The Occupy Movement - Statistics behind the protests.

http://JaredPorcenaluk.com - Joblessness, economic disparity, corruption - these are the issues, but what are the facts? This video helps explain some of the statistics behind the protests.

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Onto the facts behind the video:

In 2007, unemployment was 4.5%. In 2010, it was 9.7%. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Include those who are underemployed or stopped looking? 18% (http://www.economytrack.org/underemployment.php)

"They're jobless because they don't want to work!" -- Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly's yearly salary could employ a 100 minimum wage workers for over 100 years. (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/11/01/power-list.html)

"All they have to do is take a shower and they can get a job if they went to college. That's all." -- Bill O'Reilly

Unemployment for college graduates 20-24 years old is at about 12%. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08/college-graduates-jobs-unemployment_n_­893495.html)

Student debt exceeded credit card debt in 2010.
(http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/college/2010-09-10-student-loan-debt_N.htm)

The wealth of the top 1% could buy all of the lower 80%'s stuff. Twice. (http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html)

1979-2008, income for the top 1% grew 247%
1979-2008, income for the lowest 20% dropped 7%
(http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/05/united-fair-econ­omy/liberal-group-says-family-incomes-grew-equally-pri/)
(http://www.data360.org/dsg.aspx?Data_Set_Group_Id=230&count=500)

The United States of America is over $14,000,000,000,000 in debt.
(http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/)

The lowest-earning 120 million Americans hold 0.3% of America's wealth.
(http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html)

In 2010, GE, Bank of America, Citigroup, Boeing, Verizon spent $0 in taxes. In the last decade, they've spent $61 million in campaign contributions and $537 million in lobbying. (http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/04/13/158264/tax-dodging-lobbying-congres­s/)

"Occupy Wall Street ... needs to wake up and stop blaming job creators for the failures created by selfish politicians who wink at their political donors." -- Michelle Bachman (http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/27/news/la-pn-cain-worth-20111027)

In 2010, Michelle Bachman spent $11 million on a House of Representatives campaign. That's more than anyone in all of history has spent on a House campaign. (http://www.opensecrets.org/bigpicture/elec_stats.php?cycle=2010)

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[LuckyCharmTacoma]

Great video! I want to link to it on a website I'm creating for Occupy South Sound. Two things, though: there's a typo at 1:40, and the white on yellow lettering just afterward is REALLY hard to read! Will link to it anyway, but would be perfect if these things were fixed.

[JaredPorcenaluk]

@LuckyCharmTacoma Thanks! Yeah, I noticed the yellow only after posting it, and it had already begun to get some views. As for the typo, do you mean Michele Bachmann? Because I thought it was Michelle Bachmann, and had to look it up - it's only with one "L." If it's something else, let me know.

Big picture - thanks for linking to the video!

[riseingstardust]

Well done --Thank you for the work you are doing---From one who has been on the front line---We march on the docks of Oakland tomorrow---hopefully people will start to understand the inequality

[JaredPorcenaluk]

@riseingstardust Thank you so much! Education is how change starts, in my humble opinion.

[TheMidwestsk8ter]

Resource based ecnomy! Is it that hard to understand? Give pepole what they need food, water, shelter, clean air, relevant education we have the technology to feed the world....oh but wait, we don't have the 'green usless fiat paper that has no tangeable value' to pay for it? I'm fucking serious there are no jobs oil has hit peak, not just americans but the world is fed up. GIVE PEPOLE WHAT THEY FUCKING NEED Resource based economy "this shits got to go"

[efortune357]

Solution? The only one I've heard of that makes any sense is a Resource Based Economy. If you haven't already seen it. youtube "Zeitgeist Moving Forward" or "Jacque Fresco"

[JaredPorcenaluk]

@TheNakedCore Of course...I thank you!

[TheNakedCore]

@JaredPorcenaluk of course I shared !

[riseingstardust]

@JaredPorcenaluk Could not have said it better myself---Have you considered doing work for the venus project in Venus Florida---The resource based economy---I was raised in Pensacola, fl. in San Jose, ca now---Your generation has the most at stake here---Am sorry it has happened have been fighting the system since i was your age. Haven't really made any changes. Am hopeing this time it will be different---There are no give aways. Humanity will have to fight for it's place in the world Allan

[occupyeducated]

@occupyeducated occupyeducated dottttt org

[occupyeducated]

shared and posted on our site's Cheat Sheet (under Essentials). Thanks for your great work!

[HarleyFrances]

There is one problem I see with all this "Occupy" crap popping up all over. It is not going to SOLVE any problem at all. Our tax dollars at work to pay police to shoot our protesters with rubber bullets paid by the tax payers is LUDICROUS. The fact is, if these continue to pop up our president will declare Marshal Law before next election and there wont be another election! Then he will declare Sharia Law. Wake up America!