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An Open Letter to the Self-Proclaimed ’99%’
PJ Tatler ^ | October 5, 2011 | Bryan Preston

Posted on 10/06/2011 1:28:00 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
Good lord, someone help that first girl's mom; she's out doing handstands on her roof. She could get hurt.

Maybe we should start a website, too. Call it the 50%ers. Those of us who pay income tax. Or is that down to 49% now? Anyway, I'll start:

I’m 40-ish years old. My wife and I owe only our mortgage, which are about to refinance from a 15 year to an 8 while paying about 1/3 of it off. We plan to pay that off in about two years. In my mid-30s, I decided I didn’t like my career and went back to school, graduating with a BS in Accounting. I borrowed a little money from family who said it was a gift, which we quickly paid back anyway. I now have my CPA and make twice what I did before I went back to school because I busted my ass in school and since. I didn’t get a worthless degree, but realized it was investment in my future and didn’t waste time in worthless endeavors that wouldn’t benefit my career. I get up every day and work. 40 hours feels like a week off. I drive home in the dark more often than not. My wife gets up every day, goes to work, and busts her ass. I am the 50% that pays taxes (my largest single household expense) and supports you little whiney asses who want everything handed to you. Dye your hair back to its natural color, take a shower, take the metal out of your face, go get your tattoos removed, put on a decent set of clothes and go get a job, you freak.

21 posted on 10/06/2011 1:54:29 PM PDT by tnlibertarian (Things are so bad now, Kenyans are saying Obama was born in the USA.)
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To: All

You are not poor because I am rich.....


22 posted on 10/06/2011 1:54:54 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: PuzzledInTX
Schools replaced Critical Thinking with Critical Theory on purpose. Whoever was minding the store in academia around the 1930’s dropped the ball big time.

After the Marxists infestation, we continue to subsidize Critical Theory by funding public schools and sending our kids off to colleges at 40,000 per year. Ultimately we are at fault for not raising enough hell about it as well as directly funding this mess.
23 posted on 10/06/2011 1:56:47 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians)
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To: Kaslin

Dumbass. Move. There are plenty of graphic designer jobs all over the country. Dallas is crawling with them. Pack up your car and move.

24 posted on 10/06/2011 1:58:47 PM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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To: Kaslin

The girl that picks up dog poop reminds me of the guy who’s job it was to give enemas to the elephants in the circus. Needless to say it was quite a messy affair. One day his friend and he were chatting and his friend advised him to find another line of work. The guy responded right away -

“What? And quit show business?”


25 posted on 10/06/2011 1:59:15 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Kaslin

“The 99 percent site reminds me of the “Sorry Everybody” site, on which liberals posted photographs of themselves apologizing to the world for the re-election of George W. Bush. Perhaps many of the 99 percenters still haven’t quite come to grips with that defeat.”

Most of the 99%’ers were watching Barney and the Cookie Monster when that defeat occurred.


26 posted on 10/06/2011 2:00:34 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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To: Maverick68

I wanna be a 1 percenter too!!


27 posted on 10/06/2011 2:00:49 PM PDT by kevslisababy
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To: Kaslin
I want to see all the wealthy Trust Fund Kids attending these "occupy" events PLEDGE to not accept any income derived from corporate sources.


28 posted on 10/06/2011 2:01:26 PM PDT by PJ-Comix (Free Gas! Free Gas! FRRREEEEEEEE GAAASSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!)
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To: Travis McGee

I think you should have said “safer”. I don’t think anywhere will be truly safe in the coming days.


29 posted on 10/06/2011 2:02:42 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: tnlibertarian
Ditto. With a few small changes (like computer crunching instead of number crunching) ....You and me both, FRiend, you and me both.

Paying taxes turned my wife from a liberal into a conservative (still a Dem, but a Southern Dem that mostly votes Conservative. Don't ask me, I dunno.).

Our tax bill the first year we were married was more than what she'd paid for four years of college tuition. She nearly dropped the pen when she went to sign the forms.

:-) Welcome to "Fiscal Conservatism", my dear. It had exactly the effect I wanted. An expensive, but very worthwhile lesson.

30 posted on 10/06/2011 2:05:06 PM PDT by wbill
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To: al_c

“500 employers rejected me!!! What’s WRONG with all of them??!”


31 posted on 10/06/2011 2:06:43 PM PDT by wbill
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To: Lurker

To true. Relatively safer is the best we can aim for.


32 posted on 10/06/2011 2:07:21 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Kaslin
When I was young, my parents told me "Life is not fair."

I started working when I was 13.

I worked hard in school and got scholarships to high school and college.

I paid for my own college education without parental assistance.

I worked hard to build a career.

I was successful and paid off my mortgage in 5 years.

I have been debt free ever since.

I do not blame other people for my bad choices.

I am a FReeper.


33 posted on 10/06/2011 2:08:23 PM PDT by matt1234 (Bring back the HUAC.)
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To: Kaslin
It’s want liberals do. Never take the blame when there are others to shove the the blame to

True, after all we have a liberal POTUS presently as a most perfect example.

34 posted on 10/06/2011 2:08:26 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: ctdonath2
Each one of them has a computer, camera, and Internet connection - more than enough to start a profitable business.

Exactly! These folks are suffering the ultimate disillusionment. This is what happens to followers. Independent thinkers can find opportunity in the barest of fields. And if that doesn't succeed, try again, but I wish they would please stop whining.

35 posted on 10/06/2011 2:09:49 PM PDT by PuzzledInTX
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To: al_c

I could use a couple of people with graphic design background and pay twice what he claims to make.... but now that he posted his face out there as a whining hippie, he shouldn’t bother applying... he obviously isn’t really trying. He could easily pull in $50/hour doing contract work alone... but that requires busting your butt...


36 posted on 10/06/2011 2:10:44 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: matt1234

Bump that...


37 posted on 10/06/2011 2:11:48 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: wbill

Actions have consequences. Life is hard, and it’s harder when you’re stupid.

That should be a tagline. LOL :)


38 posted on 10/06/2011 2:12:22 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: al_c
Pack up your car and move.

But that takes work and someone else should have to do it.

39 posted on 10/06/2011 2:13:03 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Kaslin

Why am I supposed to feel sorry for that??

40 posted on 10/06/2011 2:13:10 PM PDT by Tatze (I reject your reality and substitute my own!)
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