Meet America‘s ’53%’ – And They Have a Message for the ‘99%’ Protesters
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Mike Opelka
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Meet The 53%. Who are they? The term 53% refers to the people who are actually paying taxes for themselves and the rest of the country.
The 53% is a group of responsible young people organizing across the country. However, this group is not camping out in parks around the country and demanding the entire capitalist system be destroyed. These men and women have jobs (most of them work at more than one job in order to make ends meet), but they are talking about attending the Minneapolis Occupy Wall St. protest scheduled for today – Friday, October 7th.
Here’s a statement from their web page;
So, like, when you’re, like, community organizing for solidarity and stuff, it’s totally cool to have this little hashtaggy thingy when you’re on twitter, so other people, like, totally know what you’re talking about and stuff. So if you’re, like, totally gonna spread the word about being one of the 53% of people who actually, like, pay taxes in America and don’t just, like, hang out protesting stuff all day… like, here’s the hashtaggy thingy. See you at the protest! #iamthe53
Filmmaker Mike Wilson (the man who gave us “Michael Moore Hates America“) maintains the page. We spoke with Wilson this morning and he explained that the 53% tumblr page came from his brain and the clever minds of his pals, Erick Erickson of Red State and Josh Trevino.
Reports out of Minneapolis say that a protest is expected today in front of the Government Plaza in downtown Minneapolis. The movement states they are going to try and reclaim and rename this area “The People’s Plaza.” Members of the 53% have mentioned that they will be in attendance to offer a counter opinion to the protest.
As we were talking, Wilson explained that he was loading up his camera and headed to the Minneapolis protest to capture it on video. The Blaze will link to Wilson’s coverage as it comes in.
Mike Wilson told us the group was in the very early stages of organizing, but it is happening online – mostly because they have jobs, families, and a sense of personal responsibility. And the 53% have responded to the people alleging to represent 99% of the country. Based on these photo messages, the 99% is patently wrong in their claim.
And in case you have forgotten what the so called 99%ers look like… here are some snapshots from my recent visit;
The afternoon drumming and dancing...
Many of the protesters could be seen checking their emails and posting to their Facebook accounts on expensive laptops and cell phones.
This gentleman was carrying a cardboard camera and microphone, both adorned with the Fox News logo… and he appears to be conducting interviews…
UPDATE:
The history of the hashtag for this movement has been tracked to the Twitter account of Kevin Eder and this tweet from early October.
To get your picture and story on the page of The 53%, all you need to do is post it with the hashtag #iamthe53 and Mike Wilson will find it and post it on the site.
H/T to Dan Webb and Michael Hunt
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GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:34amMy wife and I run a 14 room motel in a very busy town. That is 365 days per year, except for leap year. We are in our seventh year. I also work forty hours a week at another job. When I was hired for this job, I was told that no one had ever been laid off in the entire existence of this operation. This job has very good insurance and other benefits. WE ARE BLESSED. In this “down economy,” we have set records in the motel business for four out of the last six months and eight of the last twelve months. Days off? What are those? And our son did two Iraq and one Afghan tours.
Report Post »We are the 53%.
#iam53
smithclar3nc3
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:57amI was born poor so poor that at 16 I had to quit school and get a job to able to afford clothes and food. At I’ve worked 45-75 hours a week since then. At 42 i’ve raised a family, I almost have my house paid for,have several vehicles,and a boat. Never had anything handed to me nor would I want to…I AM 53%
Report Post »If one of my kids took the stance I see alot of these socialist lemmis taking I would turn my back on them. They won‘t I raised strong independent kids who wouldn’t be able to look in a mirror much less at me if they turned into whining useless government dependents.
They are the 53% of the future.
cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:03amI am the 53%.
I grew up in a trailer park where my neighbors sold drugs. I was poor. My father abandoned me, well before I was born. My mother worked so much to support us that I dont have a substantial memory of her until I was 10. My stepfather baby sat us while she worked. He was abusive. She never knew.
I moved out of my moms house when I was 13. I’ve worked since I was 12. I worked 40 hours a week in high school once I turned 18. I took college courses in high school, just so I wouldnt have to pay for as much college. I worked 2-3 jobs every semester in college. I graduated early from a private college.
After college, I moved to NYC with $5000, no job, no contacts, nothing. All because I couldnt get a job in Michigan. I got a temp job within 2 months of moving and after 2 months there, got a full time job within 2 weeks. The pay was horrible and it didnt take long before I found a part time job. I worked 70-80 hour weeks.
I never complained. I never thought I was entitled to what other people earned. I pay my taxes. I did not try to better my life, just so these lazy bums can sit on their butts protesting how unfair things are while they twitter and facebook on their mac laptops which cost more than my rent! I work my butt off just to be able to live and take care of myself without the assistance of anyone! I’ve succeeded. What have these kids done with their life other than say “woe is me?”
Report Post »DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:05amI have worked at the same company for 22 years. Worked from the stock room up to an IT job and provided my own healthcare since I was 18, with no college “education”. I support five kids and a wife on one income after paying my taxes, medicare/aid subsidies, social insecurity and healthcare. I keep my kids out of the communist public education system for which my taxes pay.
I have made mistakes, had my house foreclosed and had to file bankruptcy.
As times have gotten rougher, I moved to where I could farm, raise my own meat, eggs and dairy. All farm/ranch work is done before and after my full-time, salaried, day job in IT. On top of ranch work I must cut wood to heat my house due to rising heating costs. I have been forced to pay into a corrupt system that you are further draining. I am the 53% and have been all of my adult life.
#iam53
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:14amOh this is cool. You ppl are me. Love your stories. Same here, paper route as a kid, lawns to mow, ****** groceries, full time job at 16 and school, 2 full time jobs for probably 20 years of my life, and now I own my own business and it is being destroyed by the policies of Barack Hussein.
Report Post »AMERICA4EVER
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22amI worked three jobs for 18 years so my wife could be home with the kids. We have four children. I ran my own cabinet and furniture shop, worked as a printer in a plant, and played 3 to 4 nights a week in a band. I used to get up in the morning and sit on the edge of the bed and say to my self, I think I am going to die. Our house is paid for and so is our cottage up in Wisconsin. My wife still works and has a good job, but I am retired except I still play in the band once in a while. My family is a part of the 53%.
Report Post »ITGuy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:29amI’ve been poor all my life. My parents have been living off the govermnet one way or another for most of my life. At one point we lived off goverment commodities and the apple tree in the front yard. I spent my youth thinking the goverment owed me something. I was lazy and didn’t want to work much. Because of God i’m responsible now and I went to school and mostly taught myself Networking. I would like to be the 53%, but unfortunatly I still don‘t make much where i’m at (great place to work but not getting rich). After getting tax returns I barely pay any Federal taxes. I’m talking tens of dollars a year. My wifes taxes (factory job) went down to pennies a week after Obama got into office. What is the percentage of people that pay little taxes and still think the protestors are total dumb@$$es. I’m in that group.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:32amwell GOD BLESS you Genepagliari!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I too am 53%!!!!
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:46amI inherited wealth, so i can sit on my ass. But you are poor, so when you sit on your ass, I call you lazy.
I am the 53 %
UNBOTHERED
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:51amGENEPAGLIARI, we are very happy that your company is doing well.
Report Post »But let me ask you something ole Blessed One. Who do you think are responsible for you making it so well in this economy. Have you seen any millionaires staying at your hotels. I doubt it very seriously. So before you get on this pedestal insinuating that the middle class and poor are just whining and all the other Ludacris things the right are trying to say, realize who your patrons are. Because it certainly is not WALL STREET
USAF2003
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:53amI served in the U.S. Military, had a boched back surgery, got out and work in construction 50-70 hrs wk with pain every day, went back to school at 30, work for everything I have and continue to work (60-75 hrs wk) to support my family. I don’t whine cry or pout about what others have or what “I am entitled to”. Shut up and get a job. Work for what you want. I’m tired of supporting you to.
Report Post »#iam53%
kris10h
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:58amI was born to a drug addicted teenage mother and a father who died in a tragic accident while I was still an infant. I got a scholarship to college and didn’t waste it on a useless major like art, so I was able to get a purposeful job and have had medical insurance since I was 21. Due to cutbacks, I do the amount of work that 2 full time people should be doing and that involves taking time away from my husband and my son to work weekends when I get behind. I am rewarded for this by getting raped in taxes so the government can support the useless. I am the 53%
CottonMPG
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:06pmGood job!! We are the people!!
I was middle class til the age of 8. Then became poor due to my parents divorce. My mother worked a full time job and had a paper route for a while. She couldn’t get food stamps or welfare because she worked. We lived in crummy apts because it was all we could afford and at that time there were restrictions on children most places. We lived in low income apts for about 8 yrs. I quit school and got a full time job at 16 but had to quit and went to live with my sister to care for her three small children while both her and her husband worked 2 jobs to keep their small home. It was miserable there, no ac. Unfortunately their marriage ended and the house was foreclosed so I went to jobcorps where I got my GED.
Thankfully God led me through a couple other jobs and set me as a supervisor in a stable workplace where I make more than anyone else in my family. My income is approx 56k a yr. Thankfully My truck, my mom‘s SUV and my brother’s car are all payed for now, by me.
I have never had cable or satellite tv in my whole life. My DSL connection is the only luxury I have. I am blessed to give 15% to charity. I never went to college. My GED scores suggest I would’ve done well according to my teachers. I love my country and care very deeply about the state of the nation. #Iam53%
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:09pmUnbothered… Why do you get off your pedistal. Genepagliari never once mentioned the middle class. And he is responsible for making it so well in this economy. He clearly provided a product and service at a resonable price where people were willing to pay for it! Do you think those people just walked up to him in his home and said, “Hey, let me stay here and I’ll pay you for it?” NO. He marketed his company, he provided excelent service, he did everything to entice people to come. That is how he is responsible for making it. If he didnt do those things… his buisness would have faild.
And these protestors on wall street… they are not the majority of the middle class. I doubt most of them are actually part of the middle class. Most of them are arrogant, clueless, college students who paid more for an education they could have received from the public library. They complain about how bad their life has been, but have they actually taken the steps to improve their life? Do they look at the glass half full or half empty? Because it seems to me, they are saying “oh poor is me, I dont know what to do. I know, I’ll blame someone else.”
Report Post »Alaska Doug S
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:14pmI work out of town or state from my family and get to see them maybe 2 to 3 months a year. I do this because I want a home for them. I do this because I don’t want a government to provide what ever home they deem good enough. I do this because I am motivate to do something more than complain about life and my needs. I do this because I want to be self sufficient. I sacrifice for my family because I choose to not because a government forces me to. I am part of the 53 percent
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:20pmMay GOD continue to bless this great country and all of you.
Report Post »Alaska Doug S
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:20pm@ Unbothered, You don’t even know this place or who stays there yet you speak as though you have facts……….do you? Because list them if you are going to make statements about people or their business. Millionaires pay double the taxes, except for 1 percent of them, that everyone else does……in many cases 4 times as much. Are you a student? Do you have a job? In 2009, 1,470 households filed tax returns with incomes above $1 million yet paid no federal income tax, according to the IRS. Yet that was less than 1 percent of returns with incomes above $1 million. On average, taxpayers who made $1 million or more paid 24.4 percent of their income in federal income taxes; those making $100,000 to $125,000 paid 9.9 percent; those making $50,000 to $60,000 paid 6.3 percent. So be a hater if you want but get your facts straight……….
Report Post »UNBOTHERED
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:23pmGENEPAGLIARI we are very happy for you and your family that your business is doing well. But let me ask you a question. Who do you think is responsible for your business staying afloat in these economic times. Do you see any Millionaires staying at your hotel. I would have to guess that your patrons are middle class citizens who come to your establishment. These are the same people who are being duped by the rich. So if you are insinuating that the rich are in any way shape form or fashion assisting in your success, I’d suggest that you look further into your assertion.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:27pmI am the 53%
My parents grew up lower middle class in the 60‘s and didn’t become hippies.
Report Post »My dad was one of 3 brothers, from a divorced home, at age 11. He started working at 13.
My mother was the youngest of 4 daughters, fatherless due to medical malpractice at 16.
My father was the first on either side of my family to go to college and graduate with a 4 year degree.
My family tree goes back 130 years in this country and one small sliver goes back to the 1700′s with a distant cousin that was fighting the British, in armed conflicts, 20 years before 1776!
They raised 4 children all of whom went to college, my sister and I have multiple college degrees.
I have members of my family that have served in every branch of the Military and Coast Guard.
My wife grew up a poor native Hawaiian, in a culture where girls are pregnant by 14, high school drop-outs, with multiple kids on welfare and food stamps by 20.
My wife had 3 children by 21 and never has been on welfare or food stamps for more than 6 months TOTAL in her life.
Together we have two more, both of whom, at 3 and 4, said they wanted to serve in the US Navy as SEALs. They are 6 and 8 now and STILL hold onto that dream, even though one is a daughter who just wants to fly her older brother in and out of his SEAL missions as a Sea Hawk pilot.
Both of my step-sons have served in the US Army, one still does, and is getting ready for his second tour into combat, this time to Afghanistan, first was to Iraq.
I am
BetterDays
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:32pmI stated at age 10 with TWO paper routes, mornings and evenings, peddling on my Schwin Stingray in NW PA. Weather. Navy, and over forty different jobs later I own two very small, struggling business’s.
Report Post »I don’t plan to “ retire”, I like working.
I’ve worked for over forty years, and only Six years made over poverty level wages, don‘t tell me it can’t be done I DO IT !
I’m debt free, hint….cut up the credit card !
I own my own home, very hard to do, a severe struggle at times, but GOD has been VERY good to me.
I AM A 53%.
football lady
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:35pmMy kind of people. May God bless your son and thank him for his service.
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:36pmI am the 53%
Report Post »I was born to a family who started off middle class but became poor due to family illness. Went off on my own at 24 (stayed a few extra years to help pay mortage with my part time job making 6 an hour) and took out loans to go to college (first in my family to do so). Even though my first few years of school I only made $9000 per year I only qualified for $300 worth of grants but I kept taking the loans. I found a full time job and finished school while getting married and having twins. Upon finishing college I went to work as a chemist then a microbiologist and am now successfull for my wife and now 3 children. I am almost finished paying back my loans. I WORK HARDER FOR MY FAMILY AND I REFUSE TO WORK HARDER FOR YOU TO LIVE THE LIFE YOU THINK YOU ARE OWED. SUCK IT UP AND GET OFF YOUR DEAD ASS AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOURSELVES!!!
almilford
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:37pmI may tend to be reassured that they are allowed to protest even though I disagree with most of their nonsense…the 1st amendment is still in effect. Life owes me nothing. Welcome to the real world…get job or start a business…if the regime will let you!!!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:55pm@ UNBOTHERED: you have issues, serious issues. Hate all the name calling on this site, so I will simply call what you have IGNORANCE. My goodness, where are you coming from with these moronic posts?
Report Post »EntoCraig
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:10pmMy wife and I moved into a small, one bedroom apartment to save money.
We sold both of our cars and payed cash for a conservative vehicle.
We worked hard and payed off our debts.
We bought our first house.
We are saving money so I can go back to college and complete my education.
We both work fulltime.
We pay our bills on time
We dont own credit cards, expensive gadgets, or large vehicles.
What we have, we worked for.
Nobody owes us anything… And we dont owe anyone else anything.
We are the 53%
Report Post »BELIEVER N CHRIST
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:35pm@DTOM_JERICO
Report Post »this may seem strange but i have questions about your change over to farming and where you got the info..im about to do the same thing
PubliusPencilman
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:35pmThis whole 53% thing is missing the point by a wide margin. Does it occur to you folks that while some of these protests have varied concerns, the vast majority of concerns are aimed towards Wall Street.
And as true believers in capitalism, you folks should be out there with them! The current financial system has created enormous disparities in wealth, a shrinking middle class, and lower social mobility–all anathema to a healthy free market system.
If you believe that capitalism is the best and most free economic system, you should be out there fighting against this perversion of the system, not blindly defending the corporate kleptocracy because Glenn Beck tells you to.
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:38pmHas anyone noticed how many of us have similar stories? We grew up poor, likely in the 60‘2 and 70’s. many grew up in a broken home thanks to the social experimenting that told people it was OK to divorce when times got hard. We worked jobs as kids, paper routes, etc… and we moved out at an early age and became contributing adults. We all made mistakes, we had fun, we were young and irresponsible at times, but we grew the heck up. Now that we are older and know a little about life, we see more clearly. We love our country and we hate to see what is happening. The Blaze is great because I don‘t feel like I’m alone in this struggle. I feel empowered to have a voice. I love this great country and I love my family and most of all, I love God.
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:42pm@bothered
“Do you see any Millionaires staying at your hotel. I would have to guess that your patrons are middle class citizens who come to your establishment”
Yeah they took the old rates down, the ones that said “da poor $35/night…..you filthy rich sonzabeatches $65,000/night”
Now everybody pays “their fair share”
#YOUarethe47
artard…
Report Post »I_am_awake_now
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:43pmwait a second, r those bottles of water in some of those pictures of the protestors? and wait a second doesn’t a big giant corporation make those? hmmmmmmm………. the hypocrisy of this group is unbearable for me.
Report Post »GodBlessUs Everyone
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:47pmUNBOTHERED Why are you so bothered?
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:53pmI grew up in a middle class home with parents that taught me that I wouldn‘t get anything if I didn’t work for it.
When I was 14 I started my own lawn mowing business (legit) and spent every weekend mowing lawns around my town, not hanging out with my friends.
When I was 16 I got a part time job to help support myself and spent every day after school working that job, not lounging around at home playing video games.
When I was 18 I used the money I had saved from my business and job to go to college. I worked at 4:00 AM cleaning toilets before classes started so I could have money to pay my way through, took classes and stayed up until 12:00 each night doing homework so I could pass with good grades and no debt.
I graduated, got a job, worked my way up to management, lost that job due to cutbacks during 2008, got a new job for a company eventually bought out, went into business for myself working 10 to 12 hours per day to get by, taught myself new programming languages so I can get more clients and make enough money to pay for the birth of the child my wife is carrying.
The only debt I have is a 5 year loan that I have almost paid off in just over 3 years. I have gone through times where I have had $2 to my name and I have never asked for anything from the government (including pell grants because my parents were too “middle class”).
I am 28.
#iam53
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:56pmColoradoMaveric… I’m noticing the same things. The details are different. But the overal picture is the same. And, like you, when I read these comments I dont feel like I’m alone. At least to an extent. It’s my generation that is part of the OWS. It’s great to know that there are people who think the same way I do, I just wish there were more in my age group; heck, I wish there were more in NYC where I live. Then again, If my generation wasn’t part of it, we probably wouldnt be in this mess–wishful thinking, huh.
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:05pmThis is inspiring stuff…I got goosebumps reading this article. It is so good to know that we are not alone. Go get ‘em at this rally!
Report Post »sonora_mom
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:06pmWe all have had to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. I lied about my age when I was 12 so I could get a job detasseling corn and it paid minimim wage. I had never made that much money in my life. The sad thing was I got fired because I was too short to do the work and I broke all the corn. I still got another chance the next year and they had machines to make it easier to reach the tassels so I worked in the hot sun everyday in the summer. I went back to Indiana a few years ago and a kid said “only hoodlums do that kind of work!”. I almost fell over since that kid had never had a job because Mom and Dad provided everything. I am so glad my kids are in their 30′s but they are making the same mistakes and over indulging their children. If I had a college student that was out there protesting, I would cut off their education right now and then they can see how bad capitilism really is. I worked hard to get to where I am and I paid my own way with 2 kids and no child support. I didn’t use the welfare system either. I went to a community college and then to work. We didn’t have much money but we were not “poor”. This is America and if you work hard, you can get ahead and I am not ashamed that I have more money than 40 something percent of the people. Maybe THEY should work a little harder and smarter. Every American should have to pay the same percent of taxes and that would be “fair” but it makes too much sense.
Report Post »Supertomcat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:14pmI really thing the last photo message in the article has a very important message. It is the truth, at the end of the day as Americans, we are blessed. I just hope we don’t forget that.
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:24pm@Unbothered. Didn’t you learn anything about stereotyping people? Do you start other statements with Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, etc?
Using The Rich as a term simply denotes propaganda. If you take the top 1% of earners, you will end up with good people and bad, just like every other demographic. Yet, you want to paint them all with the same brush. As if everyone on Wall Street is evil. Every person who has worked hard to become rich did it by cheating. That’s bunk, and you know it is. Every rich person isn’t screwing America.
But that message doesn’t fit the propaganda. Obama wants to win re-election so he’s got to pit American vs. American, brother vs. brother. “Fair Share”, “The Rich”, these are just Obama’s new abstract campaign slogans that people can take to mean anything they want. Kind of like “Hope” and “Change”.
Report Post »1proud_Texan
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:25pmI was a high school dropout and ran with the wrong crowd. I became a drug addicted prostitute. Thank God I was able to change my life. I got off drugs, became an RN, and have been married to a wonderful loving husband for almost 20 years. Our son will be going to college soon. I am one of the 53%! God bless Glenn Beck for his courage.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:28pmWe lie to get ahead. and speak incessantly about truth. We omit any help we received from society and are well-to-do parents. We pretend that we are completely self made, when in reality we endeavor to keep others ignorant to all of the components that resulted in our so called success.
We speak of Christ’s love, but we have contempt for the poor, and rationalize our greed with trite slogans and cliches.
“the poor are lazy”
“if you were laid off, blame yourself”
We are the 53%
and we hide behind religion
Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:31pmtruly inspiring short stories we got going on here. Man some of these bring back serious memories. Someone mentioned Indiana and corn and it reminded me of summers in NW Ohio riding our bikes out to a farm to pull weeds taller than the beans for an old farmer who refused to spray for them. My older brothers, several cousins, and some of the neighborhood kids. And none of us were in HS yet so we were just kids. Man we were loaded after payday…
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:40pm@PubliusPencil
It’s amazing how you can read all these stories and still not get it. Instead of whining, like yourself, these people have worked hard to become successful and to actually earn what they have.
America and freedom is about being able to reap the rewards of your own hard work and actions. It’s not a guarantee that everything is going to work out for you. Or that others might already have wealth and gain advantage by that. It’s simply a promise that you can live by the sweat of your own brow and your own decisions.
You want to know the biggest obstacle for class mobility? It’s government intervention. Every single lasting monopoly in U.S. history achieved it through government intervention.
In the name of protecting the public, there are tens of thousands of unneeded laws and regulations on the books that do nothing but ensure that the interests of these same ‘evil’ corporations are never threatened by new or smaller competitors. You couldn‘t start a Microsoft today from the ground up under today’s regulations. And these protesters want more government intervention? Sounds like a great recipe for everyone to be poor together.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:41pm@ ENCINOM: You are truly ignorant. Not one of us is complaining about our lives. I wish my kids had the same experience as I did. I wish all kids had the opportunity to live how I and many on here lived. That opportunity is non existent for the most part. I am so sick and tired of your stupidity. You are one sorry piece of crap. I am sick and tired of your ignorance and stupidity. I am sick and tired of ppl like you posting absolute nonsense. I am sick and tired of you spending time on this site. I want you to go away. I want the Blaze to delete your account or give us the opportunity to block your ignorance. You are as worthless of a poster I can remember on this site. You are an embarrassment to your family and yourself. If I get kicked off here because of this post, so be it. Freaking world falling apart and socialist hippy commie freaks like you are doing all you can to help make it happen. GET A LIFE LOSER…..
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:52pmNo, ENCICOM,
They mock those who whine about a system that they’ve done nothing but take from their entire lives. The people who only talk about rights and what they are owed, never responsibilities. That‘s why there isn’t any kind of a constant message there. Just a bunch of spoiled kids wanting what they aren’t willing to work for – because that would be unfair.
The ones not paying their fair share? That would be the protesters. What value have they provided society? They seem to be there trying to get out of any share, i.e. student loan payments.
Report Post »Ethereal
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:53pm@PubliusPencilman
Report Post »Have you listened to any of the (albeit incoherent and unfocused) ramblings of the protestors? Why should we be out there with them, they say they want to destroy capitalism not save it.
oneshiner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:53pmPlease don’t anyone get all out of shape, this is only an analogy: I love animals and worry about lost and abused dogs. Often think I’ll leave a hefty donation in my will to a shelter.
But, it occurred to me this morning while cleaning out hummingbird feeders, how can a tame dog take care of itself while the wild fox, coyote & wolf do quite well taking care of themselves. WHY? Duh! Just like some of these kids who’ve been coddles all their lives or lived with families who made a life of using Welfare and all other gimmes, continue to want everything for free.
When you tame the wild, they need a master. Wanting the government to give these people everything without trying to take care of themselves is just like these poor lost dogs who need a master to take care of them. Dogs love to sleep all day, be fed on time, go out to take care of business and play a little bit. Only a few are trained to work for their supper. Police dogs, search & rescue dogs, helper dogs, etc. All the rest just want to be a pet. Which of us are the pets and which are the work dogs? Sounds like the kids attacking Wall St. We all want to help those in need, but it‘s hard to believe so many can’t get out and work.
Report Post »Just like many who kept all their lives and it becomes a way of life, then it becomes an entitlement.
They want the rest of the Country to pay taxes to take care of them, while they never pay taxes.
britlynz
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:56pmI’m a vet. I’ve been through two factory shutdowns. I’ve had to restart my career TWICE. We nearly lost everything. We’ve been without health insurance. We’ve NEVER taken a government handout. We’re putting two kids through school. Both my wife and I work two jobs. We’ll never see a golden pension. We’ll probably die working.
Despite all of that, we ARE the 53%. Jack with us and you will feel as though you’re dealing the 90 percent.
Report Post »tan8888
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:00pmis that a web site?
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tan8888
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:02pmIs that a web-site?
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Ethereal
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:04pm@oteBushIn12
Report Post »Once again you lefties miss the point. The aid is already there and can and should be used as a help UNTIL ONE CAN GET ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET which by the sounds of these stories can be done and is done by many. It’s the people that require the handout and continue to do nothing about their situation because they can live off of everyone else that is the problem so put away your blanket statements and “everything is either black or white” logistics and look around. The world if shades of grey my friend. I dont know if you own a home or have a family so Ill just assume you do. How do you run your own household? Do you give help to family? Of course you do but what if that family memeber started taking advantage of you just to live off of your good nature and earnings? I hope you would say something like ‘Its time to start getting to work and helping yourself so you can be a productive member of society.” Ill bet if you look at how you run your own houshold you will (and many others will) discover you are a little more conservative than you think.
tonydanibradbury
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:12pmMy husband and I have had it rough over the years, but we’ve always had our freedom. Freedom to fail or freedom to succeed, either way it was still freedom. We have the choice to go out and make something of ourselves. Life is more then just earning your degree, finding a career, making plenty of money, buying a home, and having a nice retirement. The most important idea that runs through all of this is that we have the FREEDOM to do these things, the FREEDOM to make our own choices! But apparently these protestors have forgotten that- or more likely- were never taught that. How would they feel if the government really was running everything? How would their thinking change if the government decided if they were smart enough for school or not, worthy of healthcare or not, told them what their career would be after they finished school, etc. What would their cry be then? FREEDOM!
Report Post »Let all of us be careful to not start comparing the materialistic nature of this argument. That’s exactly what the anti-American groups fueling this protest want us to do, because then we continue the arguments of class warfare. Instead, let‘s all draw each other’s attention to the core value here- we have the FREEDOM to fail or the FREEDOM to succeed, we have the FREEDOM to protest peacefully without disappearing in the night, we have the FREEDOM to make our signs and sit around on Wall Street for weeks at a time if we so choose.
mtcountrygrl
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:13pmMy husband and I both came from poor families. In fact most of our families are still in poverty and on the goverment dime, due to choices they have made. Neither one of us has a college degree. I worked 2 or 3 jobs all of my adult life until I was 30 years old. By then my business took off and I was able to quit one. I supported my husband while he started his own business. Now he supports me so that I can stay home with my children. In 2009 we almost lost everything. We had to lay off all of our employees and my husband had to run the business himself as well as get a night job to keep us from losing our house (which we built with our own 2 hands over a 2 year period). We reorganized our business, did some new marketing and are now full swing again. We have hired back employees and are now entering into business number 3. We are also now homeschooling our children so that they are educated, not indoctrinated. We ARE the 53%
Report Post »artistskeptic
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:26pmMy salute to all the 53%ers, thank you for being true Americans. I support anything that can push these protesting social parisites out or the liberal media’s limelight. Only through marxist community organizing and unions thuggery could such irrational activities be thought significant.
Report Post »ohyeah52
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:29pmMy husband and I also started with nothing, worked hard, lived well within our means, and built a successfull general contracting business. We have semi-retired but our sons who run the business are struggling to survive in this pitifull economy. They don’t complain and niether do we. We have learned in our 35 years of business when times get tough to tighten your belt, put your head down, and work harder. When I see these mobs of do-nothings on TV it makes me both sad and angry. Your stories moved me to tears. You give me hope! Thank you!
Report Post »We are the uncomplaining 53%!!!
dr_funk
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:48pmMy parents couldn’t afford to save for my college education, and they didn’t have the credit to take out loans for my college education, so I’ve taken out my own loans to pay for my college education. I can only get so much financial aid per year, so I’ve had to work two jobs my entire way through school just to pay my bills. I don’t get weekends, my weekends are for working. My grades have suffered, but I will finally be graduating this year. I will go on to start my own business and continue working at least two jobs after I graduate because I refuse to wait and rely on someone else to create my job for me. I will create my own job. I am the 53%.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:19pmI am the 53%.
I grew up in trailer parks. We were so poor we had no air conditioning, no television and no refrigerator. We walked to a convenience store every 3 days for ice for a cooler. We couldn’t keep much perishable food.
At 15 I lied about my age to get a ful-time job. I paid for my own college out of my pocket until my dad kicked me out of the house (he was a drunken drug addict who was out of work at the time).
I’ve screwed up since then, but now I support my family of 5 and we’re more resonsible with our money. It’s been hard, and it’s going to be hard for a long time, but we blame no one for our hardships.
God bless America, and God bless everyone posting here.
Report Post »newdaysos
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:29pm@ Genepagliari & Unbothered
Genepagliari, thank you and your son for his service and your sacrifice. We too have a small motel that is enjoying record-breaking months this year.
Unbothered is the one who is uninformed and unfounded in his/her “assertions”. It is neither the millionaires or the middle class who are filling our rooms and “assisting in our success”. It’s the FORIEGNERS who are keeping our business “afloat”! Maybe Unbothered would care to “look further” into that interesting fact.
We are the 53%!
Report Post »Iamthe53
realindependent
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:56pmAren’t you the Tea-party against the bailout of the banks? Aren’t you against what wall street did with selling derivative swaps. or selling good mortgages and bad mortgages mixed around the world as AAA rated mortgages? why aren’t you down there protesting with them? these banks ruined our homes prices,our 401k‘s and we bailed them out and now they are raising our fees at atm’s using our debt cards. When are you going to pull your heads out of the sand. and realize they need regulations and rules on these things.
Report Post »DrFrost
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:07pmI was born in the lower middle class. Both of my parents worked to make ends meet.
Growing up I worked hard in school during the week and on the weekends I worked with my stepfather roofing, sheet rocking and doing any other odd jobs he could find. This was what he referred to as his “weekend job.”
In college I didn’t work during the semesters, concentrating on keeping a 4.0 GPA instead, but I had a summer job every summer. My first summer that was roofing. The next two summers I worked at a mine. From thereafter I had summer jobs in my field of study: engineering.
I worked hard and was fortunate to get a job when I graduated. I’ve now been working in this field for over 20 years. In my career I was laid off once, chose to leave for a better job once, and had to leave once because the business I worked for was basically shutting down.
I make a good living but it took a lot of hard work to get here and I’ve been very blessed. I believe in the free market and personal responsibility because the alternatives have proven over and over that they do not work.
I am the 53%.
Report Post »Nick84
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:20pmSo many ridiculous posts… I keep reading about how people used welfare but now that they are part of the “53%”, they don’t think others should be able to collect welfare. How hypocritical. Here are some of my responses to my favorite posts:
@ValiantDefender- You are part of the 47% these people are against. If they had their way, you would be paying federal income tax regardless of how much it brings down your quality of life (even if you couldn’t survive on it). I’m sure, though, if you really wanted to be one of them, you could find a way to pay federal income tax on your own.
1proud_Texan- If your story is real, I highly doubt you paid federal income tax as a prostitute. You were one of the 47% everyone on here despises so much.
DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)-depending on which chapter of bankruptcy you filed, your federal income tax debt can be wiped out. Also, since your house was forclosed on and you filed bankruptcy, you are a part of the “problem” in a way. I imagine you consider welfare “stealing” from working people. How is it that you don’t think of filing bankruptcy or having your house forclosed on as stealing?
Report Post »Hayabusa
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:38pmI was born to an alcoholic, single mother and was raised in poverty. Unlike the 53%, she decided that she would only take jobs she liked and would never work over 40 hours. When she wasn’t at work, she laid in bed watching TV. We lived in filth and I was frequently abused. When she lost a job, we were evicted. As a child, I rarely had my own bedroom. I often slept on the couch. When we didn’t have an apartment, we lived in a 8′ trailer or stayed with friends. I spent part of high school living in a garage and a homeless shelter.
When I graduated high school I had basically two options. Continue living in poverty while working fast food and blaming others or join the Armed Services. I chose the latter. I earned the GI Bill and went to college and rejoined the military to repay my degree. I am now nearing (military) retirement having worked and sacrificed for 20 years. I own a home and live a good middle class life. I will continue to work and sacrifice to maintain that standard of living.
I am the 53%. I work for those things I want and ask for no assistance to improve my quality of life. That is MY responsibility. I REFUSE to covet another’s wealth. They earned it through risks they bore solely. They deserve their reward. Don’t like it? Take YOUR OWN risks but know that many risk takers lose everything though you don’t hear them whining.
This generation? “The sluggard’s craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.”
Report Post »RIGEL_ORION
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:31pmNick84 is an idiot.
Absolutely no clue as to the fact that Federal debts, INCLUDING income tax and student loans cannot be removed through bankruptcy.
Also, a foreclosure isn’t stealing. It’s the creditor retaking the collateral you put up in exchange for the loan. If there is a balance owed after the foreclosure and subsequent sale, the previous homeowner is still liable for that amount.
Unlike the welfare you so desperately defend, there is a cost to both bankruptcy and foreclosure. Namely, you have a long-term mark on your credit that affects your future ability to enjoy the use of items such as a car, house, tuition – while you are still paying for them.
Finally, you just don’t get it. Before these people joined the 53% through their income, they weren’t out in the streets whining about not getting a fair shake. They had their nose to the grindstone wanting to earn, not demanding that others should give so they could take.
Report Post »Jacque
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:48pmI teach at a college and these are the same lazy kids being brainwashed by the anti-American Marxists, Communists and socialists’ professors who force them to drink their kool-aid. Go get a job and then tell me how by my working two jobs I need to give you health care and a house. They are lazy bums with support from SEIU and ACORN, which is just re-named and completely supported by the Marxist Dictator!
Cain/West 2012
TEA
Report Post »JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:58pmREALINDEPENDENT,
If you actually care about the truth. Here it is. These are misguided protests.
The banks didn’t force anyone to bail them out. The politicians did it all on their own. The protesters should be in Washington, they started the problem and then bailed it out later.
Banks were mandated by certain government regulations to make loans to people with questionable means to repay them (via the CRA). Like capitalists do, they found ways of packaging and mitigating this risk.
Luckily, because this subprime market was covered in part by the backing of the Govt (Fannie/Freddie) it was easier to get AAA ratings for worthless paper. Unfortunately, this web got more and more elaborate as the bad paper was leveraged further and further as people kept passing it down the line – even getting to where they were buying and selling insurance bets on fail likelihood.
The punishment for continuing to leverage bad paper would normally be termination and liquidation for being an idiot. However, thanks to Washington, NOT WALL STREET we bailed them out instead of letting them fail.
The underlying question is this…
Would this economic disaster have happened if the first wave of defaults hadn’t occurred? If that group of people with 500 credit or stated income hadn’t received loans (backed by Fanny, Freddie, Jennie,etc.) would the leveraged house of cards have been built? If so, why would it have collapsed if the loans at the base of it all were good?
Report Post »revel222
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:06pmDitto! I think they are a bunch of acting students out in the streets working on their future career for an action film. What a bunch of losers. I hope it snows soon!
Report Post »proudkygirl
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:24pmI don’t have a college education. I have worked everyday since I turned sixteen. I was a single parent.I don’t make excuses I make things happen! I don’t just survive I thrive! I love capitalism,I love the constitution and I love my country! I am inthe53.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:29pmI love this man! I love these people !
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:42pmYou guys don’t understand Delta M.
Report Post »JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:27pmWe treat lies and distortions as a way of life, so we assume everyone must do the same.
We think everyone is lazy because we’ve never done an ounce more work than was absolutely necessary and then whined about the work while we did it. Afterwards we complained about the pay or lack of credit for the job.
We spend our time looking with contempt at the few others who had more to start with, but ignore the greater number who have done much more with less.
We demand charitable giving, not with our money. But through government programs paid for with other peoples’ money.
We claim that the wealthy only became so because of the benefits of government roads, education, police. We ignore the fact that these same services also help keep us from getting robbed and murdered in our homes, allow us quick travel and the ability to read/communicate – yet we are the ones not paying any taxes for them.
We then ignore the hypocrisy of the words fair share as we scream them at Wall Street
We see the homeless, hungry and disabled and think “The government needs to do something about this” as we step over them.
The rich are lazy and didn’t work for their money, because if they did work hard, I’d have less excuses for my lot in life.
We won’t take a job paying less and then keep looking. We’ll stay on unemployment.
We are Platitute and Encicom. We hate religion because all that truth like thou shalt not covet is inconvenient.
Report Post »outdooronly
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:32pmMy parents were POOR –picked cotton and went to school without shoes at the elementary level. I was raised in a trailer provided by the govt when hurricane Betsy wiped out EVERYTHING they owned but the clothes on their backs. I was encouraged strongly to take FULL ADVANTAGE of the FREE education provided to me. Not only did I do so, but I worked front desk at the local Clerk of Courts ofc EVERY afternoon M-F while in high school. I studied hard and I worked hard –earning SCHOLARSHIPS and work-study jobs to attend college. I was the FIRST in my family to graduate with a bachelors degree from college —went on to receive another bachelors degree as well. I was taught to get a paper route –pick up cans –pick okra/tomatoes –work on shrimping boats –mow lawns — AND A WHOLE LOT MORE !!!! Taught to WORK and earn SELF respect !!! Today I am a divorced single mother who owns her OWN home –car paid for –NO DEBT –no credit card –STILL work 12 HR NIGHTSHIFTS —–and I AM THE 53 % ! ! ! !
Report Post »MaPt
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:26pmI am the daughter of a carpenter who worked hard so our mother could remain at home. The first in my family to get a college education. I have been working hard since finishing college. I am the 53
Report Post »VCITWilderness
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:29pmTo the people that are “occupying wall street” your so called leaders call you revolutionaries, new idealists, etc. But they also have another name for you, “useful idiots.”
Report Post »Wixom35
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:29pmMan I thought I had it hard – God Bless all of you!
Semper Fi !!!!!!!
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:20pmYou only think you understand the point of these protests. But you don’t.
You don‘t seem to understand Delta M and it’s place in the decision structure of modern corporations or its importance to CEO’s. You don’t seem to grasp the trade offs that are being made in order to focus on it.
All you’re saying is the same tired old BS about layabouts and haters of america. You think everything is about a handout or a free ride. You don’t even understand.
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:40pmJOIN US IN DC ON 11-11-11
This is a NATIONWIDE Call-to-Action!
We CALL upon every member of federal, state and local government, legislative, judicial, law enforcement and military, who have taken an oath to protect and defend the Constitutional Republic from all enemies, foreign and domestic, to act upon those oaths for the stated purpose of restoring the Constitutional Republic.
We CALL upon ALL veterans and veteran organizations in America, who still believe in their oath to protect and defend, to unite with us at once – in this Declaration to Restore the Constitutional Republic.
We CALL for ALL citizens who still desire freedom and liberty, to stand with us in peaceful protest, and carry our demands to right the wrongs against our nation in the preservation of freedom, liberty, justice and the rule of law.
Help us save our Nation. Start here… http://patriotsforamerica.ning.com/forum/topics/just-this-minute-launched-a-declaration-to-restore-the-constituti
Report Post »Dixie Man
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 12:17amI am the 53%.
I am a southern white male married to a Hispanic lady. I am a stepfather, husband, and grandfather. I work about 80 hours per week and my wife works about as much. I have owned my own businesses in the past, and have succeeded and failed. I have never complained that my failures were someone else’s fault, and have never been on unemployment or welfare. I would rather die than be “beholding” to this communist government.
While working as an over the road truck driver, I completed my Bachelors Degree in Business Admin/Accounting and cash flowed the cost of my degree. Thank God I had sense enough to be a Dave Ramsey fan and not have student loans! In fact, my wife and I worked ourselves out of debt WHILE going to college! We are not special…we are just proud AMERICANS!
Many of my family members have served in the military,(but not me) including an ancestor who was an infantryman in the CSA. I have had family members in every conflict since that time. We have earned our Rights as Americans!
We are very proud 8/28 attendees, NRA, GOA, Tea Party and Glenn Beck supporting Americans. We have challenges in our lives as everyone does, but when knocked down, we get back up, dust ourselves off, and stiffen our spines and get back to work. We are proud gun toting, Bible clinging Christians who have some great friends, great family, and great neighbors. We love our country, but we despise the new citizens of Libtardia.
We are the 53%. God Bless our fellow
Report Post »Echo Tango
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 12:20amBorn into a poor working class family in Washington DC. Worked from the time I was 12(paper boy). Married at 17. Joined the US Army at age of 22 and served for 22 years. Been working ever since in private sector. Now 60 years old and working as a Independent Contract Courier from 6:30 am to 9:00pm Monday thru Friday. Never been on welfare or food stamps or unemployment. I’ve only had two weeks off in the last 6 years. I have no employer provided benefits of any kind. I pay my own way for everything.I pay taxes every quarter and only get back part of my business expenses as a refund. Otherwise I don’t qualify for a refund and I am far from being a millionaire.In fact my take home pay after expenses was about $25,000. I don’t own an I Phone and I drive a 6 year old truck with 250,000 miles on it. I saw these punks marching down through the streets in DC on Thursday. They need to get off of the streets that my taxes pay for get a job and shut up. I am the 53%
Report Post »VoteBushIn12
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 2:00amFor some reason my post was deleted, so I’ll say it again.
One of your beloved 53%ers admits to utilizing Welfare and Food Stamps before obtaining success – two government funded social benefit programs that your blazers hate. Without these programs it‘s safe to say he wouldn’t be alive today.
Looks like some socialism is EXTREMELY conducive to the American Dream as without it your little poster child wouldn’t be around.
Seems like the 99% got something right.
Report Post »aspkisser
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 2:00amAmen!
Report Post »beentheredonethatsoiknow
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:06amMy biggest dream growing up was to be the first in my family to go to college. I‘m 62 and have never been able to finish college because I was poor and wasn’t willing to borrow against my family’s needs. I was forced to “retire” from my career six months before I was eligible for a full retirement because my new boss learned that I didn’t have a degree. I just came back after working for three years with the military in the world’s worst places, and I was just hoping to get ahead, but my savings were eaten up by the housing and stock crash. I’m working three jobs to get by now with not much hope of a decent retirement. It looks like I’ll die poor. But I’m really a very rich man. I have children, grandchildren, a beautiful wife, and I feel blessed. I’m part of the 53%. I know that the best things in life aren’t things. Now, roll up your sleeves and get to work, you whining, lazy little moochers!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 3:50amI admire those people who put their stories out there for everyone to read, and I admire them for surviving the struggle. There but the Grace of God go I. A lot of strong people have posted their stories.
A lot of people mentioned that they got over the hump with a little help from welfare, social security, unemployment insurance, food stamps or other things that the government provides. Some had their debts forgiven by the goverment when they filed for bankruptcy.
Some people didn’t mention that but, reading their stories, I suspect they had some help from the government at some point, possibly including low cost medical assistance or low cost housing or other things the government provides. Nobody said that they refused government help that they were entitled to.
For those of you who benefited from some government help while you got over the hump, why do you think others who receive the same benefits that helped you get past the hard times are unworthy of the same help you received?
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 5:11amI’m one of the 47%. I’ve been too poor to pay taxes my entire life. I wasted my best years working to pay for college. I wanted to be a math teacher, but I never had enough time nor money to finish college. I was told by a doctor that I had to quit work or school when I learned I was having heart problems due to lack of sleep. Work, study, school (I’ve gone 3 days without sleep working extremely exhausting jobs – mostly construction)… no rests, no vacations… my whole life.
I DON’T BLAME THE BANKS. I DON’T BLAME WALL STREET. I believe that Capitalism would work if the Progressives would let the free market work.
To add to the problem… some companies are actually looking for employees and saying that they won’t hire the unemployed. That‘s where I’ve had my biggest problem since 2008. I don‘t want government to make me a protected class just because I’m unemployed. I want people to start doing what they know is right. Businesses shouldn’t write people off as undesirable because of their age, race, religion, nor employment status. Government shouldn’t be regulating dust and food and every other ridiculous idea they come up with.
I add this comment to show you that not every poor person is a Liberal.
Civil Libertarian
Fiscal Conservative
Socially leaning Conservative
Proud American who believes in Capitalism
I stand with Israel… and I’m in the bottom 10%
Bachmann, Santorum or Cain in 2012!
Report Post »paulevans
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 5:13amBless you and your family and thank your son for his service.. you are what America is about!
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 5:29amUnbothered…..You useless, mindless little twit!
Genepagliari’s point is that he and his wife work hard for what they have, not who rents the damn motel rooms. Pag’ and his family made their breaks with hard work.
You are another hater, you little twerp.
Report Post »Jackers
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 5:53amSome blame the banks, some blame the unions, some blame the corporations, some blame the special interest groups… But in the end, the ultimate blame should placed be our own government.
For decades, too many of our political “representatives” on both sides of the aisle have been working only on their behalf… Enriching themselves at our expense.
It’s time to get back to the Constitution; the rule of law; and a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” That simple.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 6:17amGod bless you and your family!
Report Post »Barricade
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:00amI was born in a rural town in Northern Maine. My family was poor. I remember standing in a galvanized tub and pouring water over my head we heated on the wood stove to take a bath for school. We cut firewood, tended a garden and raised animals for food. In the fall I picked potatoes to buy clothes for school. I attended church every Sunday and LOVED it when my pastor stopped by in the evening to visit and we sat around the table and my Grandmother served him on her “best” dishes because we had such respect and love for him. I joined the Army and fought in Desert Storm. I Farmed, I passed medication in a Nursing Home, I drove truck, I fixed dish washers in Restaurants, I worked as a deep sea diver for the “evil” oil companies in the Gulf of Mexico. I now work a great job where I do not punch a time clock and have almost complete freedom. I have a GED and NO COLLEGE and my wife and I make $75,000 a year. WE HAVE JUST WORKED HARD all of our lives. You work harder than the man next to you, you get noticed and promoted and you work your way up. 99% ers quit whining and suck it up!! You don’t get all of the good things in life until you work, get some experience and maturity!! Sure, I looked at other people and admired what they had– but I said to myself “that will be me someday with the nice house” and it drove me to work hard. It never once entered my mind that somebody should give it to me or take it from someone else! The 99% needs to learn about hard work! I am the 53
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:02amYou are right, this is so cool. I started working just out of high school, because my parents wouldn’t support me. I worked part time at JC Penny’s as a sign printer in the back. I did 4 years in the Navy, in a job that had no civilian equivilent, as a 9/11 dispatcher, a factory worker, whatever it took. My husband works 40-60 hours and has a navy retirement check so that I can stay home with our kids. I have a 21 year old special needs son that will always need someone and a gifted 12 year old. I had one point in my life where I tried to get aid, but didn’t qualify because I had a job and a truck I was paying on. I was basically told if I quit my job and sold my truck, I would qualify. It was the best thing that ever happened to me. It made me survive on a less than minimum wage job and budget my money.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:29am… I am divorced and have my own small business, but I am still working just to pay the bills. I have little discretionary income. I do what ever side work I can to supplement my income. I do not sympathize with the ‘Wall Street’ useful idiots, nor do I care if the NYPD eventually splatters their brains all over the sidewalk. Those little ‘commies’ deserve everything that’s coming to them. It is important that when we, as Americans, finally come together, that we outlaw communism in this country (and the immigration of muslims from muslim countries). Communism is the enemy of freedom: always has been, always will be. People should be free … to practice communism somewhere else, not in America! And those in the media need to pay dearly for their deceiving of the American people. And the list goes on and on … I am a part of the 53% … you punk commies can piss off (as well as you filthy muslims).
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:34amI was born to a single parent home. I went to the same public school you did. I didn’t care about education. When my family moved to another state we had just enough money to rent a trailer that was infested with roaches until my mom WORKED to save enough money to move us to a decent home. When I graduated high school I didn‘t have the money to go to college but I didn’t take out a huge student loan to get a worthless college education. I went to work at mcdonalds. I had a crappy car that had to be push started. After floundering around and using drugs for 6 years I picked myself up off the floor and joined the Army. After honorable discharge I went to college for four years on my own dime! No govt loan. I helped launch a small business with a friend with our own money,sweat, and blood. I am now a large cog in a successful small business that provides security lighting and advertising for thousands of customers. I work hard, pay my own way and don’t need the govt to hold my hand in life.I pay the minimum amount of taxes that are required, because I don’t appreciate the govt wasting my money on moochers and looters. My life is the American story.
Cut your hair, take a shower, and get a job and quit whining to the people who subsidize your laziness. Get a dream, a work ethic, and an alarm clock. Use all three and make something of yourself. Right now you are the embarrassment of a great nation.
#iamthe53 and I’m damn proud of it.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:48amPlatitude,encinom,jzs, and whatever other little babies want to cry and whine-
You are the 99percent- the one percent of your group is the lefties at the top who are using you to pull off the greatest heist in world history. You will get nothing from it but misery.
Lies?y’all have that covered. Like your hero the crying black guy whose house was taken by chase. Don’t worry about our religion-the church doesn’t waste money on freeloaders. The govt is your religion and when it comes to govt as god I am an atheist. The so called 99 are the victims of an old dead white guy-Saul alinsky. Paraphrasing-we must make them feel defeated and hopeless then use them for our purposes. So congrats 99ers you are miserable puppets for the true evil rich.
But me, I’m happy to be with the 53.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:50amMy first job was a paperboy in Detroit at age ten , been workin almost 7 days a week since then
Report Post »Raised four kids , been self employed since the age of seventeen. Still work 7 days a week.
Iamthe53% did i mention i dropped out of high school in 11 th grade ? All my kids went
to private schools, they all got brand new cars on their 16th birthday. Iamthe53%.. all done through nothing but hard work !!!!!! I live on a beautiful ranch and own 3 small bussinesses at the moment, all done through hard work!!!!!! Period , hard work.And all my kids work hard too.
lucky7toes
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:51amAs a single mother with three kids and a mortgage that equaled two weeks of take home pay, that I never intended to pay by myself, I NEVER reached out to the government for help. Left with piles of bills and credit card debt, I canceled cable, the internet and anything else that wasn’t needed so I could climb out of that debt with a simple warehouse paycheck. The clothes we had came from Goodwill and hand-me-downs from friends. The library and the school’s playground equipment was our only entertainment for a lot of years. IT WAS HARD …and it was a BLESSING.
The simple life that we were forced to have is now the simple life I choose. My kids are BRILLIANT. They have imaginations. They are great distance runners. :) And I still don’t have a cell phone.
I worked hard to become the 53%.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:56amJzs
Yes people have had to use social services-as a crutch, not for their whole lives. If you need help, we help. Jeez man, do you know how much of our national debt is money given to the poor? My mom was on food stamps but didn’t teach me to work the system to collapse it like your little granny piven.
Don’t lecture us punk. All you do is make excuses. Be the 53 and not a lifetime recipient of someone elses fruits of labor.
Report Post »SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:01amNow that think of it jzs has a point.
I work hard and can’t afford an iPhone, iMac, or to just go protest all day. I have a mortgage and child to pay for-woe is me. Please feel bad for me-hold on someone is tweeting me on my iPhone-sorry where was I?
What a joke! Are you a moocher, a looter, or a producer?
Report Post »tifosa
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:09amFINALLY! Evidence that some in the teaparty get it: http://www.fedupusa.org/2011/10/an-open-letter-from-fedupusa-to-occupy-wall-street-protestors-all-over-the-country/
Report Post »chazman
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:32am… I also have a son who is coming off his third tour in AF with the Marine Corps. I would ask these spoiled, rotten punks, ‘what have you done for your country today?‘ I’ll tell ya what you’ve done: NOTHING! Oh, and by the way OBAMMY, the Marine Corps doesn’t like you very much …
Report Post »We are 53%!
DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:36am@Nick
I did not have my federal income tax wiped out. Not one dime. I could not and did not. My mortgage was not “bailed out” like the greedy, fair housing leeches, you illogical nematode. The auction covered the mortgage because I had put 30% down. Losing my house was not by my choice. It was by liberal, progressive, “family law” that allowed a bitter, vindictive woman to exploit her martyrdom even as my lawyer advised I was offering too much. Do you need schooled any further?
As I said I made mistakes. I did not say what those mistakes were. You assumed what they were. I paid the penalties, and still do. This is quite different from brat children that want their school loans forgiven or “victims of predatory lending” that want me to pay their mortgage.
It’s obvious you came to pick people apart. That won’t work with me, nice try. Moreover, whatever mistakes I have made, that’s not where I am at today. Just as if someone once was a hippy, drain, on society, they could reform. In your world that would make them a drain forever. In mine, people grow. So there is hope for you. One day you may not be a presumptious, failed attempt at “enlightening” everyone.
Report Post »AZindependent
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:38am@TIFOSA Thank You! This is not a fight about income tax payers vs non-income tax payers, that is divide and concur crap. This is about a fight to reform a broken system in which wall street banksters are extracting what is left of the wealth of our nation using a bought and paid for government. We are living in a Kleptocracy, income taxes are just part of the theft. Income taxes came about at the same time the Federal Reserve Act was passed, 1913. They were only on the top 1% of income earners, soon after income taxes spread to more and more income levels. Why?
Report Post »Because government needed more money. Prior to that most federal revenue came from alcohol excise taxes and other tariffs.
The Federal Reserve is the root of all evil, and it is a private corporation, owned by and is support of it’s member banks. The banks make huge bets on the entire world, and it’s heads they win, tails you lose.
Wonder why we have been fighting in two wars for over 10 years? Military Industrial Complex another gang of thieves whom have bought and paid for the whores of DC. They don’t mind extracting trillions using fear and patriotism as tools against Americans. Why do 2/3 of our soldiers come back from these wars not supporting the bs reasons we are supposed to be there for? They know these wars a pointless, wastes of money and lives.
Wake up America, Ron Paul is your last chance.
VoteBushIn12
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 10:56am@SLAPTHELEFT
What’s the financial difference between one person using food stamps their whole life, two people using it half their life, or 10 people using it a tenth of their life? There is none.
If you have a government funded welfare program, people who need it will use it for as long as they need to use it. I am not saying it‘s perfect and that it can’t be revamped to avoid abuse, but once you start quantifying what an “acceptable” amount of time is to be on government subsidies, you start entering down a dark and arbitrary road.
If you’re on it for one week, one year, or a decade it shouldn‘t matter as long as you’re only on it out of necessity.
I am in the 53% and I am not happy with Wall Street and their bottom line. I am mad at the banks (taking bail out money, laying off workers, and issuing bonuses to the execs…), I am mad at for profit health insurance companies (making money off of other people’s health, how is that ok?) and I am mad at the delusional people here that think it’s somehow going to be all better by REDUCING restrictions on big business (no Unions? Why don’t you just give the top 1% ALL the power?).
Your strength equals your net worth. For the little man to become strong he must form groups with peers lest he abandon all hope of having his voice heard over the millions and billionaires.
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:15amAnd I am sure Genepagliari creates a few jobs at the hotel, too. I don‘t understand the rest of you who have obviously taken Gene’s post wrong. He has acknowledged that he and his family are blessed. But he has also shown that hard work pays off. This is the American Dream. Not those out there on Wall Street. I say: Pray and pray hard for an early nor’easter to hit New York! Bet all those whiners will scatter like rats when the weather gets cold and wet!
Report Post »Idaho Patriots X 2
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 12:44pm53%
Report Post »God
and the Free Market System
will save U.S.A.LL
http://www.cafepress.com/t61rc/8142077
1proud_Texan
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 1:35pm@nick84 How sad to live in a world where you don’t believe people can face adversity and not thrive. You may not believe my story and that’s ok. I became an RN( registered nurse). I do contribute to society. I also use my experiences as a recovering addict to help other people get and stay clean. I view my experiences as “ taking the scenic route in life”. Today I give people hope that they don’t have to live like that anymore. If you surround yourself with victims, you’ll always be a victim. Today I surround myself with productive members of society. I’ll pray for you.
Report Post »smate1
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 1:39pmI thank God for the working class in this country. I would love to see all Americans come together and use this Wall Street rally as a vehicle against government corruption and getting the money out of politics. That would cure a lot of our ills and focus on the root of the problem.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 4:38pm@jzs
Yes, some on this list have used government aid. The difference is they used it as it was intended, as a hand up. If you are 3rd generation welfare, don’t try to get a job because the government owes you a living, you are ABUSING the system. I didn’t get welfare, I didn’t get food stamps, the only health care break I got was my husband had military health insurance, which is great for us. We were divorced for 4 years (nice reconciliation story) and I lost even that. Like I said in my story, I didn’t qualify beause I had a job and a truck that I was paying on. We aren’t against a hand up, we’re against a hand out. There should be a time limit on welfare and other assistance. Oh, I just realized, I did get WIC, with a husband who was a 1st class in the Navy, because the Navy didn’t pay enough. And that’s only given for young children, and I didn’t go out and have another one as soon as he was ready to disqualify from the program.
Report Post »Rinzler
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 8:03pm#IAM53
Such a joke to hear all of your stories of how you work 2 and 3 jobs to support your family. Then you criticize the people who are protesting for us. Wallstreet needs to go, the bankers need to go… I work a fulltime Job that I’ve had for 5 years now and I bust my a$$… So does that give me the right to judge these people who are doing what they believe is right?
Maybe you should take a long look in the mirror before you start accusing and calling people names. They are marching and protesting because our Government got us to where we are today. Wallstreet is a joke, stocks are sold and money is made off of our debts. People don‘t have jobs because there aren’t any out there. And if you do find a JOB it doesn’t pay enough to support just one person… Wallstreet, Bankers, Bank, Federal Reserve, they are all connected together. I‘m sorry if you can’t see that but wake up…
You are no better than the 2% that rake in all the money in america if you start persecuting the little people who just want a chance. You want to know why you call them names and scream at them to get a job?? Because you have a job.. Why don’t you quit your job and go out and try to get one? .. Yeah, didn’t think so…. Good for these people for standing up for what they believe in and shame on your for having the AUDACITY to point your finger at someone else behind your computer and television you sheep….
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:46amSomeone better warn these protesters that millions of us took oaths: ” I do solemnly swear to defend the US Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic,… so help me God…” These protesters are now threatening the Rule of Law which is the US Constitution. Millions of us are legally bound to kill this protesters if they escalate their threats against the US Constitution and the Rule of Law. None of us has ever been relieved of this oath by the government that made us take it.I do not want to open fire on these protesters but an Oath is an Oath.
Report Post »teamarcheson
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 12:52amIf they protesters resort to violence and begin fire bombing building that the police must open up with automatic gun fire and rifles. The only way to stop this insurrection is with blood flowing in the streets. The American Silent Majority will not remain silent this time. If the police fail to do their job then assembled militia will do it for them. A nation of 300 million is not going to be permitted to become a lawless Marxist state only to threaten an entire world. We will prevail.
Report Post »Armed Patriot
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 9:37amI was born to a single mother who never taught me about inner strength, honor, courage, or responsibility. I started smoking at age 8 and started doing drugs at about 12. I was a latch key kid. I became a hard core drug addict and nearly died a couple of times, spent a week in a coma from a brain injury, and was set on fire, all by the age of 15. I lived this way for many years. I was a liberal.
At about 27 I got off drugs. At 30 I went to a two year college, and became a Firefighter/EMT. This didnt last due to the years of smoking. I eventually became a truck driver, then a cement mixer driver. I have been doing that for nine years now, with the same company for the past 6-1/2. I wake up and start work at whatever hour my boss tells me to, be it midnight or 8 in the morning. I work until my boss says to go home, be it 2 hours or 15.
A few years ago I started a home business as a Federal Firearms Dealer, in California of all places. I own my own home which has gone from $360,000 to less than $120,000. I have seen my neighbors walk away from their houses while I will not, I signed a contract, I gave my word. My word is my honor. Every year I pay my taxes, for my income, for my business. I see the government throw that money away to stupid places for stupid things, studies on the mating habits of smoking chimpanzees, and supporting palestinians? I write to congress, I stand in peaceful tea party rallies, I clean up my trash.
We are the 53%.
Report Post »#iam53
Armed Patriot
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 9:52amOne more thing. I am blessed for all that I have and all that I have become. Than you Lord.
Report Post »parkmfcarr
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 8:31pmThank you for your comments and for not sitting back, shaking your head and doing nothing.May God Bless and strengththen the 53%.
Report Post »Kankokage
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 11:16pmPART I:
I am the 53%…but only just barely. In fact, it’s a miracle I even got here.
I thought I grew up well, blissfully ignorant until my late teens as to how close my family of 8 was to poverty. I never considered that times were so tough that my parents both had to work long hours at difficult jobs to keep our family solvent. We lived in a nice house for a big family – bought at an incredible deal in an up-and-coming city with property prices resting below the floor. We saved, and we played. Growing up, things were great.
Then I started my own life at 21 after a rough 2-year church mission, and things suddenly became all too real. When I ran out of money, I thought that mommy and daddy could help me out – but they couldn’t. My mom was out of work, and my dad’s business was hurting. I had the fortune of getting a great-paying job as a mortgage loan officer (and all the foolish pride a young person gets with such a job), but I was too lazy to realize how hard I had to work to keep it. I felt entitled to success, but instead I found myself without a job, without many friends (see that line about “pride”), and after a few months of exhausted savings I was without a dime. My dad was kind enough to give me a low-wage job as a janitor in a car shop, but three years in I realized that my life was unraveling. I felt so entitled to success that I couldn’t see I was diving headfirst into destruction. My fiancée left me, my job opportunity vanished, and I was
Report Post »Kankokage
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 11:16pmPART II:
However, I could not accept welfare from the government. How could I? Out there in the country there are people with real problems that need that precious assistance more than me. Me? I was a punk kid who thought God would give him everything he needed for two measly, half-assed years of missionary work. I knew I was in the wrong, and I couldn’t take a handout knowing I wasn’t giving my all. It was time to turn this around, and to do that I busted my ass and got a new job at the bottom rung of a data entry company. It wasn’t much money and it wouldn’t keep me afloat forever, but it gave me time enough to realize that I needed to go to school and do something with my life.
While I had lived a life with a similar mentality of these “Occupy Wall Street” types, deep down I knew I needed to make something of myself. That belief led me to the University of Utah. Four years later I received a degree in Chemical Engineering; my student loans were minimal due to low tuition at this respectable Midwest school and hard, nearly full-time work at the Boy Scouts with my class load. I got married, started a family, and knew I needed to go further. I now am at the cusp of receiving my PhD in Chemical Engineering with many good prospects with petroleum and specialty chemical companies, the wages of which will allow me to pay off my loans and raise my family debt-free.
Report Post »Kankokage
Posted on October 9, 2011 at 11:16pmPART III:
While I had lived a life with a similar mentality of these “Occupy Wall Street” types, deep down I knew I needed to make something of myself. That belief led me to the University of Utah. Four years later I received a degree in Chemical Engineering; my student loans were minimal due to low tuition at this respectable Midwest school and hard, nearly full-time work at the Boy Scouts with my class load. I got married, started a family, and knew I needed to go further. I now am at the cusp of receiving my PhD in Chemical Engineering with many good prospects with petroleum and specialty chemical companies.
Right now I am just barely in that 53% category. My unemployed wife and I needed to enroll her and our new baby into Medicaid since my wages from the University are so low. But guess what – we don’t want it. If we didn’t need it, we would cancel it straight away. We paid thousands in taxes over the years just for this purpose, and we don’t think it’s “socialism”; its simply the government giving me back some of the money it took from me. I want the yoke of the government off my back. I don’t hate government, and I see the real need and marvelous blessing our Constitutional government is in our world. I am grateful for the assistance the government gave me in terms of loans and Medicaid, but I fully intend to pay the government back every dime and then some in taxes once I’m done.
My dream is to be free, and to be free I need to be in the 5
Report Post »cyndijoan
Posted on October 11, 2011 at 12:13pmI am 23 years old. My parents worked very hard to support my three brothers and me. I graduated from college debt free. I work 40 hours a week at a job that I love. I am married, own a large house, and drive a brand new BMW. I was raised to work hard and provide for my future children. I do not mooch. I do not leech. I am the 53%
Report Post »blazetoo
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:32amI was born poor but I didn’t know until others compared me to themselves.
Report Post »My family moved 6 times before I was 18 (US ARMY)
My first car was a city bus. I am a female master electrician
I work 6 days a week as a teacher. And I have a small business that depends on the SUCESS of others.
I am blessed
I am part of the 53%
mtnclimberjim
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:04amI was laid off from my job of 20yrs.
I relocated my family to find work.
I started my own business.
I put my wife through college.
She is now a teacher that matters, she refuses to join the union.
We are the 53%
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:05amMy 3 sons are the 53% and about 4 years ago started their own construction co. They are the one’s that work 24/7 because their workers don’t to work more than 40 hrs. They pat time and a half and double time on Sunday. They finally made a policy of leaving cell phone at the office and half of their 10 employees quit. It got to the point that my sons and other workers were always waiting on someone who was on the phone.Two of these idiots filed for unemplyment but my sons fought and won.
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:14amTurkey… good for your boys. We, the 53%.. there need to be more of us. We need to stand up to these people who are delusional to think they are the 99%. I’m glad someone is doing that. I wish I could join them, but unfortunately, the downfall of being the 53% is that we work all the time!!
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:17amlove these stories. We are 53%
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:45amFly Old Glory… I agree.. these stories are inspiring. It’s amazing, they demonstrate the American dream to a T… bettering themselves so they can have a better life and thriving, not just surviving. Reading these stories reminds me of what America is all about. I’m lucky enough to have grown up in a family that still taught the traditional American values… you can imagine how surprised I was when I finally grew up and realized the America my family talked about didnt exist anymore. I never grew up in their America. Being 23, I’m lucky I was never indoctrinated into the progressive movement, though I admit there was a time when I was fairly left leaning. Of course, there’s that old saying, if your young and liberal you have no heart, if your old and liberal you have no brain (or at least i think it goes something like that).
Report Post »ValiantDefender
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:50amI grew up in a household of 10 kids. My Father and Mother both have college degrees and both have worked hard all their lives (now 80 and 75). We were always poor.
I bought into the “system” through my teen years…I was a dedicated communist (hadn‘t really studied it at all and didn’t realize my ideals were communist in nature) and constantly talked about “what was fair”. I was taught to hate capitalists(ism).
I started to wake up my first year of college when my college professor started to teach hate for the founding fathers (which my parents had both taught me to respect).
But i still bought into the system. My wife and I accepted medicaid and WIC…even though we had TVs, computers, game consoles, etc. We felt entitled.
2007 I began to question and ask myself hard questions. I almost voted for Obama. After seeing him in office I became alarmed at what he did. I started searching for anyone in the media who was covering the things he was doing (honestly) and found no-one. A co-worker heard me and suggested I try Glenn Beck.
After listening for a short time, I read the constitution and began reading the Fed Papers. I realized that my communist ideals would strip everyone of their freedoms…I now stand for Freedom and a restoration of the U.S Constitution.
I still don’t make enough money to end up paying taxes…but I’d love to be able to.
I support the 53%.
Report Post »schmite123oh
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:23pmI’m definately part of the 53%, I’m a net tax payer.
Report Post »football lady
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:36pmYou go girl. Proud of you. I am one of the 53% too!
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:29pmHave you ever noticed that no one ever admits that they were just lucky and inherited wealth
I am mitt romney, a self made man (a trust fund baby) and I am the 53%
Report Post »Fed up in Bama
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:35pmI grew up in a military family (career) and a minister’s daughter.
Report Post »Taught early about honor, respect and responsibility.
Didn’t attend college until I was 23, married with a baby girl. Was working full time and going to college. Days were long, years were hard….but I did it because it was ‘what’ I needed to do.
Worked hard all my life until about 4 yrs ago.
Golden Retrievers knocked me off my feet playing ball and messed up my back super good.
Soon after, the company I was working for went out of business because of high fuel costs. I lost my ‘REALLY’ good health insurance. (no cobra) and so it seemed I was up the creek w/out a paddle.
But we adjusted. I adjusted. Went from two incomes to one. Started cutting back and paying off bills that we could. (Trust me…it can be done.)
We even took time to plant an acre garden. I had to sit a lot…had to cry a lot…had to cuss even….and I’ve turned into a smelly ben gay factory and I hate to admit it, but there were times, (still are) that I wish God would go on and take me. Tired of the pain. BUT…….I press on.
Why do we press on? Because we have to. We get knocked down, we get back up. I have a very smart daughter that’s a junior this year….I press on for her and for my husband that works his butt off.
I’ve paid in over $40,000 to Social Security. Doctor tells me, friends/family tell me…get your disability.
I can’t even make myself do that. It seems wrong. I can do it; I can press on a bit mor
mtcountrygrl
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:31pm@Platitude
Report Post »That is because most of the wealthy in America did not inherit it. Most people who are wealthy in America made their fortunes themselves. For every Kennedy there is a Hermain Cain. For every Mit Romney there is a Steve Jobs. That is what is SO very great about America, no matter what your beginning, you can become whatever you want. No where is this better displayed than in the movie “the Pursuit of Happiness”. Maybe you should rent it. In socialist countries if you are born rich, you get to be rich, if you are born poor – sucks to be you.
platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:43pmI disagree. It appears manifestly true that the people who inherit wealth greatly outnumber the genuine self made millionaires. Indeed our presidents are often the sons of presidents. And so it goes in the government and private sector alike.
For every henry ford, there are a thousand “self made” paris hiltons.
We simple changed the name of feudalism and gave it a pretty title with the word “free” in it.
Meritocracy? yea right.
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:01pmPlatitude… none of us on here are millionairs, but we are self-made. There are for more self-made people than there are millionairs in general. That is what we are talking about here.. not millionairs, not money, but being self-made regardless of how much money you have. All of us posting here that we are the 53%, that‘s what we’re saying, and it’s a beautiful, inspiring thing.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:06pmI love these laissez-fairy tales, we need more of them! Lets get some more fiction ghost writers to help us with it.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:23pm@ Platitude: you and your lover enima man encicom need to get a room. You two are serious losers. You are disgusting human beings and an embarrassment to society. Sick and tired of you morons and your hippy socialist commie ways….
Report Post »cgizzy
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:25pmPlatitude… so you‘re saying people can’t succeed without the help of the government? They can’t succeed by their own determination and strength?
You are a sad, pathetic man, if you do you believe that. Your ability to mock those of us who have struggled in life and succeeded despite all opsticles, is astonishing and an eye opener as to one of the reasons our country is in trouble. Because attitudes like yours indicate that you have no faith in yourself or your own ability. Oh you might become or are currently successful, but you’ll never have faith in yourself to know you can do it by yourself.
Report Post »sabichan
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:08pm@Platitude
“I disagree. It appears manifestly true that the people who inherit wealth greatly outnumber the genuine self made millionaires.”
It‘s a good thing that the people here don’t pay attention to things that “appear manifestly true”. The simply fact is that a little over 80% of homes with assets of over $1 million have never inherited a single dime. If you’d start researching rather than simply spouting rhetoric you may have found that out.
You may also find out that a majority of people who are millionaires are not making $300K or $400K a year. They are actually making fairly standard salaries, invest over 60 hours per week into their jobs and most often don’t have the fanciest car, the biggest TV, the most expensive watch, or the designer suits. A vast majority of millionaires in the US are that way because they work harder than the average person, they invest a lot of time and money into what they do, and they are very stingy with what they spend money on.
The common rhetoric of the left that millionaires are all people who eat caviar, have a toilet plated with gold, drive around in their limos, and spend all their time playing golf is simply untrue. People who do that are often greatly in debt, and with one downturn of the market they have nothing – just like what happened to many during the 2008 recession.
Do yourself a favor and read “The Millionaire Next Door” or “Stop Acting Rich and Start Acting Like a Millionaire”.
Report Post »Quiata
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:57pm@Platitude
You need to read “The Millionaire Next Door” by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko. Please do it as soon as possible, preferably before you resume spewing more of your cynical rancor.
Report Post »JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:26pm@Platitude
I feel sorry for you. You look at the rich and can only imagine its inherited and unearned by almost everyone who has wealth. Probably because you can’t imagine ever wanting to work hard for anything in your life.
We all interpret situations through the lens of our own experiences, and I feel sorry for yours
Report Post »Zorro6821
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 6:59amI am the 29% because I actually pay for my own outrageous healthcare, not some company paying, not medicare and it cost me $13,900 a year. More than a Mortgage, more than Payments on a Porsche, more than many people make on SSI…what is wrong with this picture?
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 9:16amAccording to Platitude most people have inherited their wealth. Soooooo where did that wealth come from? Oh right, it came from the Obama Stash that George Washington handed out to the privileged few at the beginning of this country. C’mon Plat, can you actually achieve some rational thought here? Our “poor” are RICH compared to the poor of every other country on the planet BECAUSE of CAPITALISM and FREEDOM!!! And until the Progressives finally achieved their stealth socialist transformation of our country and impoverished the masses, anyone could make it here with hard work and ingenuity. And surpise! They did it without an interstate highway system or the Dept of Education.
Get a clue, man.
Report Post »geo01
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:30am.
Report Post »ROBOTIC … AIR HEADS . . . Put a ring in their nose and they will follow stupidity anywhere.
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OUR COUNTRY WILL GO DOWN IN FLAMES BECAUSE OF LEMMINGS LIKE THESE PROTESTORS.
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I will say one thing: I am glad I have lived IN THE HEYDAY of AMERICA. These fools have not a clue of what they are doing and the trouble it will cause EVEN THEM in the longer term.
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It is high time that we get back to PROTESTING WARS, and NOT PROTESTING THE GREATEST SOCIETY ON EARTH.
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DON’T LIKE AMERICA?……Pack you bags and get the hell out of here.
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P.S.
When you find out just how great this country was . . . DON’T BOTHER TRYING TO COME BACK.
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encinom
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:53amLets think for a second Blazers, I know its hard, accordding to this group 47% of this nation is either at or near poverty. Yet you are still calling for cuts in social services, you talk of austerity while the 1% contiue to live high on the hog with ever increasing benefits, while since the Reagan era the burdens have been forced upon the rest of us.
the pictures shown are comical, they show individuals protecting the wealth of the elite at their own expense. They complain that their children are nor insured or take pride in the fact that their government failed them, it failed to help train the future workforce.
The Blaze, the 53% site and others are nothing more than areas where house slaves tell the rest how great their masters are.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:54amThe hilarious thing is these losers would be the first to cut-n-run when the going gets tough.
They’re gonna continue to press the buttons of the 53% until they press one too many and then there’s gonna be hell to pay, no doubt.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:12amYes Enicom, you’re such a slave.
You have no friggin’ clue what a hard life actually is, you’re a spoiled little child who wants nothing more than to live life without effort. Live in Somalia or Afghanistan for a couple of years, learn what real poverty and slavery is.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:19amGhost,
You are just another loyal house slave for your masters. Must protec tthe tax breaks for the upper 1%, while the rest struggle and realize the american is a lie. You and the rst of the house slaves are blind to the fact that you are being raped by your masters. Look at the numbers and the growth in the gap between incomes.
The protestor and the unions are fighting for your rights as you kneel before your masters asking to whipped again.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22amEven tho I’m older, I am one of the 53% and with you all the way. When younger I worked for my spending money. Because mom was a single mom, she made most of our clothes, worked nights at shoe store, sold vitamins & jewelry, etc. and we only ate out once a month or so. My sister & I worked at a popular family restaurant 4 nights a week and got our evening meals there. We just made do.
After we left home, mom worked & went to night school and finally had her own successful business.
When I began making a salary, I learned early to be frugal, I’d put small amts. of money in the stock market rather than having all the expensive things other women had that cost way too much. I cut my own hair, did my own nails, altered my own clothes, Cooked mostly at home, ate out rarely.
It was a way of life for me and I loved seeing how much I could save by being careful how I spent money. If it wasn’t on a good sale, I didn’t buy anything. Today, I’m comfortable but still live the same way. I’ve had a good life, did what I wanted to do, refused to spend money on what didn’t make sense. Since I hate Hollyweird people I don’t waste money on movies. My one passion is diamonds
I’ve always paid taxes and often felt I paid too much, but when I see these young ragmuffins wanting everything for free, it makes me want to go out there and smack them good. Get off your azzes and work you lazy bums. I’ve traveled a lot and never saw this type lazy people in ot
Report Post »smokie
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:39amThere’s a lot of expensive shoes and backpacks in that group, not even bringing up the standard issue expensive tech. I was grunge in college before grunge was cool, due to the fact I couldn’t afford a drunken evening ordering from J. Crew and sending my cc bills to daddy.
Report Post »It’s not that hard to work your way through college, it just takes longer sometimes. The jobs I held helped me with day to day life later on, it’s part of the education.
Self reliance makes for a more interesting person. My nieces only whine about their taxes, Something I can understand. Otherwise, they are interesting, diverse, entertaining people, because their life experiences makes them more complete.
How can my sister’s girls pay thier own way to visit Spain,and the spoiled children of the Derevolution can’t manage to pay their own rent?
Ethereal
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:47pm@ncinom
Report Post »You are so wrong it almost makes me cry. Lets put this into a perspective that even a liberal may understand. There is an old Chinese proverb that states to the effect “Give a man a fish you feed him for the day. Teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for a lifetime” or whatever it is. The people on Gov assistance have no desire to get off because they keep getting “the fish.“ They were ”even taught how to fish” by the offering of grants and loans to go to school but do they take advantage of that? No they dont. The refuse to work hard and think someone will do it for them so most people stay on assistance because of their own choices! THESE are the people that make the rest of us not want to help. I was given nothing when I was younger and as a result I had to work for everything I have now. THAT is the way it is supposed to work. Oh and by the way what the hell do I care about the owner of my company and what he does with his money? I dont care, I have my own life to worry about and as far as “protecting his wealth” that falls into me working at his company and providing him with a means to see his product. Stop acting like jelous little school girls that someone else has more money than you and pull yourself up by the boot straps and work hard for a change!
PBG
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:49pmFrom Peter Ferrara at Forbes:
“Real per-capita disposable income increased by 18% from 1982 to 1989, meaning the American standard of living increased by almost 20% in just seven years. The poverty rate declined every year from 1984 to 1989, dropping by one-sixth from its peak. The stock market more than tripled in value from 1980 to 1990, a larger increase than in any previous decade.”
“During this seven-year recovery, the economy grew by almost one-third, the equivalent of adding the entire economy of West Germany, the third-largest in the world at the time, to the U.S. economy. In 1984 alone real economic growth boomed by 6.8%, the highest in 50 years. Nearly 20 million new jobs were created during the recovery, increasing U.S. civilian employment by almost 20%. Unemployment fell to 5.3% by 1989.”
Some call us slaves – we call ourselves employed. Reagan reduced poverty by allowing America to create jobs. Obama’s regulations had the opposite effect, creating an all time high number of people in poverty.
full article here: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2011/05/05/reaganomics-vs-obamanomics-facts-and-figures/
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:02pmencinom just want everyone to be like him/her, a slave to the Government waiting for their handout at the beginning of the month. If it wasn’t for the 1% paying the most in taxes people like encinom would have a pot to piss in. Liberals refuse to answer the question often asked of them…..Have you ever worked for a poor person and got paid? Liberals were taught to hate and envy the rich instead of emulating them.
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:06pmencinom
Report Post »I am not one to advocate violence or start conflicts with anyone. I keep to myself, pay my bills, and work for a living. Encinom, you and your troll buddies and commie friends troll this site picking fights and name call the users on the Blaze with regularity. I would hope you have the cajones to wear your screen name on a t-shirt or hat when the rest of the country takes to the streets. When you trolls join up with the free- loading owc crowd let yourself be seen.
The rest of you trolls I hope YOU do the same–you know who you are–.
StanO360
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:57pmEncicom – so you’re suggesting that by getting rid of the Constitution, and seizing the assets of some rich people (decided by whom?) and redistributing their wealth it will make other people’s lives better?
That is a stretch! We know first of all that everyone protects what they have and the rich (anyone for that matter) will act rationally, they will put their assets in tax free bonds, the will close companies if the tax burden is too high, the will move their money overseas, etc. Secondly, the government will waste 50% of whatever they collect. And of course, I’m sure you realize that while the rich pay the vast majority of taxes, even if we took every red cent of theirs it is not enough.
As Americans we want freedom, in the US we have freedom to move, work where we want, start businesses etc. If a job is like slavery to you, you can quit. Yes government can help, education for instance. But if we cede our freedom to government then our freedom is truly gone, there is no quitting, no moving, no choice, that is tyranny.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:49pmI thought tea partiers were anti collectivism and pro individualism? The only individual I see in here is ENCINOM. The rest of you all seem to be collectively unconscious, and parroting all of the “libertarian” cliches.
Great point about the house slaves Btw.
Report Post »BetterDays
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:19pm@Encimon
Report Post »Your proof that a mind is a terrible thing to waste, quit being terrible to yourself!
Where, anywher here on this thread do you see anyone defending USURY, or GLOBALIST Elitist’s corporations that have stolen our jobs away visa vie the Free trade agreements, like GE has?
If a company has illegally gained their wealth, prove it in the court of LAW, otherwise, man up little boy!
JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:35pmPlatitude is hilarious.
Calling out the poster who shares his views (Encicom) as an individual. That’s rich.
It‘s a bit like all the ’non-conformists’ dressing the same way. It never occurs to them that they are simply conforming to something else. Just in case you haven’t got it yet Platitude, Encicom isn’t being individual, he’s simply parroting the propaganda you happen to enjoy.
Report Post »MHP
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 5:50amencinom
You have no right to take people’s money. You should forfeit your life for that crime.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:30amHere comes the AMERICANS….whooohooo
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:08amI wonder who will pay to clean up after these pigs.
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:05pmJLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:08am
I wonder who will pay to clean up after these pigs
US
Report Post »Jerome from Layton
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:08pmRemember Soylent Green? HERE COME THE SCOOPS!
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:25pmGuys, this has been the most uplifting site I’ve been on in a long time. All the heartwarming stories.
Report Post »We all seemed to learn early to pull ourselves by our own bootstraps rather than waiting for the Gov/t red-tape.
I remember my mom telling me my grandpa wouldn’t take money to stop growing certain crops because he thought that was taking welfare. He just picked different crops and refused the money. Our family look at that example and feel pride. We were able to pull ourselves up with a sense of pride in ourselves, hard work and faith in God. All have to be worth their salt if they want freedom.
Junter
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:28amHey 99ers! If Pelosi is praising you, you’re doing it all wrong! Shes a manipulative sneak. Her family makes fortunes off the misfortunes of the average man.
Report Post »StanO360
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:01pmGeorge Soros as well
Report Post »INOGAWD
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:58pmWhen this thing moves to SF They can all stay at Nancy’s Place..
Report Post »Facebook, TWEET, blog….Nancy Plosi’s Place ” They are grassroots,
spontaneous, and will be affective” Nancy said !! OOH,YEA !!!
beekeeper
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:28amI would like someone to ask these 46%’ers (99% minus 53% taxpayers) what, exactly, that complain about their student loans what they studied for four years – I know one applied for work at my employer a year ago that had accrued $160,000 in student debt studying “Theater Management” at a prestigious ivy league university. How did he think it was going to turn out? It would have been better for him (I suspect) if he had simply taken the same $160,000 and used it to support himself and took volunteer work in actual theaters working his way into a paying job.
Report Post »StanO360
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:49pmLet’s face it the cost of college has skyrocketed because of stuff like this. Ethnic Studies, Women’s Studies, Theater Arts etc. These should be rare programs, available at only a few schools, but they are everywhere.
In our upper middle class city, every high school has 300-400 seat theaters, huge stage, orchestra pits, the whole package. One high school didn’t, they had the typical high school theater, the school board recently approved 12 million dollars for a new one!
And we wonder why we’ve got these simpletons camping out on Wall Street? They’ve been trained for it since elementary school.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:27amLet the “spankings” begin!
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:24amI am one of the 53% of Americans. I get up at 3:00 am every single day (including weekends) so I can start my day and go to work. I volunteer at my kids school 5 days a week after I get done working. I pay taxes all year and at the end of the year, I get to pay more taxes. I have never been without a job since I was 12 years old. I grew up poor and without a daddy. Who’s fault was that? My dear ol’ Dad. Do I care now? No. I moved on and did the best I could with my hands, my heart and my head. Am I rich? No. Do I want to be rich? Not really. I wouldn’t mind paying off my house and getting a newer truck. Do I feel rich? yes, I am better off than I was as a kid. We were poor but very happy. We had a great mom and a great life. We have all worked hard for everything we have and that gives us satisfaction. I don’t envy the rich. I don’t despise them. Most have earned what they make. Some have not. That’s life. They don’t owe me a dime, I’ll earn my own dime, thank you very much!
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:55amThat’s inspiring – at least to a 53′er.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:17amawesome…
Report Post »HappyHaloHousewife
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:29pmAmen.
Report Post »meusmarine
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:24amI grew up poor. Received a college scholarship but turned it down to serve our country and her freedoms. Completed 21 years in the military and do not regret a single day of my life with the choices I have made. Am I rich with money? no, am I rich with pride for this great nation? You bet your A$$.
Report Post »GENEPAGLIARI
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:38amoohrah
Report Post »dallenh
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:03amThank you for your service to our country!
Report Post »bombs.girl
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:54amThank you – and God bless you even more, Meusmarine!
Report Post »slimbo
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:38pm@MEUSMARINE: Thank you your service. My daughter graduated as PFC this past July as a US Marine.. I thought your post was very well written. You ARE the American Dream. No anger or hostility in your words, just honest, respectful facts. I hope more Americans realize that our Country is the best in the world, and appreciate Her for Her beauty. May God bless you and yours, along with every other service member. Semper fi.
Report Post »football lady
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:38pmYou are an American hero.
Report Post »Bohica-US
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:10pmSemper Fi! Brother
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:23amCardboard camera and a paper microphone, HILARIOUS, and people think he’s the real thing and give him interviews, hahahaha! That’s the mentality of these 99%’ers? I am part of the 53%. I have a house that I have been trying to sell, I am 43% disabled, but am still working my butt off.
Report Post »What do you want to bet that these 99%’ers are college kids who are having mommy and daddy pay their way or are connected to unions?
Zorro6821
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 7:16amENCINOM….I absolutely agree with your post. The house masters keep taking away more and more from the productive.
Report Post »HusseinInDaMembrane
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:23amWhile i like this movement, keep in mind that the powers that be WANT us to be at each others throats. We are easier to control if we don’t focus on the REAL problems. Don’t let them divide us. Tea Party and Occupy movements need to unite against them!
Anyone in DFW area, come to the End the Fed rally today at 5PM @ Dallas Federal Reserve building.
Report Post »Not Amused
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:03amYou will not attract mainstream Americans to your protest in Dallas. The distress is you folks being useful idiots for an administration desperate for distraction from Solyndra, Fast and Furious, the near collapse of the economy thanks to their policies and the growing unemployment. Wake up. The Fed didn’t cause any problems for you-the Democrat (now totalitarian) controlled Congress and administration are making everybody poor. Go protest them if you don’t have a job. You should pray your foolishness does not bring violence to the streets for Obama’s class warfare against all of us.
Report Post »tc84
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:18pmFor Tea Party people to align with anyone, they have to have the same ideals. These include limited government, small taxes, personal responsibility, etc. If there are people in corporations who have broken laws, try them in front of a court of their peers and put them in jail. Unfortunately, the Wall Street people are for eliminating personal responsibility (they demand having forgiveness to the personal loans they accepted). From what I have seen of them, they support increased government regulation which would further stall our economy. There are perhaps some things Tea Party and Wall Street protestors can agree on, but I’m sure there are things drug dealers and I agree on. That doesn‘t mean I’m going to unite with them on anything.
Report Post »HusseinInDaMembrane
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:56pm“You will not attract mainstream Americans to your protest in Dallas.”
Report Post »I GUARANTEE there will be more at my protest than the 500 that showed up for the Occupy protest yesterday.
“The distress is you folks being useful idiots for an administration desperate for distraction from Solyndra…”
You are a fool for assuming based on anything I said that I am in the tank for Obama. Far from it. Use reason and logic if you want to debate. Not assumptions.
“Wake up. The Fed didn’t cause any problems for you…”
Really, the fed didn’t cause any problems for us?? What do you call the devaluing of our dollar by well over 90% since they were started in 1913? How is that not a problem? I am merely looking for
something that ALL AMERICANS can unite behind and find common ground.
“…the Democrat (now totalitarian) controlled Congress and administration are making everybody poor. Go protest them if you don’t have a job.”
Wrong again, the crony capitalist system is making some people VERY rich. Your problem is that you still view everything through democrat and republican glasses. Wake up! BOTH parties have gotten
us into the mess we are in today. And where can you possibly assume, based on anything I said, that I don’t have a job?? Again, there is no reason or logic to your rantings. I have never been unemployed since college, so NOW you know.
I pray that YOUR foolishness and assumptions and lack of reason and logic doesn’t get you in trouble down the road.
JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:12pmIf ending or at the very least auditing the Fed was the end goal of the Occupy group, they would likely get some support.
However, the message seems to be more along the lines of: I don’t want to pay back my student loans, its going to take forever!!!! (add 5-year old foot stamping) Why should I have to work 10-years to pay this off when these guys could just give it to me? It’s not fair!!!
Personally, I agree that the Fed has way too much power for an organization with almost zero oversight. But, I’m not going to align my support for a group that wants to replace it, all banks and the capitalist system with a Marxist economy. Why not just give the Fed control of everything and save time. If you’re gonna dance with a totalitarian, why not dance with the one you know?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:21am.
WTG 53%
But while we have the useless in one spot. I think we need to call in a Drone Strike……
Report Post »HappyHaloHousewife
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:31pmLaughing!
Report Post »kris10h
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:49pmTactical Nuke FTW!
Report Post »Dudester
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:12pmJust watched Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy last night with my son. When we got to the part about the Golgafringans, he haughed so hard he almost couldn’t breate.
the story: on one planet, 1/3 of the population were the thinkers, artchitects, artists etc. 1/3 was the workers, and the other 1/3 was the useless people. Well, the thinkers and workers hatched a plan. They announced their planet was about to be destroyed and therefore they had to abandon the planet. They built 3 big spaceship arks for the 3 population segments and sent out the one filled with useless ones first – to get the new planet ready for the others. Funny tho, the other two spaceships never launched…
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:10pmDudester
Maybe that’s why Obama stopped the shuttle program. He didn’t want all the liberals shot into space after 2012 never to be heard from again.
Report Post »cdmhorses
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:38amHahaha!
Report Post »Patricia Ward
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 6:09pmIf those protesters had learned a skill i.e. tool and die, welding, etc. they would have jobs and would be too busy to protest. There are jobs out there – just not in theatre mgt, etc. In the early 50′s, we were told that if one did not have a college degree, he/she could not get a job and that it was not respectable to work with one’s hands. Now, we have lost our factories, steel mills, railroads, and other jobs that made a good living for folks willing to work.These lazy kids would be aghast if anyone suggested hard work to them. Congrats to the ones with stories on here. I have one like yours, too.
Report Post »1PORattler
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:20amOne look at what is trending on Yahoo holds as self evident that we have enthusiastically entered the Age of the Idiot. I guess we will have to add that one to Glubb Pasha’s “Lifecycle Of Empires” right after the Age of Decadence and collapse.
These “protesters” are the poster children for the failures of socialism and communism. What you have here is a bunch of spoiled overgrown children who were raised by nintendo and xbox who seem to believe that they deserve to sit on their rears and receive the same outcome in life as the guy who is actually working.
Great minds talk about ideas. Average minds talk about events. Small minds talk about other idiots. Looking at these folks, seems self evident where the idiot breeding class in America resides
Report Post »jimay
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:20amThings for sheeple to do in Minneapolis:
Report Post »2 blocks north and 2 blocks west from this staging area is the district federal reserve bank??
2 blocks north is the WellsFargo data processing center??
If Thom Hartman shows up it’s probably going to be WellsFargo… Just my guess…
I Hope Sherriff Rich Stanek is thinking this one through…
olddog
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:20amNY has already been forced to spend $2 million for overtime pay for police.. I wonder what NY is spending on clean up fees? Looks Folks this is what unions and universities bring to America. I’ve been to several Tea Party meetings, none ever looked anything like this.
Report Post »Vital
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:02pmThe Tea Party are the real Americans…..those protesters on wall street are filthy and smell like death warmed over…damn!
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:19amGood for them!! Hope their group grows and grows!!
Report Post »JimCDew
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:16amDon’t dirty your hands by mingling with the filth protesting the “Big Banks” and Wall
Street.
Wear surgical gloves, and you might want a face mask also, I hear they’re getting pretty ripe by now.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:15amYou, the poor, have been with, me all my life.
As I have walked thru life, I have carried you always.
Report Post »When I received my paycheck, your money is taken out first, the federal taxes are already removed, same for the state, local and all other, you are paid before I am, you eat before I do, your rent is paid before I pay mine, your bills are paid first, your life comes before mine. My property taxes are taken by the government and pay your medical bills first.
The government takes your portion of my earned money and gives it to you; first, I am always second in line for the money I have earned.
I was told that you needed this money to assist you temporarily to get back on your feet. That people have rough patches and need help from the taxpayers to make better choices, get their lives back on track. This was my duty to look out for those less fortunate, who thru no fault of their own were down on their luck, those who needed a hand up not a hand out, just something temporary for as short period of time, the children should not suffer because the parents lost their way.
The government promised this money would go to good use, it would end the “war on poverty”, and create equality in the “great society” and there would be no more poor. My small sacrifice would bring the poor into the mainstream of society. So the government with my tax money created programs and pathways to make sure you had every resource to be successful, to pull your selves out of poverty.
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JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:21amI only asked for you to better yourself, make different choices, get an education, change your path, take the help we paid for and become a better person for yourself and your family. With great hope, positive expectations, I wished for you to have a better life.
Report Post »So here we are 45 + years later, ten trillion dollars spent, the country is bankrupt, America is 14 trillion in debt and needs to borrow another 2.7 trillion to fund the government till next year, we are spending ¾ of a trillion dollars just on your health care.
What has become of you? What has become of my hopes? How was my money invested, did you keep your promises?
In the impoverished area in the USA you commonly find the following; rampant drug use, high murder rates, severe gang violence, unchecked criminal behavior, the moral code equivalent to the seven deadly sins, communities where the onset of age of puberty, is the age of breeding, rage and blaming the rich for your choices, moral leaders with no morals, churches who teach hatred, widespread acceptance of criminal behavior to the point of noncooperation with the police and so on and sadly so on. You have not kept your promise to me.
How about the simple three things
“His reply was” it is your choice; there are three things people do that make them poor, if you do them they will make you poor also.”
One, do not finish high school …………
High school graduation rate less than 50 % in impoverished communities all over the USA
Two, h
vehoae
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:36amKudo’s, Johnqtaxpayer! But beware. I fully expect minor children to unionize, hire an attorney (paid by our taxdollars), and file a class action lawsuit against parents-at-large (litigation fees paid by our taxdollars). The purpose of the lawsuit? To mandate specific levels of “allowances” that are to be paid by parents to their minor children every week.
Lord, come quickly.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:32amTwo, have children before you can afford to have them………..
An out of wedlock birth rate of up to 70% in impoverished communities all over the USA
Three, do not get a job………..
Unemployment in the impoverished communities is two to four times the national rate all over the USA
Not only have you not tried, you now hold me in contempt for not giving more, you blame me for your poor choices, you want me to keep giving more, you think you have the right to take whatever I have at the point of a gun because “you self-proclaimed that you are entitled to it”.
I the taxpayer have carried your burden all my life, and now you laugh at me for doing so.
You are no longer worth my efforts you have given up on yourself, so now I wish to give up on you.
The country is bankrupt a large part of it is, the government borrowing money it did not have to give to you.
There will have to be choices made in the near future on where the remaining money has to be spent to reset the country back on sound fiscal standing before the world.
You the poor are not a good investment; no money spent on you produces anything positive. You take my money and scream for more there is “never enough” money to satisfy your thirst.
I do not wish to give you any more of my money.
I vote NO on you.
You will be on your own.
I have done my part, you were given a fortune, and you wasted it.
I hoped for a better life for you
It is YOU, who have let ME down
John Q Taxpayer
Report Post »smokie
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:52amJohnQ,
Report Post »You are right. Perhaps the protesters should really think about what the word ‘greedy’ really means.
I live in an impoverished area by choice, I like life experiences, and didn’t want to be saddled with a huge mortgage. My life had become a real life version of “if you give a mouse a cookie.”- lend them a cup of flour, and before you know it, they absolutely NeedNeedNeed your ipad. So I don’t even lend a teaspoon of salt. I am now ‘mean’, because I dont’t let the druggies and layabouts around me ransack my possessions. If I were to walk out one morning, and see them all laid out on their porches, dead from starvation, it would take a week for me realize it, they are that useless and lazy.
theperch
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:17pmThe best i have read so far.
Report Post »SeekerofTruth
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:43pm@JohnQ: Thanks for a wonderful post. I copied it so I could use it later. Is that OK?
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:00pmThis is part of an open letter to the poor I wrote this year and you are most welcome to use it as you see fit, I am honored to be so well thought of.
Here is the beginning
An open letter to the poor, I am John Q Taxpayer and I have done my part.
Report Post »Greetings, I do not profess to know how to address you, it has been a long time since I was one of you, I will use the old ways. I was born son of Richard, who was son of Leonard, who was son of Harry, who was son of Samuel, who was son of John from Armagh County, Northern Ireland who in 1872 became a citizen of America. My mother was 5th generation born Irish / German her kin also came to America in the 1800’s.
Born in 1956 in Dayton Ohio, I started working in 1973 for $1.30 per hour. (KFC) I spent my last two years of high school in a Vocational school. (I made the honor roll for the first time in my schooling because I was learning something I was good at, Electronics)
I asked my grandfather at a young age if “I will be poor all my life as most of our family was”? His reply was” it is your choice; there are three things people do that make them poor, if you do them they will make you poor also. One, do not finish high school, Two, have children before you can afford them, Three, do not get a job. He stated it is your choice: being poor is easy, “just do nothing”; learning nothing is a very good start. He handed me a book from his library “Physics of electromagnetism and electricity”.
JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:03pm(He was a line Forman for an electric utility) I opened the book and got to the first BIG word, “what does that word mean?” My grandfather handed me a dictionary and said “look it up, I will not always be there to help you, learn to help yourself in all things in life, rely on no one else, only yourself. You and you alone are responsible for your success or failure in life. He Said “I believe in you, it is you who must learn to believe in yourself. You must learn from accomplished people, they can teach you many paths to a good life. You will find for most of them school never ends, they never stop learning. Work hard; people will recognize those who have a good work ethic.”
Report Post »I took his advice and got my first electronics job in 1975, $2.00 per hour. 1979 after three try’s I passed a FCC license exam. (A FCC license was required to work on some types of electronics gear).
I have never stopped working since 1973; I have never stopped learning either. I went to Ohio State University for one year in 1981 for Electrical Engineering; yes I am a college dropout (yes I paid for it myself). I have taken several home study courses over the past years. My education continues even today.
I was (one of three) of the thirteen grandchildren in my family to even attend college, ever. Most in my family just bread themselves into poverty.
What could have been my fate if I had chosen differently?
My father made $102,000 over a lifetime.( per his SSI statement) This is less
JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:06pmThis is less than $250.00 per month over a 35 year lifetime of working, (family of 5) we also never took public assistance.
I do not and have never made $100,000 per year, I hope to someday. My wife and I live in a small house in Williamsville, by most measured standards we are middle class. We are happy with that. I believe we are typical of WNY.
Over the past 38 years I have paid all taxes owed, the bank owns my home I am making payments to buy it from them. I pay my property taxes, sales taxes, fees and any other items to the various treasuries.
My current employment required a 50 hour work week for the past 11 years (salary); I have respect from all levels the company I work for because of my work ethic. I work by the following philosophy; “my work day ends when my work is completed, the expectations I place on myself are always more than the company’s expectations”
I have neither fame nor fortune; I expect nothing from anyone including the government. I write to you not to brag or prove anything except.
If one man can do it, another man can.
You, the poor, have been with, me all my life.
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:35pmunabashed liar. Yea sure you never blamed anyone else. if you are going to lie, why limit it to two jobs, just say you worked fifteen jobs and went to school full time.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:09pmwhy limit it to two jobs, just say you worked fifteen jobs and went to school full time.
because it is the truth
some advice
it is better to remain silent and be though of as a fool
than to speak up and remove all doubt
guess it is too late for you
JQT
Report Post »teapartyguardian
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 7:20amI enjoyed your post very much, as with most on this site. You should think about writing, if the electronics path gets tiresome, but if successful, you’ld be in for more taxes no doubt.
May God bless the U.S., ’cause we’re gonna need it!!
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:13amGlad to see more and more people are standing against the madness of these protests. We will see the next stage going down shortly, where the unions and anarchists of the administration will be unleashed on the cops and businesses, then old lord Obama the self annointed one will step in and crush the rest of the country.
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:13amI went to college – my family didn’t make enough to pay for it, but made too much for me to get any Pell or TAP grants. I took out a student loan which paid for my tuition.
I worked two jobs while in college inbetween classes and after classes just so I could pay for my books, getting to/from college each day and many times I didn’t eat lunch if I forgot to bring it…
I never blamed anyone for my situation – I CHOSE IT of my own free will, I knew this is what you did, and what you do if you want more, you work for it, you want more? Then you work harder for it.
When I graduated, I didn’t get a job in my field of profession, in fact I worked at a Radio Shack for 2 years, I worked other side jobs on my own — an education is NOT a guarantee of a job, anymore then getting a hair cut is a guarantee you’ll get a date. It take time and perserverence and hard work, not whining, crying and complaining…
My student loans came due, I had some trouble keeping up with them, I defaulted on them at one point but eventually got back on a payment program and it took quite a few years to pay them off, but I did and I suffered with a 7 year bad credit mark after they were paid and eventually after 7 years it was gone.
I know life is a struggle, its what keeps us going and challenges us, I know there are Risk and Reward.
I am the 53%
Report Post »DanWesson455
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:12amI am the oldest boy in a family that had 4 boys and 4 girls. Us kids had to work to make it through HS and College on our own. My Dad provided home, food and health. No cars, no gas, very few extras. we all had happy childhoods but learned it took hard work to succeed. No one of the eight were ever in jail. None of the eight were ever a burden on Society. We pay our taxes. We raised our sons and daughters in the same manner we were raised. They are going on to being tax payers and good citizens. I hope their children do the same for heir kids. I have no respect for any of these groups out there protesting. When times were rough in my individual life, I would work 2 jobs and a few times 3 to make ends meet. To put food on my family’s table. A roof over their heads and health ins. for their needs. I am a vet and a proud American I made it myself.
Report Post »Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:26amI’m #8 of 11 and our lives are identical….great post
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:11amThese are the people who make America great!
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:07amIt is hard for the working person to get out and protest. Not only do you miss work, but you’re called a racist, hater and every other name in the book. We are standing with you and God Bless!
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:33amWe wanted so badly to go to 9/12, Restoring America. But my husband doesn’t get very many vacation days and no sick days. Most of his vacation days are taken as sick days. We couldn’t afford to miss work.
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:10amI did make it to the 8-28 rally. My husband had just been layed off. It took the last of my vacation days, hitched a ride with the San Antonion TEA Party on a bus. Rode that bus for 2 days there and 2 days back. The trip cost me the last of my “mad money” but it was well worth it. Hubby has been off word now for about 2 years. He worked for 30 years in the West Texas oil fields until they moved all the home offices to Midland and Odessa. Now, he can’t find a local driller. If he goes back, he will have to drive over 200 miles a day just to reach a rig! Not only would he not make any money doing that, we don’t have an extra car that would make it that far each day. Now, I am bread winner and he stays home, babysitting grandson for our daughter who works. We are making it and definitely are not whining about big corporations or banks! We make our own destiny!
Report Post »proudpatriot77
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:02amI help run my family’s restaurant that we have had for 26 years.
Report Post »Both my parents and I work 7 days a week there.
I am married, have 3 kids, and lots of bills that arent going to be bailed out.
I wouldnt give it up for anything.
I live in the best country in the history of the world.
God Bless America. I am the 53%
platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:03pmAnother fortunate son, running the family business.
We are the microcosmic royal class, we are the 53%
p.s. in a real meritocracy, it is about the work you put in, not the work your mommy and daddy put in. Quit suckling on your opulent mommys teat and learn to survive on your own. Parasite!
Report Post »Shane the Golden
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:34pm@ Platitude: your contempt of hard works comes across as jealousy. Buck up, sonny and build what you would be proud to pass down.
Just Saying
Report Post »platitude
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 6:27pmHa, nice straw man. I address the issue of fake self made men and you accuse me of having contempt for “hard work”.
Your false premise that all people who are wealthy are “hard workers” comes across as ignorant. Sure some work hard, but not all. Not trust fund babies such as Mitt Romney.
Also, its funny how whenever you accuse a rich person of anything, the response is also the same Ad opulentum, “you are just jealous”.
Stop reiterating cliches and party dogma and thing for yourself!
Report Post »JohnQAnderson
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:55pmPlatitute, your ignorance of business is stunning.
Restaurants do not survive with bad management, regardless of who started them. The fact that it‘s still open under Encicom’s master, is testament enough to the hard work.
Regarding straw men, you’ve set up more today than all the farms in Iowa. Some people DO inherit money. But you think that automatically makes that person lazy or undeserving of building and/or keeping it?
The funny part about money is that lazy or stupid people don’t typically hang onto it very long. You wouldn‘t understand that because I doubt you’ve never had anything besides envy for those with it, but trust me, it’s like sand.
In this country there is nothing standing in the way of you amassing wealth, or of a wealthy person losing it. Except perhaps the government. By taxing income ever more progressively as the Obama’s of the world want, it makes attaining wealth harder for anyone new. In the end as they squeeze more and more out of the top earners and make becoming rich more difficult, we can all be poor together
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 8:20pmit is jealousy. their wealth has nothing to do with you, does it? so why you even talking about their money? what does it even matter where someone got their money, if they didn’t attack anyone or rip anyone off for it?
Report Post »if you are wildly accusing people of thievery… then be prepared for counter action…
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 9:59amAll I can say is FANTASTIC!
Report Post »quicker
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:01amAmen brother.
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