Recovering Wall Street Employee Speaks Out about the "1%"

[Blanks]

25. I don't think the 1% have that much choice either.

My doctor is a wage slave. He works for a clinic and though he makes good money; I imagine he doesn't choose the wages and salaries of his staff.

The world has changed. Just because someone makes good money and enjoys 'the material world' more than the working poor; doesn't mean they have any more influence on the world than the poorest among us. Not all doctors have their own practice. The same with a lot of professions; they tow the line or pay the price. Paying the price for not towing the line could mean homelessness. Additionally, there is student loan debt. Even if a doctor does have his own practice and is making a lot of money; he may not be able to afford to pay more because of startup expenses and student loans.

I think part of 'their plan' (the .01%) is to pit one group against the other; where we are now - some people believe that the top 1% are in on the scheme; I think most of them have very little influence on things. They're pawns; just like like law enforcement (against the occupy movement) and the people employed in debt collection. It isn't that they're necessarily bad people, they're just trying to put food on their family.

I think if we actually had a list of the 1%ers by salary, occupation and assets; we'd all be surprised at the list. When they said during the debates that $250,000 annual income is the top 2 or 3 percent that means the top 1% could be a married couple where one person is judge and the other is an educator, or a professor and an accountant, or a school district superintendent and a medical doctor, two attorneys working for a law firm etc.

The fact that someone has a good education and an adequate income; doesn't mean that they're in on a conspiracy to starve out the rest of us. Most of them are probably working their asses off; stressed out about the decisions that they have to make on a daily basis to keep their head above water.

As I said before; there are a lot of them. Each has their own crosses to bear. Some 1%ers may be part of the problem; I still think we have more of a problem with the 47% that voted for Romney.