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.

Brought to you by the people who occupy wall street. Why will YOU occupy?

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ATTENTION: Documentary filmmaker Bobbi Jo Hart is looking to connect with people who have submitted their stories to We Are the 99 Percent. She would like to bring your stories to life in a new feature documentary film. You can contact her directly at bobbigotgame@hotmail.com if you would like to know more and explore being interviewed on camera.

2nd October 2011

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-Dad working same job for 23 years- getting too old for late night calls. He’s on the highway department. No union. His health insurance premium went up. He’s paying part of my college debt. He turned fifty with type 2 diabetes. He should retire. He...

-Dad working same job for 23 years- getting too old for late night calls. He’s on the highway department. No union. His health insurance premium went up. He’s paying part of my college debt. He turned fifty with type 2 diabetes. He should retire. He can’t.

-Mother works for a school district that hasn’t laid her off. yet. They’ve been through three superintendants. The school failed its certification because of No Child Left Behind.

-Younger sister kicked off campus for defending herself from a girl who wasn’t even a student. She can barely afford to go. She still does.

-Older sister unemployed and in need of psychiatric care, possibly a surgery for her gall bladder- health insurance expires in December. She’s starting over at community college. For what?

-I’m five states away in an apartment my best friend pays for, behind on loan payments. My outstanding debt for my creative writing degree is over 10,000 dollars. Not including interest. 

-If I protest when Occupy comes to DC, I’ll lose my minimum wage retail job, because I wouldn’t show up. But I bet the guy who owns my company is on vacation right now.

Was I too big to fail?

We are the 99 percent. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy everywhere.

America, you’ve failed me. But I still love you.

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