Forum Post: 47 yr old Father Mad As Hell
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 11:59 a.m. EST by wouldhavepreferred
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from Portland, OR
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Dear OWS:
Keep it Up! Don't stop making our voices heard! I am a 47 yr. old married father of two who has worked a full time job since I was 14. I played by the rules, went to college, built a business and paid my goddamn taxes only to see it all evaporate in the recession.
I got three months behind on my mortgage when my business failed and Bank of America took my house despite receiving billions to restructure mortgages just like mine. I now work for 40% of what I used to earn and have watched over 20 years of savings and investment disappear.
I am beyond angry at watching corporate CEO's extort their shareholders and the american people while taking tens of millions in salary and bonuses - all the while proclaiming "we have a right to make a profit"
I am beyond angry at watching "bought and paid for politicians" bicker with each other while we default on our debt and even more wealth is squandered.
I am angry as hell that we allow 1 of 5 children in our country to live in poverty.
I am angry as hell that we allow our public education system deteriorate while using borrowed money to pay for two illegitimate wars in the middle east.
I am angry as hell and have no intention of remaining quiet any longer!
Don't stop protesting!
Richard - Portland OR
My husbands average income/salary for the same job has decreased by 10k over the last 8 years while government salaries increase. We cannot afford health care for our kids, I lost my job in the recession and have not been able to secure another one that would not leave us more in the red than black after the exorbitant cost of child care and medical. I am with you on this Richard! Also mad as hell.
did you go here yet::http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/archive
Holy shit
tear...please join us(a).
God speed, Richard. We're all angry as hell and cannot take it anymore. I'm just a middle class guy who sees the writing on the wall. If we can't pull this off, our children will be slaves. That's why we cannot stop until the vomit bucket we consider as our government starts working for the People, not the ruling elite class.