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Rooskibar03
10-07-2011, 10:42
I got my first job at 14 and have had one since.
I worked all through college.
I took out student loans (so did my parents)
I'm still paying on those loans.
I work full time (so does my wife) to make sure my family has what we need.
I am not rich.
I am the 53% (that pays taxes for those who don't)
Delfuego
10-07-2011, 10:49
What do you want... A cookie?[Stooge]
theGinsue
10-07-2011, 10:53
No, I get what he's' saying... It's a response to these poor & downtrodden whiney "a college education is a right" and "I'm entitled to what you have" folks screaming "I am the 99%".
Thing is that these "99%" put hard working folks like you and me in the 1%.
Rooskibar03
10-07-2011, 11:02
No, I get what he's' saying... It's a response to these poor & downtrodden whiney "a college education is a right" and "I'm entitled to what you have" folks screaming "I am the 99%".
Thing is that these "99%" put hard working folks like you and me in the 1%.
Ginsue gets the cookie.
Delfuego
10-07-2011, 11:05
You guys are the absolute masters of generalizations...
funkfool
10-07-2011, 11:05
I had my own business at age 8... mowing yards and painting fences with my brother...until...
I started delivering newspapers at age 11... until...
I got a job at A&W at 14... and continued to work for several different companies until...
At age 32 I quit a job because they wouldn't ever let me take my time off...
I was off for a month because I wanted to be... I started looking on a Wed. and had a job by Fri...
Been there ever since...
Went back to college as a 40 yr old freshman - still paying off the loans...
Let my wife quit her corporate job so she could start her own business doing what she wants...
We are in debt - but working to get out...
We are thankful for all we have.
I don't have the time or inclination to bitch...
So for this 'so-called' 99%....
SHUT UP ALREADY.
BPTactical
10-07-2011, 12:04
If the Dbags on Wall Street are "99%ers" then I am damn proud to be a "1%er".
Always have been
Always will be
I'm with ya Rooskie- we actually WORK for what we have[Beer]
NitroxBoss
10-07-2011, 12:07
Lazy Assholes! --- Too General?
[Coffee]
BPTactical
10-07-2011, 12:10
Lazy Assholes! --- Too General?
[Coffee]
No, that pretty well covers it.
68Charger
10-07-2011, 12:15
"Don't include me in your 99%, I'm one of the 53% that contribute to society"
or how about
"90% of you 99%'ers are worthless, whiny douchebags"
Zundfolge
10-07-2011, 13:19
I got my first job at 15 and have had one since.
I worked all through college.
I never took out student loans (and paid for college on my own. see #2)
I work full time (my wife freelances) to make sure my family has what we need.
I am not rich.
I am the 53% (that pays taxes for those who don't)
I think the 99%'ers need to be upset with their parents for not raising them properly. No free lunch and a hard days work must have been on the list somewhere.
http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/41593_2364282429_5352_n.jpg
Or maybe it's the education system and the educators there for their own personal gains.
spittoon
10-07-2011, 14:00
"Don't include me in your 99%, I'm one of the 53% that contribute to society"
or how about
"90% of you 99%'ers are worthless, whiny douchebags "
[Beer]
I got my first job at 14.
I got my first full time job at 18, stayed with that company for 13 1/2 years.
I started my own business with $70K that I saved during the 13+ years I worked for someone else.
I worked 6 and sometimes 7 days a week for 6 years before I was able to afford a vacation.
I have less than $2K in total debt.
I am currently saving to become a college freshman at age 50 (5 years from now). I won't take student loans to do so.
I am the 53%.
KevDen2005
10-07-2011, 14:40
I've been thinking about this. We should all make signs and look sad like the stupid 99 percent people. Except talk about how we took responsibility and are doing what we can to support ourselves and our families.
BPTactical
10-07-2011, 15:10
I've been thinking about this. We should all make signs and look sad like the stupid 99 percent people. Except talk about how we took responsibility and are doing what we can to support ourselves and our families.
This I like- KevDen you are a genius. But it will be a while before I can because I have some work to get done first.
I will post my version in a while.
Rooskibar03
10-07-2011, 15:15
I've been thinking about this. We should all make signs and look sad like the stupid 99 percent people. Except talk about how we took responsibility and are doing what we can to support ourselves and our families.
Some are already at it.
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm251/cmuthard03/371858d5.jpg
http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm251/cmuthard03/5468e2a0.jpg
theGinsue
10-07-2011, 15:15
You guys are the absolute masters of generalizations...
Huh? Could you be a bit more specific?
I crack myself up.
funkfool
10-07-2011, 15:34
http://the53.tumblr.com/
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-53-want-the-99-to-learn-from-their-example/
SideShow Bob
10-07-2011, 16:44
If the Dbags on Wall Street are "99%ers" then I am damn proud to be a "1%er".
Always have been
Always will be
I'm with ya Rooskie- we actually WORK for what we have[Beer]
Bert, they are not talking about the "1%ers" as we understand the term to mean. [LOL]
KevDen2005
10-07-2011, 16:53
Bert, they are not talking about the "1%ers" as we understand the term to mean. [LOL]
Think about this. 1%er is usually a coined term for members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs who are criminal and not afraid to say it.
If the 99%ers are the victims and all of us who are not and working hard to make life work are the 1%...then are we criminal?
Think about this. 1%er is usually a coined term for members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs who are criminal and not afraid to say it.
If the 99%ers are the victims and all of us who are not and working hard to make life work are the 1%...then are we criminal?
http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/images/MB/emoticons/woot.gif...here I thought that working hard, paying my bills, and being responsible were just the average way to go through life, now I'm finding out that I'm a full-on 1%er. Without ever going to a Hell's Angel's meeting or owning a Harley.
http://www.cosportbikeclub.org/images/MB/emoticons/woot.gif...here I thought that working hard, paying my bills, and being responsible were just the average way to go through life, now I'm finding out that I'm a full-on 1%er. Without ever going to a Hell's Angel's meeting or owning a Harley.
Yep you just got vested into "Charlies Ninja's"....[Coffee]
BPTactical
10-07-2011, 17:33
1%er:
A person who is not of the mainstream of society, typically associated with the Outlaw Motorcycle contingent.
Also one who does not conform with the other 99% of society.
Now if these whining whelps standing in the middle of the road wasting oxygen and tax dollars by having LE babysit them are the 99th percentile..................
Clinical 1%er here.
But as I am also in the 53rd percentile tax wise I guess that makes me a 54%er?[Coffee]
Think about this. 1%er is usually a coined term for members of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs who are criminal and not afraid to say it.
If the 99%ers are the victims and all of us who are not and working hard to make life work are the 1%...then are we criminal?
yeah, I'm surprised that nobody has been picking up on this
I'm pretty sure that they are referring to the 1% of the richest people, and not motorcycle gangs.
I'm pretty sure that they are referring to the 1% of the richest people, and not motorcycle gangs.
yeah, but for a minute people who disagreed with the position of these pinkotards by saying they were 1%ers.
seems like it didn't catch on though, and now they are 53%ers (that pay taxes)
not all of those people can be homeless. now's a perfect time to find where they live and burgle their houses.
robble robble
KevDen2005
10-08-2011, 02:37
yeah, but for a minute people who disagreed with the position of these pinkotards by saying they were 1%ers.
seems like it didn't catch on though, and now they are 53%ers (that pay taxes)
not all of those people can be homeless. now's a perfect time to find where they live and burgle their houses.
robble robble
Of course they aren't homeless, they're mooching off of someone. In fact the "friend" that I mentioned earlier has a great career doing stuff for the gay community and sexual openness....of course my advice to her was to find a real job.
BPTactical
10-08-2011, 16:28
In fact the "friend" that I mentioned earlier has a great career doing stuff for the gay community and sexual openness
I've heard they make great carpenters- Never get nailed, tongue in groove construction and not one stud in sight.[Muaha]
If the Dbags on Wall Street are "99%ers" then I am damn proud to be a "1%er".
Always have been
Always will be
I'm with ya Rooskie- we actually WORK for what we have[Beer]
+1000 had to work since I was 16 ,never been on welfare never been on unemployment and proud of it.[Beer]
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