Their life style: Two gay dudes in their 50's, living together. Not 99% of people out there.
Their house: Having a $700,000 house with that landscaping, solarium, statuary and outdoor gas fire place is not the home of the 99%.
Their cars: Two brand new shiny sedans. Honda and Cadillac. Any one at Occupy roll up in a new car?
Their jobs: Both of them have degrees and both are Nurse Anesthetists. The US Department of Labor says that job makes about $180,000 per year in California. So being DINKs (double income, no kids) that gives them a gross household income of $360,000. Guess what, anything above $320,000 makes you one of the freaking 1%.
Their garbage can: Has big stickers on it i saying "We Are The 99%", as well as in the back window of each brand new car.
How delusional do you have to be to think you are part of the 99% when you meet all of the criteria of being a 1%-er?? You can still be part of the 1% and be loving, kind, decent, charitable and an overall boon to humanity. The noble poor is as silly and outdated an idea as the noble savage.
Accept what you are and use your position for the benefit and good of the world, your family and others. Like I heard on Gilligan's Island with Harold Heckubah, "There's just one little thing you out to do, to thine own self be true!"
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Interesting points, but I still think, "why can't they still just show/express their support for 'the 1%?'" I don't see how the bumper sticker is so hypocritical. I think you're also implying/assuming they (your neighbors) don't or can't give/contribute to the "overall humanity"? I think your thinking here is black & white; they are either the so-called 1%, or they are wealthy and should just keep quietly to themselves.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think the term 1% /99%is misleading, but I think it is more rounded up (kind like Trans-Fat on Nutritional Info. on food items). The jist is that there is a great and increasing disparity of wealth in this country. And, as I understand, it's based on the exploitation and manipulation of the middle- to lower-classes.