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"All of us are in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the Stars" ~Oscar Wilde
I have been thinking alot about the Occupy Movement, I shop at the Dollar Store, and More and More of My Neighbors do too. At first it was just for Cleaning Supplies and then Toiletries, but now we also have been buying food. More and more neighbors and college students and elderly neighbors also are shopping there. I have been pondering the Numbers, Numbers that the MSM is ignoring.
Living Conditions of the 99%.....
46 Million on FoodStamps/Assistance....
1;4Children living in Poverty and Hungry.....
26Million UnEmployed&Underemployed.....
8 Million Foreclosed....
50 Million Still with No Healthcare.....
Unemployment for Under Age25 is 50% (yes, that includes College Educated)......
I am One of the 99%, I have been working part time jobs, I am definitely UnderEmployed, I am UnInsured, I have been moved when Landlords went through Foreclosure. I have watched neighbors leave, homes taken away. I have watched so many businesses gone, closed up. I have had to put my son's college dreams on hold, because the Loans that were offered were too expensive, I did not want to burden him with debt. Yet watching the OccupyTogether OccupyWallstreet Movement has been inspiring as people speak out and up and to each other. No Longer is there hidden shame silently born by so many. The Government has been more responsive to Wall Street and Lobbyists than to The People, so hopefully a shift is occurring.
2 comments:
found your blog via Agitadiaries. Your posts on the death penalty are compelling, and I have seen the stats before. I, too, was horrified when Perry received applause for his murderous complicity.
I, too, am a big supporter of the Occupy movement. I, too, have watched as friends have lost jobs and homes. I'm a lucky one - I never had much to lose, as I was never in a position to own a home, and I retired early a couple of years ago. How can anyone in this country look at the stats and say we don't need a major shift in economic and political policy? Just saw a story on tv news about unemployment for the 50 - 60 year olds. It's hopeless. What are people supposed to do? You play by the rules and you still get squashed like a bug. Occupy!
thank you tarad......
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