We are the 99%

Lately a lot of people have been occupying Wall Street, because most of the money in the world in within the 1% of the population. People are having to chose between paying their rent or buying food; that is just ridiculous to me. People should not have to chose between two things everyone should have; how do they expect people to fend for their families and support them when they aren't given an opportunity to? Our government has became so corrupt over the years and it seems like everyone is just worrying about themselves rather than how their actions could affect someone else. The police officers turned a nonviolent protest into a violent one. I was so surprised when I saw the police officer at UC Davis pepper spray the students. As a child growing up in the United States we learn that we have the freedom to speech and express what we believe in, but in reality we do not because if we did those students that were nonviolently taking a stand in what they believe in would not have been pepper sprayed and citizens in Oakland would be able to protest without getting tear gassed. People should get paid a reasonable amount of money for the time they put into their work, not a wage that would barely support their lives. It seems that people do not make enough to have an opportunity to make it higher into their positions or to even have a job. So many companies are cutting back on their amount of employees, how do they think the people without jobs are suppose to live and support others? We live in a sad, sad world...