We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we're working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent. Brought to you in solidarity with people occupying wall st.. Why will YOU occupy?
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In February I was hospitalized with early labor. Turned out we were having twins! They were born 10 weeks early, and for 75 days in a row we drove 45 miles each way to the hospital to be with them. While we are extremely blessed to have our babies home and healthy, I had to close my business when they arrived. It is unlikely to ever re-open as I am saddled with over $10,000 in loans and the economy has tanked, so I can’t get another loan to re-open. We had hoped I could return to work 3 months after the babies were born, but now there is no work to return to. We are now a single income family of 5 paying more in rent than most mortgages, but cant get a loan from a bank to buy our own home.
we are the 99 percent
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Budget balanced on the backs of state employees
I am a state worker since May 2008. In July 2008 when then Govenor Douglas cut our wages 3% across the board I was devastated. Douglas never wanted to raise taxes so he balanced the budget on the backs of Vermont state employees. Our salaries were cut and wages frozen for three years. To add insult to injury, in July of this year the state increased the amount of money that is involuntarily taken out for the state retirement fund. As a state worker, we have no say in how much money we wish to put into the retirement account. To make matters worse, we cannot get a hardship withdrawal, I was facing eviction and desperately needed to be able to take money out of my retirement account just as anyone else can who has a 401(k) or 403(b), Unfortunately as a state worker we cannot take out hardship funds irregardless of the problem. I realize this issue is mainly an employer/employee/union issue however everytime the state has budgetary issues, we the workers suffer!
What they forget is we’ve been squeezed for years already
Occupy Vermont, October 2nd
Burlington General Assembly
I Am a Farmer’s Wife, I’m a Nurse at Fletcher Allen
Occupy Vermont, October 9th
Burlington General Assembly
The 1% displaced us from our communities, thanks to the help of those banks.
Occupy Vermont, October 9th
Burlington General Assembly
My Dad Build a House, with his bare hands
Occupy Vermont, October 2nd
Burlington General Assembly
Everybody Was Jobless
Occupy Vermont, October 9th
Burlington General Assembly
