Someone should start a we are the 53% site of those of us who pay their taxes and STILL think OWS is where it's at.
> On 10/12/2011 7:01 AM, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
>> BTW, does anyone know what the "We are the 53% refers to? It's a
>> tumbler site with people countering the 99% with their own claims
>> about how they worked their ass off and are doing OK, and if not,
>> then
>> they don't whine about it.
>
> The "53%" refers to the percentage of households who pay federal
> income
> tax (assuming the figure is correct, and it sounds right). The Right
> is
> obsessed with the fact that so many people pay zero federal income
> tax,
> even though most of those people pay lots of other federal, state and
> local taxes. It was dreamed up by Erick Erikson of RedState.com.
>
>> I'm curious about how dynamics like this may have played out during
>> the Depression. Anyone know?
>
> Yes, it was exactly the same. If you're interested, check out
> Katherine
> Newman's book "Who Cares? Public Ambivalence and Government Activism
> from the New Deal to the Second Gilded Age," which has lots of
> material,
> including letters to the president from ordinary citizens that sound
> exactly like these 53% people.
>
> SA
>
>
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