We are the 1% - "Read and Weep"

"We deserve it."

A letter, presumably satire, written  (12/2/2011) to TCPalm, a newspaper for the Treasure Coast and Palm Beaches of Florida by Bob Boyd of Stuart, Florida:


"A message from the 1 percent - read and weep, unless you're one of us.


Stop whining, you 99 percent. We 1 percent have realized the American Dream: to own a home(s), a car(s), a boat(s) and a plane. (We don't like to fly commercial airlines.)...


Paying off members of Congress is not cheap. We have sacrificed millions of dollars to dominate their agenda. We like to give the impression that we have a moral value system and everybody loves and envies us.


It is true,a few times our control over the legislative process has caused a few problems: the savings and loan debacle, the tech bubble burst, Enron, Tyco, and the stock market crash of 2008, to name a few....


We can finally cement our capitalist oligarchy by eliminatingsuch wasteful programs as Social Security, welfare and Medicare.


We would especially like to thank the U.S. Supreme Court for the Citizens United ruling that guarantees our continued domination of society."


I suspect that there are some of the One Percent who fail to recognize Mr. Boyd's satire because everything in the letter makes perfect sense to them.