OWS and the 99 percent

Wow. When you finally decide to get back to your own site after a 1 1/2 week layoff and can barely remember making the most recent post, you know something is rotten in Denmark.

I’ve been on vacation to New England and specifically, the North Shore above Boston. I actually got back in town late Saturday, rested Sunday, and work has been a whirlwind early this week. I’ll try to pick up the pace as I get back in the swing of things.

Coincidentally, I was actually passing by New York City along one of the perimeter routes when I first heard the announcement on the radio of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration that would take place later that day. I was tempted to take a detour, but I had a long day of driving ahead. Anyway, the following is a response from a Facebook user to a letter written by a recent college graduate who claims that she had worked her way through college, did it all without assuming any debt and that she would not blame Wall Street for any of her bad decisions (This implies that the OWS demonstrators were blaming Wall Street for their personal failings).

Facebook user Kim Fraczek composed a retort to this, which appears at right. For more information on what the 99 percent business is about, visit: http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/.

Courtesy Kim Fraczek

 

3 thoughts on “OWS and the 99 percent

  1. I disagree with the line 'this implies that the OWS demonstrators were blaming wall Street for their personal failings'

    This person just told their story in a positive manner.

    You'll probably notice a link back to my site where I used your photo in my personal blog entry.

  2. To clarify: "This implies that [the recent college graduate thought] the OWS demonstrators were blaming wall Street for their personal failings."

  3. I am an over 30 woman with 3 kids and live well below my means (No credit card debt or vehicle loans) and have always done whatever I need to do for my children. But when one of the highest rated public school district counties in GA, has lost so many teachers that they can't actually give my first grader one on one help with writing that he needs, until he is in the 3rd grade! What am I to do? Does it become a choice between a private school's tuition (or three of them, which we can't afford) and being able to seek the medicial care I require to be able to actually see him grow up. Since my husband's company, of 12 years, went out of business and we lost our health insurance. Everything is now out of pocket. Since there is no health insurance company out there, even the unaffordable ones, that will take on someone diagnosed with Lupus! And please don't say government insurance because my husband makes too much at his job now (which is a 1/3 of what he used to make). So, the question becomes do I have to literally give up my life for my children's well being. Or can we put enough back to right (sorry but I hate all the CHANGE, I haven't seen why calling something by a different name or just changing it's color has made it better). But putting enough back where it goes (like the teachers in classrooms), so that we have the means to survive this short and burtal life!

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