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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26th January 2012

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I am 19 years old and I can’t find a job. If I had a penny for every time I heard that….I was a A student and managed to get into 5 colleges, only to receive no financial help whatsoever even though my dad is a single parent who makes (if were lucky) $20,000 a year after taxes. My dream as to be a horse trainer so I could work with/study the wild horses, so much for that. I have been taking care of my 3 sisters since I was 9 years old when my parents divorced. My mother owes thousands of dollars in child support but ran of to Canada so she doesn’t have to pay. I have 4 infected/impacted wisdom teeth that have needed to be removed since January 2011. I need  between $8000 and $10,000 to have it done and the cost of renting a hospital room/equipment goes up every day. I am so tired of being in pain all the time, I truly would sell my soul for a job right now. All my life money has always been scarce but this is just unbelievable and beyond unfair to all the people who are in similar situations! I can’t see a way out and I’m so frustrated and angry with what’s going on in this country.I  am the  99% ocupywallst.org

I am 19 years old and I can’t find a job. If I had a penny for every time I heard that….
I was a A student and managed to get into 5 colleges, only to receive no financial help whatsoever even though my dad is a single parent who makes (if were lucky) $20,000 a year after taxes. My dream as to be a horse trainer so I could work with/study the wild horses, so much for that. I have been taking care of my 3 sisters since I was 9 years old when my parents divorced. My mother owes thousands of dollars in child support but ran of to Canada so she doesn’t have to pay. I have 4 infected/impacted wisdom teeth that have needed to be removed since January 2011. I need  between $8000 and $10,000 to have it done and the cost of renting a hospital room/equipment goes up every day. I am so tired of being in pain all the time, I truly would sell my soul for a job right now. All my life money has always been scarce but this is just unbelievable and beyond unfair to all the people who are in similar situations! I can’t see a way out and I’m so frustrated and angry with what’s going on in this country.

I  am the  99%
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25th January 2012

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I am 19 years old and married to a hard-working military man. I have NO job, despite dozens and dozens of applications, and have not started college. I am too scared to acquire that much debt and have no guarantee of getting a job in this dying economy. I’ve been thinking of enlisting to regain some sense of self-worth, but even the military has suffered. I fear for my future. I fear for my future children’s place in this world. I am scared. I am lost. I am pissed. I am the 99%. Born in this world as it all falls apart.  #occupywallst.org

I am 19 years old and married to a hard-working military man. I have NO job, despite dozens and dozens of applications, and have not started college. I am too scared to acquire that much debt and have no guarantee of getting a job in this dying economy. I’ve been thinking of enlisting to regain some sense of self-worth, but even the military has suffered. I fear for my future. I fear for my future children’s place in this world.

I am scared.

I am lost.

I am pissed.

I am the 99%.

Born in this world as it all falls apart. 

#occupywallst.org

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24th January 2012

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I am 19 years old. I graduated from high school with almost a straight A average. I was set to go to college to become a literature teacher. My dreams seemed so real at the time. After my mother found out about my religious beliefs I was forced to leave home. I started college in the fall of 2011 wile living with my cousins. I was working as a waitress making $2.14 an hour. The tips that I made were enough to get me back and forth to work in gas. Until my car gave out. I had to scrap it for money. My financial aid at the college ran into a snag that I still do not understand. No one would help me. I was told to “check my account online” that was all the advice they could give me. I had no way back and forth to college anymore. I am now living with  my cousins and my aunt with no car, not money, and no school. No one in the house has a job. My cousin has been denied disability after working as a welder for years. He can not even kneel to put his knees on the floor. We live off of food stamps and pawning any valuables that we have. But the valuables are running out. Food stamps can not [ay for Christmas dinner plus food for the rest of the days of the month. My family went 4 days without eating last month because we were determined to have an okay Christmas dinner. I have a job interview at McDonald’s on the 30th where I will be making min wage and getting paid every 2 weeks. My cousins will take me back and forth to work. $20 a day for me in gas. I will be the only one working in a house of 5. I owe the college $800. I am the 99%….

I am 19 years old. I graduated from high school with almost a straight A average. I was set to go to college to become a literature teacher. My dreams seemed so real at the time. After my mother found out about my religious beliefs I was forced to leave home. I started college in the fall of 2011 wile living with my cousins. I was working as a waitress making $2.14 an hour. The tips that I made were enough to get me back and forth to work in gas. Until my car gave out. I had to scrap it for money. My financial aid at the college ran into a snag that I still do not understand. No one would help me. I was told to “check my account online” that was all the advice they could give me. I had no way back and forth to college anymore. I am now living with  my cousins and my aunt with no car, not money, and no school. No one in the house has a job. My cousin has been denied disability after working as a welder for years. He can not even kneel to put his knees on the floor. We live off of food stamps and pawning any valuables that we have. But the valuables are running out. Food stamps can not [ay for Christmas dinner plus food for the rest of the days of the month. My family went 4 days without eating last month because we were determined to have an okay Christmas dinner. I have a job interview at McDonald’s on the 30th where I will be making min wage and getting paid every 2 weeks. My cousins will take me back and forth to work. $20 a day for me in gas. I will be the only one working in a house of 5. I owe the college $800.

I am the 99%….

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22nd January 2012

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I am 20. I earned a culinary degree. I had to move back home with my parents. I have thousands in student loan debt. I make and have never made more than 9.50/hr. I vow never to have children, for i fear for their future because I fear for my own. I feel this life is almost not worth living….yet I live for change. I am the 99%.

I am 20. I earned a culinary degree. I had to move back home with my parents. I have thousands in student loan debt. I make and have never made more than 9.50/hr. I vow never to have children, for i fear for their future because I fear for my own. I feel this life is almost not worth living….yet I live for change. I am the 99%.

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21st January 2012

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When I was 17, I was ejected from a car. I suffered 3 brain hemorrhages and a broken spine. Everyday I have severe mood swings and I feel out of touch. I can’t find a job in my condition. I support my family with food stamps, and all my clothes are old and torn. Doctors keep blowing me off. I feel like my whole life is A WASTE! I am the 99 percent. occupywallst.org

When I was 17, I was ejected from a car.

I suffered 3 brain hemorrhages and a broken spine.

Everyday I have severe mood swings and I feel out of touch.

I can’t find a job in my condition.

I support my family with food stamps,

and all my clothes are old and torn.

Doctors keep blowing me off.

I feel like my whole life is

A WASTE!

I am the 99 percent.

occupywallst.org

20th January 2012

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My mom was diagnosed with kidney disease 2 years ago.  Fortunately she’s able to get dialysis treatment 3 times a week because of my dad’s insurance.  Many other people aren’t as fortunate.  They are the 99%.  I am the 99%.

My mom was diagnosed with kidney disease 2 years ago.  Fortunately she’s able to get dialysis treatment 3 times a week because of my dad’s insurance.  Many other people aren’t as fortunate.  They are the 99%.  I am the 99%.

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20th January 2012

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18th January 2012

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I am a high school student.   In the past two years my dad has worked in three different places, not to mention he spent 4 months out of work.  Now, my dad’s gone. He screwed us over.  My mom now has $30000 in debt.  She has two jobs, yet still can’t manage to hold the house now.  We’re at a point where I , the 9th grader, has to look for a job.  We need help. We are the 99%.

I am a high school student.   In the past two years my dad has worked in three different places, not to mention he spent 4 months out of work.  Now, my dad’s gone. He screwed us over.  My mom now has $30000 in debt.  She has two jobs, yet still can’t manage to hold the house now.  We’re at a point where I , the 9th grader, has to look for a job.  We need help.

We are the 99%.

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18th January 2012

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I have a friend who as problems at home.  His parents are currently split up,  His mom has an abusive boyfriend.  So he moved to his dad’s house, who worked for the MTA, and was recently laid off.  His house is under foreclosure.  So he joins after-school programs to avoid going home… he is the 99%.

I have a friend who as problems at home.  His parents are currently split up,  His mom has an abusive boyfriend.  So he moved to his dad’s house, who worked for the MTA, and was recently laid off.  His house is under foreclosure.  So he joins after-school programs to avoid going home… he is the 99%.

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17th January 2012

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At the age of 22, the most I’ve made per hour is $9.50.  I have worked on the books since I was fifteen, and babysat before that.  My family was working class down to our roots.  My dad worked two sometimes three jobs to make ends meet…and my mom still had to go to work.  When I left on maternity leave, I was making little more than 8 dollars an hour.  After the baby, I was informed that since I didn’t qualify for FMLA, I was being let go.  I could “reinterview” for my position.  I was on unemployment for about four months, which paid less than 200 dollars a week.  How do you provide for a baby on that??  Then, when I applied for assistance, they told me we made too much money.  I wanted to ask the lady where that extra money was, cause I could sure use it right about now…Thankfully, I got a job now; but we are just barely afloat.  I see no decent cars in our future, nor do I see us able to buy a house.  I shop at discount grocery store, I buy second hand, and the dollar store are my saving grace.  I would like to feel secure from week to week.  I would like to have a savings account, and be able to put away money for my baby to go to school.  I would like to buy a house and have a reliable car that isn’t jimmy rigged together.  I am not afraid of working.  As I said, I’m a working class person…but I would like to get paid a living wage, and have a career instead of fast food.  IS THIS SO MUCH TO ASK?When I was a kid, they told us about the American Dream, and how we could be whatever we wanted.  This isn’t really what I had pictured.  I have a kid, that’s true…but bankruptcy, a small apartment, two beat cars, and a ton of bills just wasn’t what I had hoped for.  I don’t even have the picket fence.We are the 99%. occupywallst.org

At the age of 22, the most I’ve made per hour is $9.50.  I have worked on the books since I was fifteen, and babysat before that.  My family was working class down to our roots.  My dad worked two sometimes three jobs to make ends meet…and my mom still had to go to work. 

When I left on maternity leave, I was making little more than 8 dollars an hour.  After the baby, I was informed that since I didn’t qualify for FMLA, I was being let go.  I could “reinterview” for my position.  I was on unemployment for about four months, which paid less than 200 dollars a week.  How do you provide for a baby on that??  Then, when I applied for assistance, they told me we made too much money.  I wanted to ask the lady where that extra money was, cause I could sure use it right about now…

Thankfully, I got a job now; but we are just barely afloat.  I see no decent cars in our future, nor do I see us able to buy a house.  I shop at discount grocery store, I buy second hand, and the dollar store are my saving grace. 

I would like to feel secure from week to week.  I would like to have a savings account, and be able to put away money for my baby to go to school.  I would like to buy a house and have a reliable car that isn’t jimmy rigged together.  I am not afraid of working.  As I said, I’m a working class person…but I would like to get paid a living wage, and have a career instead of fast food. 

IS THIS SO MUCH TO ASK?

When I was a kid, they told us about the American Dream, and how we could be whatever we wanted.  This isn’t really what I had pictured.  I have a kid, that’s true…but bankruptcy, a small apartment, two beat cars, and a ton of bills just wasn’t what I had hoped for. 

I don’t even have the picket fence.

We are the 99%.
occupywallst.org

17th January 2012

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16th January 2012

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I work full time and so does my husband. We can’t afford our mortgage even though we both have decent jobs. We are about to lose our house. We are the 99%

I work full time and so does my husband. We can’t afford our mortgage even though we both have decent jobs. We are about to lose our house. We are the 99%

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16th January 2012

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I am 48 years of hope hoping for hope that things will eventually get better I am almost a half-century’s worth of being sick and tired of being sick and tired and quite frankly I am sick and tired of it I am desperate for purpose   I think fairness is a plate of food and a warm bed for all I think people should be recognized and loved not discarded I think an awful lot about living but I’m almost anxious to die   I want to make more of an impact not minimum wage I want to make friends I want to make a difference   I do what I can to improve my life and try to improve on others I do not give up or quit I do think I can make it though if only I’d get noticed   I hate the fact that I don’t count I hate mirrors that look at me (most days) I hate that I hate   I wish for drastic change (at least for 99% of us) I wish I wasn’t me (most times) I wish I would’ve wished for wishes (I just used up all 3)   I know it will get better though because it cant get any worse (I know I’m wrong on that one) I know you probably agree   I am grateful though I am grateful for you I am grateful for the 99%   I thank you all I thank you for your service and your message of hope I thank you for sharing the pathway to purpose   I am now on that path I am being counted I am…the 99%

I am 48 years of hope hoping for hope that things will eventually get better

I am almost a half-century’s worth of being sick and tired of being sick and tired and quite frankly I am sick and tired of it

I am desperate for purpose

 

I think fairness is a plate of food and a warm bed for all

I think people should be recognized and loved not discarded

I think an awful lot about living but I’m almost anxious to die

 

I want to make more of an impact not minimum wage

I want to make friends

I want to make a difference

 

I do what I can to improve my life and try to improve on others

I do not give up or quit

I do think I can make it though if only I’d get noticed

 

I hate the fact that I don’t count

I hate mirrors that look at me (most days)

I hate that I hate

 

I wish for drastic change (at least for 99% of us)

I wish I wasn’t me (most times)

I wish I would’ve wished for wishes (I just used up all 3)

 

I know it will get better though because it cant get any worse

(I know I’m wrong on that one)

I know you probably agree

 

I am grateful though

I am grateful for you

I am grateful for the 99%

 

I thank you all

I thank you for your service and your message of hope

I thank you for sharing the pathway to purpose

 

I am now on that path

I am being counted

I am…the 99%

15th January 2012

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I have a rare condition and there is no cure because research isn’t profitable. There is no access to drugs because insurances and the pharma industry argue about money. I lose :( Not any longer! I am the 99 percent!

I have a rare condition and there is no cure because research isn’t profitable. There is no access to drugs because insurances and the pharma industry argue about money. I lose :( Not any longer! I am the 99 percent!

13th January 2012

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I am 24 years-old… and I am one of the very lucky ones. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with skin cancer, and because I was on the truly fortunate ones, I was able to receive medical treatment that I know millions in this country alone cannot afford to have when they’re sick and scared, in pain and in need. On January 4th of this year, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Once again, the fact that I am one of the very luckiest never escapes my mind or my heart. Fortunately, I am still covered under my parents’ health care plan for the next two years. Because of this blessing, I’ve been able to receive treatments, surgeries, and the necessary medications I need to not only survive but to live so that I can fight not only chronic illness but far more nefarious, demoralizing evils like chronic racism, intolerance, greed, corruption, and apathy.  I am a first-generation Palestinian-American, and I will ALWAYS stand with the 99% fighting tirelessly against injustice on all fronts. I stand with my tireless comrades resisting and galvanizing to bring about REAL change! They are my heroes who instill real hope in me and will ultimately change the world. So keep fighting dear comrades! I believe in hope… I believe that the blood, tears, patient suffering, and steadfast struggle of the 99% all over the world will stand the test of time and achieve all that is just and moral.  Occupy everything and don’t ever remain silent in the face of injustice anywhere it exists!  I am the 99 percent. occupywallst.org “Never doubt that a doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” -          Margaret Mead

I am 24 years-old… and I am one of the very lucky ones. Two years ago, I was diagnosed with skin cancer, and because I was on the truly fortunate ones, I was able to receive medical treatment that I know millions in this country alone cannot afford to have when they’re sick and scared, in pain and in need. On January 4th of this year, I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Once again, the fact that I am one of the very luckiest never escapes my mind or my heart. Fortunately, I am still covered under my parents’ health care plan for the next two years. Because of this blessing, I’ve been able to receive treatments, surgeries, and the necessary medications I need to not only survive but to live so that I can fight not only chronic illness but far more nefarious, demoralizing evils like chronic racism, intolerance, greed, corruption, and apathy. 

I am a first-generation Palestinian-American, and I will ALWAYS stand with the 99% fighting tirelessly against injustice on all fronts. I stand with my tireless comrades resisting and galvanizing to bring about REAL change! They are my heroes who instill real hope in me and will ultimately change the world. So keep fighting dear comrades!

I believe in hope…

I believe that the blood, tears, patient suffering, and steadfast struggle of the 99% all over the world will stand the test of time and achieve all that is just and moral. 

Occupy everything and don’t ever remain silent in the face of injustice anywhere it exists! 

I am the 99 percent.

occupywallst.org

“Never doubt that a doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

-          Margaret Mead