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Kendrick

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The 99 Percenters are objecting to the fact that 1 percent of Americans control about a third of the country’s wealth. The 53 Percenters are portraying themselves as the responsible citizens who pay federal income tax, as opposed to the 47 percent of Americans who don’t. (Most who don’t are exempt because their incomes are too low or they get tax breaks aimed at low-income working families and other groups.)

The 53 Percenters, on the other hand, say things like, “My faith in God has always helped me weather the storms of life, not a government hand out.”

But the 53 Percent do not seem, by and large, to be doing much better than the 99 Percent. “I work 60+ hours a week with no guarantee of a paycheck,” wrote one contributor. “I didn’t blame Wall Street when I couldn’t find a living wage job or make it as a musician.”
Another self-employed man wrote, “I don’t get vacations, sick leave or comp time.”

The 53 Percent site was the brainchild of Erick Erickson, a CNN commentator and editor of RedState, Josh Treviño, a co-founder of RedState who is now at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Mike Wilson.

“The distinction is that the people on the 99 side are saying, ‘We need to change it so that my life is easier,’ and the people on the 53 side say, ‘My life may not be easy, but it’s mine,’” Mr. Wilson said.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/99-percenters-and-53-percenters-face-off/
 



kendrick said:
The 99 Percenters are objecting to the fact that 1 percent of Americans control about a third of the country’s wealth. The 53 Percenters are portraying themselves as the responsible citizens who pay federal income tax, as opposed to the 47 percent of Americans who don’t. (Most who don’t are exempt because their incomes are too low or they get tax breaks aimed at low-income working families and other groups.)

The 53 Percenters, on the other hand, say things like, “My faith in God has always helped me weather the storms of life, not a government hand out.”

But the 53 Percent do not seem, by and large, to be doing much better than the 99 Percent. “I work 60+ hours a week with no guarantee of a paycheck,” wrote one contributor. “I didn’t blame Wall Street when I couldn’t find a living wage job or make it as a musician.”
Another self-employed man wrote, “I don’t get vacations, sick leave or comp time.”

The 53 Percent site was the brainchild of Erick Erickson, a CNN commentator and editor of RedState, Josh Treviño, a co-founder of RedState who is now at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Mike Wilson.

“The distinction is that the people on the 99 side are saying, ‘We need to change it so that my life is easier,’ and the people on the 53 side say, ‘My life may not be easy, but it’s mine,’” Mr. Wilson said.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/11/99-percenters-and-53-percenters-face-off/
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Kendrick, where do you fall into?
 
:lol:

Kendrick, tell the truth. You're a 99 percenter, aren't you?


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ROYAL BLUE said:
Kendrick, where do you fall into?
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SUJagFan said:
:lol:

Kendrick, tell the truth. You're a 99 percenter, aren't you?


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I'm not going to lie. I drove to downtown Chicago Tuesday with the hopes of joining the protest.

As far as Royal Blue's question goes, I can relate to both the 99 percent and the 53 percent. Honestly, I think the 1 percent, Wall Street and politicians are kinda shafting both groups.
 
I am watching this movement with interest.

The tea party has allowed its movement to be taken over by the Republican Party.

It will be interesting to see how long they will be able to keep the politicians out of their movement.
 
What kinda irks me about these protests is that whenever they go home, the first place they will go to shop is Walmart. O.o
 
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