we are the 99%
“Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%.”
“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. “
We the People Have Had It
“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. “
We the People Have Had It
3 comments:
WE the people have had it... I agree, but we cannot ask the Government to provide what we do not have, nor can we force the 1% to give us what they have. What we are experiencing is the natural by product of the free market enterprise system.
The Government should not have bailed out the automotive industry nor should the Government bailed out the banking industry; they should have fallen which is also part of the free market enterprise system. But, the Government stuck its financial nose into the marketplace and upset the balance.
We stop the 1% by not buying their products or attending their events or buying their books or cars or products in general. It is us, the 99%, who have given them the ability to become the 1% and now we want them to share what they have with our stupidity and upset the balance.
We the people have had it but we are not doing anything about it. We want the government to do everything for us. "We the people" are part of the problem but don't want to admit it. We were just as much a part of creating the problem of the housing bubble; like buying way too big SUV's and Monster Trucks, and using the credit made available to us, well knowing it was way beyond our means. Alex is absolutely right when he says we can "stop" buying the products from those we believe to be "evil corporations". Or if we are trapped by the Utilities and Energy (gas, oil) Corporations then we can beat them too by conservation. So many opportunities there if we use them.
We have also elected "terrible" representatives of our so called Democratic vote, who do not represent our views but only those of ideologies or political parties. Our representatives need to be actual representatives with no political party affiliation. Once again we do have the power to control that as well. "We the people" seem to be the problem and NOT the Corporations or the Government, but we will never blame ourselves, so let's all blame Obama. Because that is the easy way out.
To the 99% I say this: "Stop marching and complaining, and do something. You say you are speaking for the 99% and if you have that much power, then USE IT!"
Sorry but I do not agree with Alex in that we are a free market society. That ended long ago with many government regulations (in late 1800's and early 1900's) to control the greed of corporations. Additional regulations have been added since. That greed continues today and so just perhaps the government does need to step in now and then. As much as I love Mr. Smith's ideas, unregulated free market would not work. The government will continue making laws, but the corporations will still get around the new laws, so it is a continual game of keeping things in balance.
As for the bailouts, I was very much against doing so for the banks. Never again!! However the auto industry was a must. We had to protect that handful of companies that create so much wealth and give people jobs. We could not let those fail because they would be gone forever. The banks will always survive. They didn't need our help. For the tax payers, the auto companies quickly paid back their share. Most of the banks did as well but not all. We took a risk with all of this. Not wise to do it again.
What everyone seems to have lost sight of is that government regulation and government spending should be used to create wealth and promote the common good. When the government takes actions that concentrate the wealth for a few and not for all is where we have failed badly.
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