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Monday, July 26, 2010

27 Reasons We Have Expanding Malitias















1. 83% of all US stocks are in control of 1% of the people



2. 61% of Americans live from paycheck to paycheck up 49% 2008



3. 66% income growth between 2001 and 2007 went to the top 1% Americans



4. 36% Americans don't save for retirement.



5. 43% Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement.



6. 24% Americans postponed retirement.



7. 1.4 million Americans filed for bankruptcy up 32% from 2008.



8. Top 5% of US households have earned enough additional income to match rising housing costs.



9. First time in US history Banks own a greater share of residential housing net worth in the US above individual Americans.



10. 1950 the average executives earned 30 times the average workers income. In 2010 executives earned 300 to 500 times the average blue collar worker.



11. 2007 the bottom 80% American households held a mere 7% of liquid financial assets.



12.Bottom 50% US incomes own less than 1% of the nations wealth.



13. Wallstreet bonuses are up 17% from 2008 to 2009.



14. Federal workers earn 60% more than private sector workers.



15. Top 1% US households own twice as much Of America's corporate wealth up from 15 years ago.



16.The average time to find a job has risen to 35.2 weeks.



17. 40% of employed workers are low paying service jobs.



18. 40 million Americans are eligible for food stamps.



19. American workers compete against Chinese workers who earn 0.86 cents an hour.



20. 21% of all children live beneath the poverty level.



21. US Millionaires are up a whopping 16% in 2009.



22. Top 10% US wage earners earn 50% of the national income.


23. The Patriot Act that violates the 4th Amendment.
24. Mandatory deductions from paychecks that separate the worker from his rights to choose retirement, healthcare, insurance, his money and government without express consent.
25. Invasion of privacy allowing sensitive personal information accessible to retirement and driver's Operator License private information "Social Surveillance"
26. Corruption in the Obama Cabinet including Treasury, USDA, Interior Pentagon Justice, Homeland Stupidity for a wide range of issues from downloading porn to uncontrolled borders and awarding poor performances.
27, Mandatory Social Security ID for infants. Every time Government has a problem the answer is always sacrafice of more liberty, ( see intro quote from Ben Franklin)



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