One of the biggest things in the media right now is the occupy movement. Their protests have dominated the headlines for weeks and their muddled message is all about American privilege. My problem is that the guys littering, polluting the environment, sexually assaulting women and blocking hard workings Americans who are just trying to get home from a hard day's work, are the 1%.
As tweet from their iPhones about their silly little gatherings and whine about the lack of jobs they all have access to services a good portion of the rest of the world would give anything for. In Africa, people walk miles for disease infested water, During these walks women face rape and battery. Or how about the over 3 billion people around the world who live on less that $2.50 a day. What of the millions dying of avoidable diseases like malaria, tuberculosis, smallpox and the like?
If you live in America, you are the 1%! The homeless shelters would seem palatial to many around the world, the local soup kitchen would be a feast for the ages, and a free education to top it off. Here's my advice to the American whiners, take a shower, use the creativity you've used to protest to market you skills, stop harassing the people who might offer you a job and go to work. In the beginning you are going to have to work hard to prove yourself but with hard work you'll be amazed how much extra money you have to help the 99%.
One great way to help the real 99% is to donate to charitywater.org. 100% of every penny given goes straight to the field. (All of their operating costs are covered by corporate contribution) To the best of my knowledge no one at Charity Water even knows I exist and they certainly to not endorse this blog and in fact they may outright disagree.
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