The lines between the haves and have nots are still a bit
blurry, meaning the 1% pretty much have it all while the rest of us don’t. However,
the lines between the haves less, the haves more but not as much, the have nots,
and the basically screwed are still a bit unclear and need to be scrutinized
closely in order to determine who is going to vote for whom in November.
Originally, the 99% were represented by Occupy Wall
Street protesters who believed that they were paying for the mistakes the top
1% made as they worked on taking all the wealth in the land and investing it in
high-yield CDs at a measly rate of around 1.50%. (Not really—they are getting a
much higher rate on their investments if you consider the lower percentage rate
they are paying in taxes—we’re like 99.9% sure of that).
Anyway, the 99% eventually fizzled out to around 2 or 3%
who really hung in there and gave a crap, while the other 96% packed up their
tents, went home and began bitching on the internet. Because the majority of
that 96% refused to answer polls asking them what percentage they think they
belong to, the only thing we can be sure of is that the 32% of those that fall
into the basically screwed category are still basically screwed.
Of course, of the total 96%, presidential candidate
Romney originally claimed that 47% are shiftless and are living off the rest of
America. However, he has since flip flopped on that and has told Americans he
is “for” 100%, which doesn’t add up, because no one at this point is really
sure if he is talking about the 47% in addition to 52%, as well as the top 1%, or
the top 1% (without the extra two zeros) who refuse to give up a dime to help
anyone in the 99%, leaving the 52% to fend for the 47%.
Meanwhile, the polls indicate that 48% are planning to
vote for Romney after 67% claim he won the first presidential debate, and surprisingly,
48% are planning to vote for Obama, even though only 23% declared Obama the
winner. This leaves 4% (not counting the 10% who didn’t answer the debate
question) who are still not sure who they are voting for.
But, if you add that 4% to the 96% who continue to
support Occupy Wall Street, we end up with 100% of Americans who absolutely
agree they are totally fed up with the election and could care less who wins
just as long as they can return to their regularly schedule programs.
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