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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31st October 2011

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Tumbling further into debt hole: Add $823.70 charged to credit card to our family’s $120,000 in student loan debt, $12,000 in credit cards, $190,000 in mortgage debt. We’re a family of 5 questioning the reality of middle-class existence. We are lucky...

Tumbling further into debt hole:  Add $823.70 charged to credit card to our family’s $120,000 in student loan debt, $12,000 in credit cards, $190,000 in mortgage debt.  We’re a family of 5 questioning the reality of middle-class existence.  We are lucky enough to have two employed adults in the household, but we will not retire with the debt we have taken on and the threat of no jobs for our two college-age kids, who are still attending and still adding to student loan debt.  Sign says: “Receipt for generator we charged w/wires, oil, batteries for 10/30/11 blackout in NYS. 

# of times I stayed home from school 1966-1984 due to power loss from storms = 0

# of times this school year alone that schools have been closed due to power loss from storms, 9/11-10/11 = 2

# of cars and trucks in Central Hudson parking lot yesterday when they were "fully mobilized” to fix problems [power outages] = we counted 22.

Why isn’t our country employed fixing energy infrastructure?

Why are we paying more money than ever to energy companies [and going into debt]  that won’t employ enough people to service us?

We are the 99%. 

 

“Receipt for generator we charged  

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