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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20th October 2011

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After his Honorable Discharge from the US Army the only job my cousin Donald D could find was at Home Depot. He could not afford the health insurance.  He got sick on a Friday.  My uncle took him to a hospital emergency room.  He was not admitted. He returned to the ER on Saturday and Sunday.  He was not admitted either time. On Monday he died of viral meningitis.   He was 25 years old. Home Depot made $856 million in profits that year. Donald D was the 99%.

After his Honorable Discharge from the US Army the only job my cousin Donald D could find was at Home Depot.

He could not afford the health insurance. 

He got sick on a Friday.  My uncle took him to a hospital emergency room.  He was not admitted.

He returned to the ER on Saturday and Sunday.  He was not admitted either time.

On Monday he died of viral meningitis.  

He was 25 years old.

Home Depot made $856 million in profits that year.

Donald D was the 99%.

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    We must continue the fight.
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    i could never understand how healthcare (and education for that matter) was not free in the US and how people could be...
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    rest in peace, Donald.
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    I don’t think hospitals have any right to turn people away if they can’t afford it, especially if it’s life-threatening
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