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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7th October 2011

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As a single mom, I put myself through college and grad school so I would have resources for my old age, and so I could help my kids get established in life.  I had a good job, then a chronic illness gradually dismantled my life. I lost my job, most of my savings, and ended up living with friends and family for years because I could not take care of myself.  I got lucky: I found a dr who could help me get some of my function back, worked part-time for a while, and I used the rest of my savings to buy a small house  of my own.  But it was too late: the “recession” kept me from resurrecting my career— I was competing with too many other people who did not have my gap in employment.  My resources are gone, I can’t sell my house in this market so I can share housing with a friend.  I live month to month on SS and a small pension, and can’t afford dental care or eyeglasses.  I worry about my children, now grown, who are all struggling in one way or another, living also month to month, and my grandchildren, who may not have much of a future.  WE ARE THE THE 99%. 

As a single mom, I put myself through college and grad school so I would have resources for my old age, and so I could help my kids get established in life.  I had a good job, then a chronic illness gradually dismantled my life. I lost my job, most of my savings, and ended up living with friends and family for years because I could not take care of myself.  I got lucky: I found a dr who could help me get some of my function back, worked part-time for a while, and I used the rest of my savings to buy a small house  of my own.  But it was too late: the “recession” kept me from resurrecting my career— I was competing with too many other people who did not have my gap in employment.  My resources are gone, I can’t sell my house in this market so I can share housing with a friend.  I live month to month on SS and a small pension, and can’t afford dental care or eyeglasses.  I worry about my children, now grown, who are all struggling in one way or another, living also month to month, and my grandchildren, who may not have much of a future. 

WE ARE THE THE 99%. 

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