Unemployment is at historic highs and refuses to go down. Job creation is non existent, the job creators are not creating jobs. More people have been unemployed for more than 99 weeks now than in 1932 during the Great Depression. More than 50,000 factories have closed in the last ten years. More Americans. especially children, are living in poverty today than in 2001. The latest statistic is 22 million children living in poverty. The number of homeless, including whole families, has ballooned. One in seven Americans doesn't have health insurance. Our standard of living is in decline and it is more than likely that our children will NOT enjoy the quality of life that their grandparents did. If you want to see the statistics that prove these statements click on this link to learn about the State of Working Americans.

Millions of Americans have become Disposable in this country during this great recession. Thrown away, tossed out, laid off, and disposed of. Millions of Americans have seen their dreams turned into nightmares. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, their savings, their homes, and even their lives. American families have been devastated. Who are these people? They are your neighbors, your friends, and your family members. They are honest, hardworking Americans who want to work but have been left behind in the current economy. They are the 99% who are now protesting the current political climate and economic conditions around the country and around the world.

This website was created to tell the stories of these Americans. Anyone whose life has been drastically altered by the economic events of the last ten years is invited to tell their story here. Anyone who knows someone who can’t, for any reason, tell their own story can tell their story for them. We believe that everyone deserves a place to tell their story.

If you have a story to tell please read the Submission Requirements. After your story has been submitted it will be reviewed by our staff. We may want to contact you prior to publishing your story so please make certain your contact information is correct and current. You should also read our Terms and Conditions page as well as our Privacy Statement.

You also need to register as a member of the site in order to participate in our member forum. Unregistered visitors can read the forums but only registered members can post replies or create new topics.

Of course, every visitor to this site is able to read the stories of our members. Click on the Stories link above to read our members' submissions.

This website was also created to be a resource for the unemployed, under-employed, and homeless. Our Resources menu will provide links to other websites where Americans can find information and help as well as links to information resources so visitors to this site can find true unbiased information important to the average American. While we will do our best to put as many links as we can find, we would ask our visitors to let us know of websites we haven't yet listed. In order to submit a link you must first be a registered member of this site. If you don't want to register but still want to let us know about a resource use the Contact Us link and send it that way.

If you are one of the many Americans who have been unemployed for more than 99 weeks and have lost any hope of receiving any further benefits, if you are underemployed, or if you are homeless you have found the website that wants to give voice to  your story.

We stand in solidarity with all American workers seeking to preserve their right to collective bargaining, especially public sector workers like police, fire, librarians, and teachers who are members of unions.These people are NOT freeloaders as they have been labeled by certain republican spokespersons.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Abraham Lincoln

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
John F. Kennedy

A decent provision for the poor is the true test of a civilization.

It is our first duty to society, and after we have done that, we may attend wholly to the salvation of our own souls.
Samuel Johnson

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