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Why America's 99% have rebelled
They sign their messages, ‘I am the 99%’. You will not get through all of the stories. As I write, there are 185 pages of them. Yet the message of the site is immediately clear: while our society’s richest one per cent enjoys a hugely disproportionate share of wealth and income, the economy has left the vast majority of us behind. The majority has had enough. Conservatives say that those protesting Wall Street are just complaining. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain tells them, ‘Get a job’
They sign their messages, ‘I am the 99%’. You will not get through all of the stories. As I write, there are 185 pages of them. Yet the message of the site is immediately clear: while our society’s richest one per cent enjoys a hugely disproportionate share of wealth and income, the economy has left the vast majority of us behind. The majority has had enough. Conservatives say that those protesting Wall Street are just complaining. Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain tells them, ‘Get a job’
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