We+are+the+99%

We are part of the 99%. Today people are protesting on Wall street. They are protesting because they think that the 1% which is the very rich people are running this country. I believe that they do have more power than we do. In all of the United States history there was and will be a 1% and a 99%. I think that most of the people who hold public office is in the 1% but I don't think that it's their fault the poor should be running for office. Most of the 99% are to college and cannot afford it so they have lots of dept and cannot find a job very fast. Most of them have over ten thousand dollars in dept. Some of them even have one hundred thousand or more. All the people at Wall Street are sleeping in tents over night for many days protesting. We were looking at some notes about college students. If you want to read them go to []. While our class was reading some of these we saw that there are many people in dept and need help.

A lot of people are in dept and paying there expences out of there pocket. Most are in dept from college or being a parent. They go to college then there parents loose there job and they can't find a job. Most of them after college can't find a job. They are the 99%. There are a lot of people who are getting a bad deal and only some people who are getting a good deal. The 99% can barley find a job and the 1% can have any job they want. It isn't that the 99% are struggling. It isn't that the 99% want revolution. It's that 99% of Americans know that our economy (work hard, play by the rules, and get ahead) has broken.

Many people cannot find jobs that require their specific degree level and skill. We should not be protesting on Wall Street it isn't their fault we need to protest in Washington. I believe that excessive business regulations, Over spending, and unfair and excessive corporate taxes(GE paid NO corporate taxes while the other companies paid 35%) are choking the economy and are preventing job growth not to mention Labor Unions. Illinois joins 13 states to ban lighters that look like other things. Why? I don't understand why we do these stupid things, sure a kid could burn a house down but think of the job creation and growth this is American ingenuity wasted. Why does the little girl in Georgia need 200$ in permits to sell lemon aid in her front yard? It takes weeks to get the several permits needed to start a business in America A.K.A free country and 1 DAY to get 1 permit to start a business in China A.K.A communist country. This is why we have a lack of jobs in this country. This is the incredible Dis function between the American people and the Government. I am the 99% and I want my free country back.