The 1%

Fighting Over Scraps

Now This Is A 1% I Understand

Jasiri X – Occupy (We The 99)

LYRICS

Verse 1
The Power’s with the people don’t let these cowards deceive you
and be the next mouse in the talons of a eagle
this country’s wealth gap isn’t unbalanced it’s evil
we celebrate access while the people have less
in poverty abject madness
while the economy collapses add stress
that’s the last straw
you want class war well give you what you ask for
the have nots at the have’s door
we came to crash your party
and we aint leaving until we’re even
the Constitution guarantees these freedoms
any one against that’s committing treason
your not a real patriot unless you stand for what you believe in
and nobody got more welfare than Wall Street
hundreds of billions after operating falsely
and nobody went to prison that’s where you lost me
but my home, my job, and my life is what it cost me

Verse 2
Remember when police beat the Egyptians who were defiant
even president Obama condemned the violence
but when NYPD beat Americans there’s silence
it’s apparent that there’s bias
sticks for the people but give carrots to the liars
those crooked cops just for embarrassment should be fired
and if you want to see terrorists then look higher
they in them skyscrapers with billions from my labor
forcing people out of there homes with falsified data
so we either unify now or cry later
1% got the wealth but the 99′s greater
so in every city we gone occupy major
cause nobody got more welfare than Wall Street
hundreds of billions after operating falsely
and nobody went to prison that’s where you lost me
but my home, my job, and my life is what it cost me

Wealth Inequality In America

The One Percent

In this eye-opening documentary, filmmaker Jamie Johnson examines the gap that exists between America’s poor and the 1 percent of the population that controls half the country’s wealth. Johnson, himself an heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, interviews Milton Friedman, Bill Gates Sr., Steve Forbes and other wealthy men, revealing the enormous social and political effect financial disparity has on America’s current state.

Above is the blurb from Netflix, where I watched this film on demand.  If you don’t have access to Netflix, try Amazon Prime or some other streaming movie service.  If none of those are an option, try checking with your local library.  If they don’t have it, request that they get it.    Below is the trailer and full film. 

Is It Just Me Or Does That First Guy Look Like Kermit The Frog?

Dr. Neal Barnard On Diabetes

YOINK!

Your Eyes & Ears Are In The 1%