Forum Post: Question from 99%
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 22, 2011, 7:55 p.m. EST by barry1
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Someone asked me today how would they know if they were part of the 1%? I did not know how to answer.
If the tax breaks you got from Bush were large enough to remember what you did with it, you are part of the 1%
If you get bailed out by the government when you fuck up, or when government hands you no bid contracts for your company, you're in the club.
It's much less than 1% by the way...
I thought the definition was strictly monetary/wealth. If you and your family reside in the top 1% of income/wealth, then you are the 1%. I don't think it matters what your political affiliation or politics. This is in keeping with the CBO report that started this movement.
According to some of the people around here, you are a 1%er if you disagree with their goal to destroy capitalism, wreck the economy, and take down our Republic in lieu of a marxist/anarcho-syndaclist government.