The 0%

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This is supposed to be a travel blog but instead, it is turning into a regular blog.

We have been dipping in and out of hearing news from around the world and are quite interested in the ‘occupy wall street’ news story. I have thought about where I would be in this whole argument and look at my earnings and would be part of the 99%, but do I agree with the protests?

I left it there for a while and thought nothing more, until I came across a figure of 11%. Apparently if you earn the UK’s minimum wage and above you are in the top 11% people earning the most in the world.

Now you see that 2nd paragraph, you see that actually you are part of the 99% (according to country statistics) but you are also a part of the 11% (according to world statistics). Before people have a right to complain about being in the 99%, they need to complain for the people being the 89%.

The money earned by the 1% has been earned mostly because of new initiatives, being creative, implementing good ideas and taking risks that have paid off. Whatever money people earn and what they do with it is not my concern, my concern is what I do with my money to share to the 89% to become the 0%.

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Comments

[jen]

crazy hey! its always a debate this whole money situation. it seems like the average earnings in the uk is £26.000, i know things cost a while lot more in the uk (apart from cereal!) but i wonder what the average earnings are where you are?! Occupy wall street/college green/whatever it is in whatever city/country, everyone wants a change in government. its seems like the whole world needs to start over, all rations need to be handed out equally to each person and everyone would be fine but i guess thats not ever going to happen. thanks for your posts, i love reading them when the baby is taking a nap x