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we-never-jump-ship:

All I want is to abolish employee employer relationships all together.

Though I understand the spirit of this fellow course.

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wearethe99percent:

I am a public school teacher.  I have 3 Master’s degrees and no student loan debt.  My parents paid for all of my education.

My wife is also a public school teacher: she has a Master’s degree … and more than $80,000 in student loan debt.

We are the 1%, and we are the 99%.  We are parents of two young girls: let’s make fairness, justice, and equality affordable for all.

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wearethe99percent:

And I am one of the lucky ones - I have loved ones in the position of helping me. So many do not.

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wearethe99percent:

My dad is unemployed due to disabilities obtained on the job.  He’s in need of health insurance but is NOT ELIGIBLE for Medicare because he could be covered on my mom’s health insurance. 

The problem is, if she adds him, she would OWE her job $$ each month and have no take home income.  The sole income upon which they rely. 

After 25+ years of happy marriage, my parents are considering DIVORCE just so he can be eligible for Medicare.

WE are the 99%.

This happens a lot—and is a real tragedy. Many people either divorce or decide not to marry because of how it would affect health insurance.

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wearethe99percent:

My dad subjects himself to harmful chemicals 50+ hours a week so I can go to college and I don’t even know if I’ll have a job when I graduate.

We are the 99%.

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wearethe99percent:

2004 - graduated highschool top 10%

2008 - graduated top private college GPA 3.4

           BA Biochemistry, supposed to get a job

            $25,000 in student loans and my parents

           spent $140,000 on tuition

2009 - applied to over 90 jobs in my field

           1 interview, not hired. gave up.

            homeless on streets for over a year

2010 - got a food service job. cried a lot.

            spent $6,000 to take biochem classes

            at local uni. 14 hr days. volunteered too.

            started doing internet porn to make ends meet.

2011 - miraculously got a biochem job (thank you friend)

            I’m excelling at my new job.

            Spent $15,000 total relocating here for it.

Today - I work 40 hrs/wk and make $1500/month

             Rent $650/mo

             Utilities $100/mo

             Credit debt (from move) $1500 left

             Student loan debt $2750 left

            Car keeps breaking! $4000/this summer

            Vet bills

            Doctor bills

I scored in the 99th percentile on the GRE - that means I did better than 99% of test takers

I do porn to pay off my student loans

I didn’t ask for THIS

I work hard my whole life

(I gave up my dream of being a veterinarian because I can’t afford $200,000 in debt I would graduate with, I wanted to be a shelter vet so there’s no way I’d ever be debt free. I wanted to help homeless animals but I hope I can make a good cure in the lab. I want to work on HIV or Herpes vaccines)

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