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.

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2nd October 2011

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I am a 38 year old divorced woman working part-time with no medical insurance.  I dropped my $10,000 deductible government policy last year because it didn’t seem to make sense to continue paying premiums for something I couldn’t afford to use.  I have a 20-year history of minor & major depressions and recently diagnosed myself with diabetes while treating my cat for it.  I last saw a doctor & my dentist in 2008. My younger brother committed suicide at age 28, due in part to the lack of appropriate medical care & insurance. We are both part of the 99% & we are not alone. www.OccupyWallSt.org

I am a 38 year old divorced woman working part-time with no medical insurance.  I dropped my $10,000 deductible government policy last year because it didn’t seem to make sense to continue paying premiums for something I couldn’t afford to use.  I have a 20-year history of minor & major depressions and recently diagnosed myself with diabetes while treating my cat for it.  I last saw a doctor & my dentist in 2008.

My younger brother committed suicide at age 28, due in part to the lack of appropriate medical care & insurance.

We are both part of the 99% & we are not alone.

www.OccupyWallSt.org

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My bank (GMAC) wants certified funds because the payments were “late” three consecutive months in a row- but if you looked at it the payments were late because they tried to take out our mortgage before I got to transfer funds from other accounts- then there were the insufficient funds charges- and you can’t submit a payment because we were on automatic payments and they try twice before they give up on you- So if I had tried to make a payment before the due date it would have just counted as a “double payment” and we can’t afford that…Where is my BAIL OUT???

My bank (GMAC) wants certified funds because the payments were “late” three consecutive months in a row- but if you looked at it the payments were late because they tried to take out our mortgage before I got to transfer funds from other accounts- then there were the insufficient funds charges- and you can’t submit a payment because we were on automatic payments and they try twice before they give up on you- So if I had tried to make a payment before the due date it would have just counted as a “double payment” and we can’t afford that…Where is my BAIL OUT???

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I’ve done everything I was told I should do to be a successful citizen. I have virtually nothing to show for it now. This is not the American Dream, it is a nightmare.

I’ve done everything I was told I should do to be a successful citizen. I have virtually nothing to show for it now. This is not the American Dream, it is a nightmare.

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I am a writer and game developer following my dream. I have worked in over 15 jobs in the last five years due to downsizing (4 jobs), store locations closing (6 jobs), and management not wanting to give me promised health benefits (4 jobs). I have only been able to find scarce work under the table to during the tax season as a Tax Specialist. I have a degree in Digital Art, Design, I have 5+ Years of Retail Management, and I’ve been a Chef at 3 Restaurants yet can never seem to even get an interview. I am a few thousand dollars in debt, but not due to student loans or credit cards; these are charges from Emergency Rooms in Seattle because I did not have healthcare when (1) I broke my ankle walking down the street on a broken curb and (2) when I sprained my wrist moving to a new apartment. I’ve moved almost ten times in five years and I’m not even thirty and I just feel so tired all the time.

I am a writer and game developer following my dream. I have worked in over 15 jobs in the last five years due to downsizing (4 jobs), store locations closing (6 jobs), and management not wanting to give me promised health benefits (4 jobs). I have only been able to find scarce work under the table to during the tax season as a Tax Specialist. I have a degree in Digital Art, Design, I have 5+ Years of Retail Management, and I’ve been a Chef at 3 Restaurants yet can never seem to even get an interview. I am a few thousand dollars in debt, but not due to student loans or credit cards; these are charges from Emergency Rooms in Seattle because I did not have healthcare when (1) I broke my ankle walking down the street on a broken curb and (2) when I sprained my wrist moving to a new apartment. I’ve moved almost ten times in five years and I’m not even thirty and I just feel so tired all the time.

2nd October 2011

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I’m 43 years old. I did everything right. I went to college, got my degree, and paid off my student loans. I always pay my bills on time. I have a pretty nice apartment, I have a professional job & I have health insurance. In that, I’m much more fortunate than a lot of people here. For that, I’m grateful. But even that doesn’t mean much for my future, because: I earn less than I did 10 years ago. In the meantime, rents, gas prices & food costs have DOUBLED. I’m not a spendthrift, but I now owe about $16K in credit card debt. Why? I had to use the cards to pay for car repairs, building supplies for a home I no longer live in, and even to PAY MY INCOME TAXES! I recently had a diagnostic test. It cost $2K+. ALL OF THAT was applied to my $2,500 health insurance deductible. I borrowed money from my retirement fund so my brother and sister-in-law (and their 3 kids) wouldn’t lose their home over a property tax lien. I have NO SAVINGS… … and every time I start paying down my credit card debt, some emergency comes up, and because I have no savings, the credit card takes the hit. I have NO IDEA how I’m ever going to get ahead, or even tread water. I want to take care of my mother—she deserves it!—but I can barely take care of myself. If I had kids, I’d be SCREWED!I have to believe things will get better before I’m so ground down by the relentless treadmill of “doing the right thing” that I can’t function anymore.I am the 99%. And I’m PISSED OFF!

I’m 43 years old. I did everything right. I went to college, got my degree, and paid off my student loans. I always pay my bills on time. I have a pretty nice apartment, I have a professional job & I have health insurance. In that, I’m much more fortunate than a lot of people here. For that, I’m grateful. But even that doesn’t mean much for my future, because:

  • I earn less than I did 10 years ago. In the meantime, rents, gas prices & food costs have DOUBLED.
  • I’m not a spendthrift, but I now owe about $16K in credit card debt. Why? I had to use the cards to pay for car repairs, building supplies for a home I no longer live in, and even to PAY MY INCOME TAXES!
  • I recently had a diagnostic test. It cost $2K+. ALL OF THAT was applied to my $2,500 health insurance deductible.
  • I borrowed money from my retirement fund so my brother and sister-in-law (and their 3 kids) wouldn’t lose their home over a property tax lien.
  • I have NO SAVINGS…
  • … and every time I start paying down my credit card debt, some emergency comes up, and because I have no savings, the credit card takes the hit.

I have NO IDEA how I’m ever going to get ahead, or even tread water. I want to take care of my mother—she deserves it!—but I can barely take care of myself. If I had kids, I’d be SCREWED!
I have to believe things will get better before I’m so ground down by the relentless treadmill of “doing the right thing” that I can’t function anymore.
I am the 99%. And I’m PISSED OFF!

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I am 40 and am the sole support for my wife and I. I have never made more than 50k a year. My salary has been cut this year, My health insurance has increased 150% Another salary cut seems to be on its way, Health insurance cost is going up in January. My wife has a life threatening permanent illness Her illness has incurred 25k of medical debt (out of pocket) and increasing Our health insurance is cutting benefits in January I have 60k in debt from student loans, My wife has 40k she incurred before she got sick. I support my parents as well who only receive disability and food stamps. If I die, my wife and parents will be homeless within six months. I am the 99% occupywallstreet.org

  • I am 40 and am the sole support for my wife and I.

  • I have never made more than 50k a year.

  • My salary has been cut this year,

  • My health insurance has increased 150%

  • Another salary cut seems to be on its way,

  • Health insurance cost is going up in January.

  • My wife has a life threatening permanent illness

  • Her illness has incurred 25k of medical debt (out of pocket) and increasing

  • Our health insurance is cutting benefits in January

  • I have 60k in debt from student loans,

  • My wife has 40k she incurred before she got sick.

  • I support my parents as well who only receive disability and food stamps.

  • If I die, my wife and parents will be homeless within six months.

I am the 99%

occupywallstreet.org

2nd October 2011

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I lost my job over two years ago. I have sent in over 300 applications. My roommate makes $1,800 a month. My only source of income is food stamps. I feel like a leech. We can only afford food every other week. Our rent is just $410. We don’t waste our money. We only buy things we need. Oh yeah, I have medical bills. I’m only 22. We are the 99%!

I lost my job over two years ago. I have sent in over 300 applications. My roommate makes $1,800 a month. My only source of income is food stamps. I feel like a leech. We can only afford food every other week. Our rent is just $410. We don’t waste our money. We only buy things we need. Oh yeah, I have medical bills. I’m only 22. We are the 99%!

2nd October 2011

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32 years old, married, two kids $100,000+ in student loans on the wife’s end. i am unskilled. she works at walmart and I at a newspaper as a press operator. She is 2 years out of school and still under-qualified. Still debating going back to school but that would be another $20k in loans. Can’t afford more deferrment. Daycare is between $150 and $200 a week. On the list for assistance but on the bottom of the list. $40k+ a year between the two of us, but still end up having $50 in our account every 2 weeks after bills are paid, if even that much, and if the bills end up getting paid on time. On almost every kind of assistance list in our county. make too much to qualify for most kinds of assistance. Things aren’t bad now, but if i’m laid off, they will be. Savings are slowly being bitten into….. We are the 99%

32 years old, married, two kids

$100,000+ in student loans on the wife’s end. i am unskilled. she works at walmart and I at a newspaper as a press operator.

She is 2 years out of school and still under-qualified. Still debating going back to school but that would be another $20k in loans. Can’t afford more deferrment.

Daycare is between $150 and $200 a week. On the list for assistance but on the bottom of the list.

$40k+ a year between the two of us, but still end up having $50 in our account every 2 weeks after bills are paid, if even that much, and if the bills end up getting paid on time.

On almost every kind of assistance list in our county. make too much to qualify for most kinds of assistance.

Things aren’t bad now, but if i’m laid off, they will be. Savings are slowly being bitten into…..

We are the 99%

2nd October 2011

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I shouldn’t even have to fill out a FAFSA. I’m an American. 

I shouldn’t even have to fill out a FAFSA. I’m an American. 

2nd October 2011

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I AM A WRITER. And I constantly fear for the future of my family. I must choose between putting us into student loan debt to get training for a “real” job or continue to struggle along barely making ends meet as it is. GREED KILLS CREATIVITY! We are the 99%. Occupy Wall Street

I AM A WRITER.

And I constantly fear for the future of my family. I must choose between putting us into student loan debt to get training for a “real” job or continue to struggle along barely making ends meet as it is.

GREED KILLS CREATIVITY!

We are the 99%. Occupy Wall Street

2nd October 2011

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I took a job at a defense contractor against my sense of morals so I could feed myself and afford an apartment. I’ve worked for three years and I’m still a part-time temp. No benefits, no insurance, no money left over for savings. Hope you all enjoyed the bombs!

I took a job at a defense contractor against my sense of morals so I could feed myself and afford an apartment. I’ve worked for three years and I’m still a part-time temp. No benefits, no insurance, no money left over for savings. Hope you all enjoyed the bombs!