The 99% meet the 53%

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Occupy Wall Street supporters have been posting their handwritten personal stories on a site called We Are The 99%.

Here’s an example:

“4 kids. Husband works full time for minimum wage, we qualify for food stamps, We do not have credit cards and drive a car that is over 10 years old because we don’t want payments…. I am the 99%.”

Well now there’s competition from the anti-Occupy Wall Street people on a web site called we are the 53% — where the 53% who pay income tax post THEIR handwritten stories:

“As a single mom i worked two jobs and raised two children without any help from the government. my parents and grandparents taught me that i could be anything i wanted to be if i worked hard and never gave up… and i am one of the 53%.”

And this:

“I own three businesses… I have paid off thousands of dollars in debt … by hard work. I own a modest home. I have never owned a new car, our current ones are both 8 years old, and paid off. Our extravagant luxuries are digital cable and eating out twice a week. We do not own a 60”, 50” 40” or even a 30” television. We spend responsibly, we blame NOBODY for our troubles…I am the top 20% and damned proud of it…”

There’s the divide. So now — are we going to keep ranking on each other, or are we going to figure out that we’re each others’ customers, and that if we don’t get back to hiring each other so we can buy stuff from each other, we will all eventually have to illegally immigrate to China with each other? The 20% and the 53% need the 99%. And together that’s 172% — which should be a big enough majority to pass something constructive even in THIS congress.

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