Occupy Wall St. Occupy L.A. Occupy.
Professor: Has anyone heard of the Occupy Wall Street protests?
Me: *raises hand like Hermione* Me! I've heard all the things!
Professor: Oh, wow so you know that...
Me: Yes! *lectures class for ten minutes*
We only have a few days to get EVERY student to participate in the largest STUDENT WALKOUT 10/5/11/ at 12pm
#occupycolleges#occupwallstreet
How unequal we are: Top five facts about the top one percent
1. The top 1 percent of Americans owns 40 percent of the nation’s wealth
2. The top 1 percent of Americans take home 24 percent of national income
3. The top 1 percent of Americans own half of the country’s stocks, bonds, and mutual funds
4. The top 1 percent of Americans have only 5 percent of the nation’s personal debt
5. The top 1 percent are taking in more of the nation’s income than at any other time since the 1920s
Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don’t be afraid.
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| — | Frederick Buechner (via shetakesflight) |
