[natrius]

"Thousands of people are saying that they've had enough of Wall St, DC, and an economy that only works for 1% of us."

It seems a bit ironic that the economy is working just fine for many of the people that will attend this gathering, which will make the whole 1%/99% thing visibly inaccurate. "We are the seventy-something percent" doesn't have the same ring to it, though.

[guelo]

Inequality has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation's history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a record high.

I don't see how it's ironic to care about these problems even if we happen to have nice jobs

[natrius]

I said no such thing.

[nodata]

But working "just fine" isn't the same as "working as well as it could do" no matter where you are on the graph.

[briandear]

Nothing ever works as well as it could. Sometimes the cure is worse than the disease.