We Are the 99 Percent (Dial-Up Warning)

[OhioChick]

We are the 99 percent.
We are getting kicked out of our homes.
We are forced to choose between groceries and rent.
We are denied quality medical care.
We are suffering from environmental pollution.
We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all.
We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything.
We are the 99 percent.

More: http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/archive

[xchrom]

1. recommend

[Occulus]

46. K&R- and here's another powerful one for good measure

"I was deployed to Iraq 4x
5 of my friends are dead
1 of my friends killed himself
I've been blown up 2x by roadside bombs
Hearing fireworks makes me nervous
I can't sleep at night

all so bankers and war profiteers could get richer

I am the 99%"

[locahungaria]

2. I wish I could rec this 100 times! n/t

[one_voice]

3. Excellent! knr!!

[Permanut]

4. Powerful... K&R

Thanks for posting this, OhioChick.

[locahungaria]

5. Here is a link with another view......

collectively! (that particular website is kind of awkward to navigate!)

http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/archive

The stories from these every day people, especially the kids, is just heartbreaking.

There but for the grace of God go I....

Thanks again for posting this, OC!

[OhioChick]

6. Thanks, I added it.

Heartbreaking, it is.

[Odin2005]

7. K&R!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!

[geardaddy]

8. The one in Chinese reads

"This is why my parents left China."

K and R

[stillrockin]

11. Thanks for the translation.

[jwirr]

39. Wow, what a commentary on the USA.

[louslobbs]

9. K&R

I'm not shocked or stunned anymore........just sad and sick to my stomach with what's happening in this nation.

Lou

[abelenkpe]

10. k & R nt

[Solly Mack]

12. K&R

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Heartbreaking. Now it's up-close and personal. Brilliant.

This is a truly brilliant idea and so saddening at the same time.

[Cali_Democrat]

14. Fantastic!

[ChromeFoundry]

15. K&R n/t

[chill_wind]

16. The potent truth! K & R

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Kick!

[shireen]

18. the college debt issue really makes me mad.

We need to bail out those kids. They deserve it a whole lot more than the greedy creeps on Wall Street.

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Technical and trade schools went wild with advertising after the recession

when people were looking for new jobs. School loans must be a booming business :(

[Iwillnevergiveup]

20. Huge K&R

Let's hope the Wall Street demonstrations keep growing and growing - that is truly where the rot is. Along with D.C., of course. ENOUGH!

[Citizen Worker]

21. This is what democracy looks like! The demonstrators on Wall Street make be damn proud!

[raouldukelives]

22. k&r

[UrbScotty]

23. My story is like their story.

I wish my digital camera was still working so I could upload something.

[locahungaria]

48. Please share it here anyways! n/t

[calimary]

24. First thing I'd do as president would be to issue a presidential directive forgiving all

that student debt. After all, a president can, with a stroke of a pen, reprieve someone from Death Row, or "forgive" a conviction with a presidential pardon. I would pardon ALL student debt, and tell the financiers it's their patriotic duty, in a time of war, when their country's in crisis, to invest in their country's future - by swallowing this.

Instead of the fat cats always getting a free pass, I'd take one of theirs away from them (out of the thousands of free passes they've gotten over the years) and give it to every student in that protest. Perhaps other students with five- or six-figure debt m"ight want to join in. Incentive to grow the protest. "Personal responsibility!" they'd whine and bellow! And I'd yell right back at 'em - YEAH! YOU BETCHA! Howdya like the 'personal responsibility' I just took?" And if they complain about - "oh! The stockholders! Your pension funds that I've put at risk!" And I'd say - well, how much in ill-gotten-gain bonuses did you get last year for tanking the economy? Keep on screaming and I'm gonna take all that loan forgiveness outta YOU! And that's how you'll be helping to do your patriotic duty when our country's in crisis and we're at war, and sharing the sacrifice!"

:evilgrin:

DANG! Sometimes I really do wish I was president!

[w0nderer]

25. k&r for reading later n/t

[Pooka Fey]

26. Wow. The sleeping giant has finally awakened. K&R

[ck4829]

27. An 8th grader? A 19 year old? These are kids! They shouldn't be worrying about debt! Appalling. K&R.

[Pacifist Patriot]

36. My children are 8, 11 and 14.

Wish I could shield it from them, but they know darned well what debt is. What cash flow is. What budgets are. Heck, the 11 and 14 year old know what debt-to income ratio is and what equity is. The fourteen year old knows what "upside down on a loan" means. No, I haven't shoved it in their faces, but I don't have stupid kids either.

[jwirr]

41. I raised my 3 girls on welfare checks because I had to stay home to

take care of the one that was disabled. I hate to see these kids so worried but my two girls have matured into really caring and understanding adults. These kids will survive this and they will go on to be the next political generation we can trust. The children of the freepers will worry about the same issues but they will just be taught to hate all the rest of us and never once look to see if there is a real solution to the problem.

[JDPriestly]

28. The press wants to know what the demands are.

There are too many to list. Americans have not been earning money. They have been amassing debt. Meanwhile, Wall Street and Madison Avenue (whatever it is named now) respond by selling more stuff and trying to take that last bit of reserve money -- the Social Security Trust Fund.

Time for the 1% to begin to share the pain of the 99%. Time for America to put its people back to work in jobs that pay enough to live and give its young some hope.

Those are the demands.

I only post on DU because I can't understand the internet well enough to be able to post on other websites. That's how ignorant I am about computers. But if anonymous is about challenging the repression that is taking over our country -- the repression that appears to be perpetrated by the wealthy against the poor and middle class -- then I support it, and we are legion.

The demands of the rank and file Tea Baggers (not their corporate sponsors) are, when all is said and done, the same as those of the people meeting on Wall Street -- change the system to give people, all people, a fair chance. End the dominance of our society by the wealthy few -- the 1% -- and the corporations. Return to the American Dream -- the dream of our Founding Fathers.

[Atypical Liberal]

29. A new party? The 99 Percenters?

I think this has the potential to make a new political party. The 99 Percenters. It could be the counter to the Tea Party.

The one thing that strikes me going through the photos is the amount of unemployed people with student debt and degrees.

Please, folks, don't go to college and get a degree in just anything, especially if you are going to go into debt for it. If you are going to do it, get a degree in something hard and marketable. Science. Engineering. Law. Medicine. Or become an expert in Chinese. Because folks, the days of just "getting a degree" are over. It's like a high school diploma. Everyone has one, and they are worthless for getting meaningful employment.

Everyone likes to get all dreamy about college life and say that, "you should follow your dreams!" Folks, dreams won't pay off student loans or get you a job.

If the hard science college degrees are not for you, consider vo-tech school. These used to be poo-pooed on as "dumb people's college" but folks, that is where you can learn trades that can't be outsourced. When you need a brick wall laid, you can't send it to China to be made. When you need nurses to roll the old people over at the hold folks home, you can't outsource that to China.

[treestar]

30. Overblown

For God's sake.

There are people living in Sudan, India, Serbia, you name it countless countries for whom that is just plain insulting.

[Lucian]

31. You must be one of the lucky 1%.

With no debt, with excellent health insurance, always able to eat a good meal.

You're totally out of touch.

I hope you enjoy your caviar while I'm eating my ramen. :eyes:

[treestar]

54. No I'm not

But I know I'm in the US which does have some safety net and is not at war. Geez, Luise!

[locahungaria]

32. So I take it you subscribe to the "Race to the Bottom" school of thought?

And until each and every one of us is living neck and neck to those in Third World Countries we should just sit down and STFU???

[TBF]

34. That's the plan -

And the 1% couldn't care less - they are busy "colonizing" Africa now.

I love that the kids are paying attention and started the protest in the park. Now we adults need to join in and take this to a higher level. Close down commerce - the ports, the roads, etc... It is the only way to get the 1%'s attention.

[locahungaria]

47. Heartily agree! n/t

[treestar]

55. No, just don't do overblown, tear jerking artistic pieces

about how awful it is for people in the US.

What about living in Japan after that earthquake? Or Haiti?

What about people living in poverty in Africa, amidst civil war?

[Pacifist Patriot]

35. You're right.

No one deserves to better their lot in life unless they have absolutely nothing and are an inch away from death's door. :eyes:

While you're at it, "finish your dinner, there are children starving in China."

You do understand the 99% includes a wide range of people with varying life circumstances, yes?

[OhioChick]

37. Your post is insulting....

Report: At least 1 in 4 families couldn't afford food in the last year(OH)

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/08/11/ohioans-who-cant-afford-food-is-growing-problem-report-shows.html

I'm sure that the stats for other states is just as alarming.

Who cares about hungry kids here in the US.

Just wow.

[jwirr]

43. Yeah, well if we do not stop it NOW in this country we will be in the

same boat as they are. By the way they are also part of the 99%ers if we look at world corporatism. If we cannot straighten out our mess the little boy in Tanzania that gets $45 from us each month will be even worse off. We will not be able to afford to send it.

[RandomKoolzip]

44. Is it fun being on the wrong side of every issue?

[PA Democrat]

52. Heartless.

[myrna minx]

53. Dismissing the hardship of others is heartless. If someone is hungry, sick or homeless, it

matters not if they live in Calcutta or Fort Wayne - they're still hungry, sick, homeless, vulnerable and afraid.

[TBF]

33. Excellent. Highly Recommended. nt

[dembotoz]

38. kick

[ThatsMyBarack]

40. Would my story count?

"I have a Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO health plan but I don't get shit because it's the ICHIP plan.

Why do I even bother paying for it??

I believe I am in that 99%."

[locahungaria]

45. Of COURSE your story counts!

And I'm glad that you shared that story here!

This is exactly the appropriate place/time for all of us to share our stories - right here, right now!

Best of luck to you!

:hug:

[SalviaBlue]

42. This is so damn unacceptable!

[Blue_Tires]

49. kick

[bigwillq]

50. K and R (nt)

[femrap]

51. so glad to see

people waking up.