October 6, 2011: About one thousand people gather and form a large "99%" in the middle of Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC. The 99 per cent refers to statistic that one per cent of the American population holds a disproportionate share of the country’s wealth. According to some figures, The top one per cent of the population receives 24 per cent of America’s income and holds 40 per cent of its wealth.

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