](#): > > Eh, the “get a job!” response is a knee-jerk reflex for some people when they see protestors. At the puppy mill protests I used to go to on Sundays, people constantly yelled “Get a job!” at us. Why did they think we were out there on Sunday? The problem with protests is they invariably get hijacked by the soap-dodging shit-stirring window-smashing dog-on-a-string brigade, who then become all that onlookers see. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973/28 "2011-10-13T03:09:48Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > I guess this is the signal to start sharpening the guillotine blades. I guess you missed this. [Roseanne Barr: Behead Bankers, Rich Who Won't Give Up Wealth | RealClearPolitics](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/01/roseanne_barr_behead_bankers_rich_who_wont_give_up_wealth.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-let-them-eat-cake-moment-for-the-modern-day/598973.md?page=1)