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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30th October 2011

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I am a lucky one. I have enough money to eat 3 of 4 weeks of the month. I have been paying student loans for 15 years and still no dent. My husband lost his job as an educato, budget cuts. I work but have not had any cost of living raises for 8 years...

I am a lucky one. I have enough money to eat 3 of 4 weeks of the month. I have been paying student loans for 15 years and still no dent. My husband lost his job as an educato, budget cuts. I work but have not had any cost of living raises for 8 years of “outstanding” work due to budget cuts. Last year I took a 10% pay cut to “do my share” and keep layoffs at bay.

I lost my house.

I went bankrupt.

I still am paying over $1,000 in student loans for myself and my husband and that is just interest. We will not have children. How could we when we can’t even feed ourselves.

I work full time. My husband sells my artwork if he can while looking for work. When I am off work I come home to make and sew things to sell.
I am almost 40. No savings. No retirement. No hope. No chance. I am the 99%.
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