Reminds me that Greece recently banned cash transactions over €1500 and Italy recently banned cash transactions over €5000.
(Source: master-of-none)
And if the thought “Wouldn’t it have been easier to take financial jobs and divide by the total population?” crosses your mind, you obviously haven’t had enough to drink.
If you are curious, though, it’s still 2%-ish (7.6m / 311m).
They’re mostly pissed at 13.9% of the top 1%. Realistically, I think it’s 5.7% (financial jobs) of the 90.9% (percent employed) of the 64.2% (labor force participation rate) of the 66% (working age Americans). And note that I’m not going to try to factor out the portion of the top 1% and worry about claims of double-counting. (NB: the 5.7%, 90.9%, and 64.2% number just comes from the financial sector of the BLS Employment Situation report. The 66% was based on a series of questions to Wolfram Alpha). If you are mad at the wives and children of bankers, you probably should just ignore the last two percentages. SCREW YOU, 2%!
And yes, I did that just to check whether the protester in the video who yelled “You’re part of the 1%!” to the bank branch manager (who is not part of the top 1%) was way off. Turns out, she wasn’t too bad, assuming she’s angry at this particular population segment (people employed in the financial services industry).
I found this interesting. This was followed up later with this link. (I half-heartedly suggest following the last link. The bongos and chanting really make the video for me—Santa Cruz and protesters and drums? Isn’t that like salt and pepper and cumin? I’m surprised the 99% don’t find the drums annoying.)
