Occupy - The US Solidarity Movement

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We are a nonviolent community of individuals concerned with the widening gap between rich and poor in America, corporate involvement in our political system, and unregulated corporate greed.  Join us, the 99% in envisioning a society free from foreclosures, homelessness, bank bailouts, golden parachutes, endless wars, corporate personhood, political corruption, and rampant unemployment. Together, we can create a world where compassion for all beings and for the planet are more important than the accumulation of money.

One of the main goals of the Occupy movement is to bring awareness as to how previous administrations have loaned or credited trillions to the too-big-to-fails banks bailing them out even after they gambled away our homes, our pensions, and our national economic strength. Now, homeowners are facing record losses in homes often by illegal foreclosures supported by those same institutions. Tax breaks and loans are provided to the big auto companies and big banks, but nothing is done to help the unemployed or homeless. Democracy has taken a backseat to saving capitalism...eventually we would like to give away a free bandana with every t-shirt order...but for now they are just $9.99 plus shipping, anywhere in the world. Somebody's gotta make em. That somebody is us...and at $9.99 it's obvious we are not in this for the money...our parting words..."Occupy Free Energy!"

Interesting Economic Statistics:

  • In 2007, the richest 1% of the American population owned 34.6% of the country's total wealth, and the next 19% owned 50.5%. Thus, the top 20% of Americans owned 85% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 15%.
  • Financial inequality was greater than inequality in total wealth, with the top 1% of the population owning 42.7%, the next 19% of Americans owning 50.3%, and the bottom 80% owning 7%.
  • However, after the Great Recession which started in 2007, the share of total wealth owned by the top 1% of the population grew from 34.6% to 37.1%, and that owned by the top 20% of Americans grew from 85% to 87.7%.
  • The Great Recession also caused a drop of 36.1% in median household wealth but a drop of only 11.1% for the top 1%, further widening the gap between the 1% and the 99%.
  • During the economic expansion between 2002 and 2007, the income of the top 1% grew 10 times faster than the income of the bottom 90%. In this period 66% of total income gains went to the 1%, who in 2007 had a larger share of total income than at any time since 1928.
  • The latest Census figures point to a poverty rate in 2010 of 15.1 percent, representing a record 46 million people in poverty.
Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. - Martin Luther King, Jr

Fawkes Mask Bandana - $6.99 + S&H
(22in x 22in dimensions)

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