First off I was in downtown Fort Myers today and a protest came by on another street saying, "We are the 99%" What I heard from most people is that they did not know what that meant. And one woman, (I was told) yelled to them to get a job. I did my best to explain the situation of income disparity right there to whoever would listen.
Second a friend of mine finally came to the realization a couple nights ago that she worked at Walmart 25 years ago and made about $8.50 and now she works at Walgreens, (consistent work period) and makes $10.50. She finally realized that she was getting screwed. I did not have the CEO salary for Walgreens at the top of my information but I should have. I found out he makes $2.25 salary plus bonus. I'm going to make sure all the friends I have at my local Walmart know how much their CEO makes.
That is what the Occupy movement is about as far as I am concerned. People are becoming poorer and poorer and the top 1% are earning money exponentially, (remember just a few years ago they talked about the Kochs as having 5 billion between the 2 of them and now they have 50 billion?). This is what happens when you obtain that kind of wealth. It multiplies faster than most of us can even imagine.
Here is a link to several of the charts. I think these charts should be printed out and shared far and wide. I am going to do my part to print out and distribute selective charts. I think the one where the top 1% flies in the air in red monetary wonder while the rest of us straggle down toward the base of the chart is perfect. I think this is the message. Too many people do not understand this yet.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph![](http://assets.motherjones.com/politics/2011/inequality-p25_averagehouseholdincom.png)