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Give back the American Dream you stole from us! | 0
Thanks to all you greedy fools my retirement savings were nearly wiped out and I will have to work longer before I can retire (if I will be lucky enough to retire!) Meanwhile my employment future is as uncertain as ever and I wouldn't expect to be able to find another job quickly or at all if I lost it. And my daughters' school has to have fundraisers practically every week because you rich bastards are too selfish to give back to the society that helped you get where you are! All you do is take from us. How about giving back for a change? Does what you've done to the bottom 99%make you happy? Do you feel any guilt whatsoever? Or are you still living in your own alternate-reality bubble up in the 1% stratosphere? Alan 21234
The other 99% | 0
All Americans need to work together. We needed to get our financial organizatiosn on a better foot back in 2008 and we the taxpayers did that.Now it is your turn to listen to the 99% or Americans and their financial concerns i.e. jobs, health care, and the rest. You now need to repay the rest of the country. I teach at a small state university in Arkansas; higher and all of education is very hard hit by this recession. Instead of those who supposedly represent all of us need to hear from you to stop taking away all that makes for success and the survival of this country! Betty Grace McCollum Emerson, AR 71740
you know | 0
do what is right for the 99% Nancy Seidler Harvard, IL 60033
Tired of starving. | 0
How are people suppose to make green pieces of paper when no one hires themnbecuse they over qualified. How are the old expected to get money, to pay for their homes? My father is 59 years of age and is currently working in a friend grocery store. Id I say for no pay, because the store owes banks, electricity. We do what we can to keep cost to a minimum. So no lights on until necessary (too dark to see), no food. Living in a section 8 apt one would think well at least we do not need to worry about our hm falling apart since the gov. will have to take care of that. It's been 4yrs and all the supposed mandatory upgrades have still not been made. How can we expect o pay taxes if we can not even make money bc our government cares not for the people but themselves. Clarissa Baez 11211
Home Mortgages | 0
I have watched some of my neighbors loose their homes due to foreclosure because they were approved for mortgages even though their 'balance sheets' clearly indicated that they did not have the monthly income to pay them. Families with children who need roofs over their heads. Families who struggled to feed and clothe their kids, so that their mortgages could be paid every month. Yet, they made it through, with no extras for their kids nor themselves, all the while working hard every single day at their jobs. Then middle-class workers lost there jobs by the millions or suffered cutback in hours--both which resulted in loss of pay: all due to no fault by these workers This is not what we were taught that America is about: American is not a Country where the super rich make gross incomes off the backs of the working class and steal from them by awarding mortgages they could not reasonably pay and double-profiting by packaging these 'bad' mortgages as investments for additional profit making. Oh, wait a minute...this is exactly one of the reasons that the We Are the 99% assemblies are occurring: Americans have been lied to over and over, we have been cheated and stolen from by those who were charged with assisting us. These days have come to an end. Banking industry leaders must be brought to justice for the mortgage collapse in America. Jail time is awarded for theft within our laws: for those banking industry leaders who so qualify, jail time is a must. D 37211
Wake up and smell the coffee brewing in Zuccotti park. | 0
I stand with the 99% who are asking for what is right. I don't need to explain it to you. You already know. Edi Jenkins CLEARWATER, FL 33760-2656
economic fairness | 0
how about sharing your wealth?. renata dobryn Montauk, NY 11954
Your Karma is very bad... | 0
Millions have been very badly hurt by your actions.... You need to make amends... Do the right things to make things better ... for people and Nature... May peace and good will be upon you... Jon 95421
Finacial crisis | 0
Dear Sir or Madam The finacial sector has failed to honour the small investors and savers future by wrecklessly gambling with our money. Short termism and profit fueled greed within the sector. It is now time that you should pay your way and over a long time instead of ordinary hard working people paying for your crisis. You can afford to do so and you should pay back the debt you caused. Yours Peter Gaskin Peter CB3 0AP
Your subject here | 0
We the People are LONNNNNG overdue for a Greenpeace version of FDR's New Deal. A group called the Apollo Alliance is on the front line insofar as this goes, but basically, it's all about killing two birds with one stone: The environment is at risk, unemployment is through the roof, so pay the poor (a LIVING, NOT minimum wage) to save the world ... .. in order to AFFORD the aforementioned eco-friendly jobs creation, the rich MUST be taxed -- and since these protesters are outside Wall Street anyway, they might as well propose the following ... "... the daily volume of currency buying and selling has reached a sum of approximately $1.5 trillion. This figure does not include operations involving so-called financial derivatives, which account for an almost equal additional sum. That is, some $3 trillion worth of speculative operations are carried out every day. If a one percent tax was to be charged on all speculative operations, the amount raised would be more than enough for sustainable development in the so-called developing countries, with the necessary protection of nature and the environment ... May the tax suggested by Nobel Prize laureate James Tobin be imposed in a reasonable and effective way on the current speculative operations that account for trillions of dollars traded every 24 hours. Then the United Nations, which cannot continue to depend on meager, inadequate and belated donations and charities, will have $1 trillion annually to save and develop the world." --from the book, War, Racism and Economic Injustice by Fidel Castro (so help me, I don't want to hear a damn thing about Castro's Human rights violations until every last member of the Bush administration is doing hard time for war crimes against Humanity) Saab Lofton Seattle, WA 98104
Destruction of homes & retirement | 0
First, let me explain, I am one of the fortunate ones. I had saved enough over the years to have an adequate lifestyle in retirement. When the stock market and housing market crashed my assets decreased about 60%. My IRA & Savings were in SAFE Asset Allocation accounts. They decreased at least 50%. $500,000 became 250,000. Worse was the decline in real estate value. One property I owned had increased in value to 295K. Recently a comparable property sold for 60K. Another property which I paid 165K for in 2005 was sold for 40K - that's about a 75% loss in value. My personal residence was purchased in 2005 for $400,000. Today I would be lucky to sell it for half that price. Like I said, I am a fortunate one. There are millions of others who did not have a lifetime to save for their future who have lost their homes and most of their retirement, if they had accumulated any. In 2007 I had advocated a simple solution for the housing crises, but that would have required the banks and their investors to face reality. That solution was to adjust the mortgages to current appraised value. If that had been done, there would have been an initial shock to the bank's assets but the banks would have been far better off in the long run, eliminating most foreclosures and short sales that seem to have no end today, as prices continue to decline. Richard Fairfield 34135
Share the wealth | 0
Share the wealth for the common good by paying fair taxes, un-rigging the banking game, eliminating corporate welfare and subsidies, and trickling a little of the money on down the line. We are not going to put up with it anymore! Dorothy Raymond Norway, ME 04268
Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. Joseph Saporito Moosic, PA 18507
Give back to the ones who made you wealthy | 0
You took our money and made yourselves uber-wealthy from it. But did all that money buy you HAPPINESS? All your excesses --- private jets, homes in the Hamptons, penthouses and vintage champagne -- certainly couldn't have given you peace of mind, because you know that the rest of us out here are SUFFERING from your hoarding of our nation's assets. You took away our HOMES from gambling them recklessly! You took away our JOBS by supporting elected officials who sent them overseas! You take our money and then charge interest rates that make you richer and richer, while we get poorer and poorer. Have you no CONSCIENCE? Well, even if you do not, at the very least you should understand that HEALTHY CAPITALISM REQUIRES A STRONG MIDDLE CLASS. So now it's time you GAVE BACK to the community! Provide VERY LOW INTEREST loans to college students, to homeowners, to those of us who start up small businesses and make our homes more energy-efficient. You'll be happier if you learn to SHARE. Thank you. Jan 14521
Your subject here | 0
Your message here. Tell Wall Street how you feel. Stephen Gotesky Cleveland, GA 30528
dirty energy and planetary disruption | 0
I'm mad as hell because of your funding of enterprises and projects that are destroying the earth, like the Keystone XL pipeline, mountain-top coalmining, and many, many others. Dr. Tom Small Kalamzoo, MI 49008
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
Enter your story about life in the 99% here. Despite having been in school from the age of 3 to 35 (minus 3 years along the way), as an Adjunct Lecturer at a University I make less than $3,000 per course. For 15 weeks I lecture, grade, meet with students, manage bureaucratic tasks, all in a working environment that is not always conducive to learning (crowded classrooms, broken elevators/escalators, crowded office space, etc.). This is not the way to treat any worker, and certainly no way to treat your specialized work force that has invested so much time, energy and money in their education and training. Worse still, this is no way to treat students -- graduate students or otherwise. This country used to be the beacon of hope but has become the face of inequality and despair. melissa zavala 11372
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
Because of recession My exhusband used to work in the car bussines industry and he lost his job, he got in deep depression, after that we lost our house, hour credits, cars and everything it ended my marriage too. maria borja 06854
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
At 61, I have just restarted my 401k. I have been back to work for a year after 2 years of temping and hunting. That was after years of salary reduction and loss of my 50k 401k which was used to stay afloat, then bankruptcy. All this while the criminals CEO's and hedgefund managers contiunued to rob people of their pensions and livelyhoods. It is time put the crooks in jail, free the money, and rebuild the United States economy at the expense of Wall St not Main St. Real hope and change is coming join or be trampled. Evan Fulmer 03054
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
My name is Adam Martin. I am 24 years old and married with 2 kids. I have been unemployed for 13 months and unable to find work to support my wife and children. I have been actively looking for work but neve receive any responses from potential employers. My family and I are struggling on public assistance. I will not give up. Failure is not an option. We are the 99%! Adam Martin 11372
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
We hope, with the start of this OWS movement, you keep in mind the 99%ers and their hopes, dreams and desires! Abe Schneider 10463
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
As a teacher for 20+ years in the business I am very concerned about the very large number of graduates without jobs and very large student loan debt. The deregulated banking environment is in a large part responsible for this situuation, as is the general and pervasive corporate influence on government. This must change soon. jim clawson 11218
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
My parents lost their retirement with the recession. I am disabled and living off social security, which has seen REDUCTIONS instead of appropriate cost-of-living increases. We have been upper-middle class for most of our lives. At this rate, we will all end up homeless. jessica kraskian 07656
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
I am so aggravated with the greed by Wall Street. Not the regular employees who work there, but the greedy CEOs. I have a college degree yet I work paycheck to paycheck. I am not rich nor do I desire to be. I just want to live comfortably. I hardly do that. I am just angry that so few can get away with so much. Jason Gonzalez 06906
Occupy the Boardroom! | 0
I believe in meritocracy. You're probably very bright and talented. You probably very good at what you do and worked hard and long hours to move up. You probably can do things many people can't do. As a result, you probably deserve a bigger piece of the pie. However, you are not worth everything you can take by virtue of your position, connections and proximity to the top. That's skimming, not earning. Louis Chavez 10458
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