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Playinghardball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 09:54 AM
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What Does 'I Am The 99%' Mean?
The explanations that brought tears to our eyes . . .

67 hours/week doesn’t even buy school supplies


Source: MoveOn.org
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FarCenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 10:03 AM
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1. It means you make less than $500K/year and have less than about $20 million in assets
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jwirr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 11:19 AM
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2. It looks at the distribution of wealth and says you are on the bottom
end of that distribution or are in support of the bottom end - like the girl who was asking to be taxed more.
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lindysalsagal Donating Member (444 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-13-11 07:55 PM
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3. Current IRS tax laws and election laws work for the top 1% earners, and
against everyone else: Namely, you and me, the 99% who are supposed to be living in a representative government.
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