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</span><span style="color: black;"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span class="tab"> </span>The point of the 99% is not
to </span><span class="infl-inline1"><span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;' lang="EN">villainize </span></span></span><span style='color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span>the top
one percent. Or the top any percentage. The point is to bring attention to the
verity that we have a nation that no longer performs for the <span><span>vast</span> </span>majority
of Americans. We have a quickly evaporating middle class. We have an <span><span>exponentially</span></span>
widening gap between the underprivileged and the affluent. There is an ever
increasing population that has less and less of a percentage of the wealth
while there is an ever <span>lessening </span>percentage of the
population with a larger and larger portion of the wealth. For the last four
decades the nation's wealth has increased many fold, yet the wealth of the
majority of Americans has declined. There is something in the wrong. This
nation is no longer functioning in favor of the people. And many Americans want
our leaders to know, understand, and mend the wounds of this country. Any
nation, no matter how poorly managed and tyrannical will always present some <span>opportunities</span> and maintain rich and poor classes. But what
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the nation that we know it to be is it was designed to work for most people, to
provide a bounty of <span>opportunity</span>, and a thriving,
healthy middle class. Occupying <span class="mark">Wall Street</span> is not
revenge, it is not <span><span>judgment</span></span>,
it is an intervention. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div>
</div><div><span style="color: black;">Donovan J. Arnold</span></div><div>
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</div><div><span></span> </div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><div style="margin: 5px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); height: 0px; line-height: 0; font-size: 0px;" class="hr" contentEditable="false" readonly="true"></div><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Paul Rumelhart <godshatter@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Ron Force <rforce2003@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "vision2020@moscow.com" <vision2020@moscow.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:59 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] The 1% in Congress<br></font><wbr>
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Wonderful. I can't wait for your in-depth report on their shoe
sizes, then.<wbr>
<wbr>
Paul<wbr>
<wbr>
On 11/12/2011 11:44 AM, Ron Force wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
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<div><span>Point? I didn't have a point, other than I thought it
was interesting, factual information. Seems like it was more
of a Rorschach test. <br>
</span></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Ron Force<wbr>
Moscow Idaho USA<br>
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Paul Rumelhart <a class="yiv842601738moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com"><godshatter@yahoo.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Tom
Hansen <a class="yiv842601738moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:thansen@moscow.com"><thansen@moscow.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Ron
Force <a class="yiv842601738moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:rforce2003@yahoo.com"><rforce2003@yahoo.com></a>;
<a class="yiv842601738moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">"vision2020@moscow.com"</a> <a class="yiv842601738moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><vision2020@moscow.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b>
Saturday, November 12, 2011 10:14 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b>
Re: [Vision2020] The 1% in Congress<br>
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<div> Oh. I'm sorry to be so dense. What exactly was
Ron's point, then?<wbr>
<wbr>
Are you making the claim that every one-percenter is
trying to "get filthier and richer off the backs of
middle-income and low-income Americans?" What about the
two-percenters? Are they greedy bastards, or is it just
the one-percenters?<wbr>
<wbr>
Corporations can't be one-percenters, can they? That
concept (so I thought) relates only to people.<wbr>
<wbr>
You do understand that if people shifted their targets
(of protests) to be those known to be involved in
unethical business behaviors, I (and maybe others like
me) would fall in line with you? As it stands, I can't
get behind a push to ostracize a minority based solely
on income levels alone.<wbr>
<wbr>
Paul<wbr>
<wbr>
On 11/12/2011 09:49 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
<div>Paul, Paul, Paul . . .</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Ron Force lists a bunch of rich congressmen, as
conceivable members of the one-percenters, and
you're all over it like Sitler on an alter boy.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>If you take the time to listen and/or read, Paul,
you just may attain a fundamental understanding of
the 99-percenters' concept. It is my substantiated
opinion that the "one-percenters" are (as I
explained twice before) the unimaginably, filthy
rich corporations seeking to get filthier and richer
off the backs of middle-income and low-income
Americans.</div>
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</div>
<div>Jeesh!<wbr>
<wbr>
<div>Seeya round town, Moscow.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Tom Hansen</div>
<div>Moscow, Idaho</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>"If not us, who?</div>
<div>If not now, when?"</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>- Unknown</div>
</div>
<div><wbr>
On Nov 12, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<wbr>
<wbr>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite">
<div> <wbr>
This kind of thing is a good illustration of what
concerns me about this whole 1% / 99% metric.
Here is a list of people who are in Congress who
have a lot of money. So what? There is no
indication as to how these people got their
money. No condemnation of certain Congressmen
because they passed legislation that directly
helped their bottom line. No effort to separate
the wheat from the chaff. How many of these
people came into their wealth and decided they
wanted to do something good with it but also
understand the idea behind the phrase "free milk
and a cow"? The only thing we can say is that
they are doing well.<wbr>
<wbr>
it looks vaguely like a target list, frankly.
What ever happened to the good old American
Dream(tm)? <wbr>
<wbr>
What we should be focused on is unmitigated
greed. It exists in all levels of society, not
just in the most wealthy. Condemn the laws that
encourage it, such as the ability of shareholders
to sue if a company is making a decision that
affects short-term profits in favor of long-term
growth or the various tax dodges written into the
tax code to benefit specific companies over their
competition (making for a non-free trade market).
There are plenty other examples of outright greed
that we could be focusing on. Instead, we are
focusing on net wealth as some kind of metric of
Good vs. Evil. Sure, the wealthy could be doing
more to help the poor, but so could each one of
us. <wbr>
<wbr>
While we're on the subject of the seven deadly
sins, why not take a close look at "envy" while
we're at it? <wbr>
<wbr>
Paul<wbr>
<wbr>
On 11/11/2011 04:34 PM, Ron Force wrote:
<blockquote type="cite">
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<div><b>Table 2: All members of Congress with
average net worth above $9 million, from
2009</b></div>
<table class="yiv842601738tableizer-table">
<tbody>
<tr class="yiv842601738tableizer-firstrow">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Minimum Wealth</th>
<th>Maximum Wealth</th>
<th>Average</th>
<th>Chamber</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$156,050,022</td>
<td>$451,100,000</td>
<td>$303,575,011</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Kerry (D-Mass.)</td>
<td>$182,755,534</td>
<td>$294,869,059</td>
<td>$238,812,296</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mark Warner (D-Va.)</td>
<td>$65,692,210</td>
<td>$283,077,995</td>
<td>$174,385,102</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jared Polis (D-Colo.)</td>
<td>$36,694,140</td>
<td>$285,123,996</td>
<td>$160,909,068</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)</td>
<td>$89,358,027</td>
<td>$231,245,995</td>
<td>$160,302,011</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.)</td>
<td>-$69,434,661</td>
<td>$366,180,982</td>
<td>$148,373,160</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael McCaul (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$73,685,086</td>
<td>$201,537,000</td>
<td>$137,611,043</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James E. Risch (R-Idaho)</td>
<td>$38,936,114</td>
<td>$179,131,990</td>
<td>$109,034,052</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)</td>
<td>$61,446,018</td>
<td>$136,218,002</td>
<td>$98,832,010</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)</td>
<td>$64,210,256</td>
<td>$125,529,976</td>
<td>$94,870,116</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>$46,055,250</td>
<td>$108,109,018</td>
<td>$77,082,134</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)</td>
<td>$49,083,204</td>
<td>$104,690,018</td>
<td>$76,886,611</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>-$7,356,915</td>
<td>$124,229,990</td>
<td>$58,436,537</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gary Miller (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$19,365,053</td>
<td>$84,302,000</td>
<td>$51,833,526</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$9,778,047</td>
<td>$91,656,998</td>
<td>$50,717,522</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diane Lynn Black (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$14,673,049</td>
<td>$84,145,990</td>
<td>$49,409,519</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)</td>
<td>$19,898,179</td>
<td>$67,697,000</td>
<td>$43,797,589</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rick Berg (R-N.D.)</td>
<td>$19,347,579</td>
<td>$58,981,451</td>
<td>$39,164,515</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$14,900,036</td>
<td>$63,125,000</td>
<td>$39,012,518</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$13,303,385</td>
<td>$63,106,351</td>
<td>$38,204,868</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.)</td>
<td>$6,598,014</td>
<td>$56,244,997</td>
<td>$31,421,505</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Scott Rigell (R-Va.)</td>
<td>$11,618,078</td>
<td>$48,200,000</td>
<td>$29,909,039</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)</td>
<td>$12,556,055</td>
<td>$44,669,000</td>
<td>$28,612,527</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James B. Renacci (R-Ohio)</td>
<td>$17,571,131</td>
<td>$39,297,044</td>
<td>$28,434,087</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$11,522,909</td>
<td>$44,209,871</td>
<td>$27,866,390</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$7,045,017</td>
<td>$41,899,994</td>
<td>$24,472,505</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Petri (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$5,111,026</td>
<td>$43,765,999</td>
<td>$24,438,512</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Campbell (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$9,227,063</td>
<td>$37,282,000</td>
<td>$23,254,531</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)</td>
<td>$8,368,014</td>
<td>$37,945,000</td>
<td>$23,156,507</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard L Hanna (R-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$10,960,117</td>
<td>$33,276,000</td>
<td>$22,118,058</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)</td>
<td>$15,681,206</td>
<td>$27,543,006</td>
<td>$21,612,106</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$10,359,086</td>
<td>$31,381,997</td>
<td>$20,870,541</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Hoeven (R-N.D.)</td>
<td>-$12,829,960</td>
<td>$52,851,999</td>
<td>$20,011,019</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)</td>
<td>$7,102,036</td>
<td>$32,756,000</td>
<td>$19,929,018</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kay R. Hagan (D-N.C.)</td>
<td>$3,549,596</td>
<td>$33,149,981</td>
<td>$18,349,788</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$14,990,621</td>
<td>$20,923,567</td>
<td>$17,957,094</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$1,056,768</td>
<td>$34,566,596</td>
<td>$17,811,682</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael F Bennet (D-Colo.)</td>
<td>$6,217,020</td>
<td>$27,780,000</td>
<td>$16,998,510</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)</td>
<td>$10,447,125</td>
<td>$23,082,001</td>
<td>$16,764,563</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$9,542,219</td>
<td>$23,259,000</td>
<td>$16,400,609</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fred Upton (R-Mich.)</td>
<td>$7,010,173</td>
<td>$25,651,000</td>
<td>$16,330,586</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.)</td>
<td>$5,429,018</td>
<td>$26,697,997</td>
<td>$16,063,507</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John McCain (R-Ariz.)</td>
<td>$9,769,247</td>
<td>$22,072,994</td>
<td>$15,921,120</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)</td>
<td>$7,790,095</td>
<td>$20,949,999</td>
<td>$14,370,047</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cynthia Marie Lummis (R-Wyo.)</td>
<td>$4,939,028</td>
<td>$23,591,999</td>
<td>$14,265,513</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)</td>
<td>$6,393,295</td>
<td>$20,874,000</td>
<td>$13,633,647</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)</td>
<td>$6,593,088</td>
<td>$20,654,033</td>
<td>$13,623,560</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>$4,561,077</td>
<td>$20,503,000</td>
<td>$12,532,038</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Price (R-Ga.)</td>
<td>$7,653,606</td>
<td>$17,121,588</td>
<td>$12,387,597</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)</td>
<td>$8,010,107</td>
<td>$16,623,001</td>
<td>$12,316,554</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)</td>
<td>$4,100,005</td>
<td>$20,250,000</td>
<td>$12,175,002</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$6,126,070</td>
<td>$18,078,998</td>
<td>$12,102,534</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)</td>
<td>$6,407,085</td>
<td>$17,427,999</td>
<td>$11,917,542</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rob Portman (R-Ohio)</td>
<td>$5,544,075</td>
<td>$17,468,999</td>
<td>$11,506,537</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>David Dreier (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$5,264,092</td>
<td>$17,715,000</td>
<td>$11,489,546</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.)</td>
<td>$5,216,060</td>
<td>$14,316,000</td>
<td>$9,766,030</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John A. Yarmuth (D-Ky.)</td>
<td>$2,850,009</td>
<td>$16,349,999</td>
<td>$9,600,004</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Fleming (R-La.)</td>
<td>$2,153,834</td>
<td>$16,797,770</td>
<td>$9,475,802</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jon Runyan (R-N.J.)</td>
<td>$5,000,034</td>
<td>$13,674,999</td>
<td>$9,337,516</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
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</table>
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