How close to home is the Occupy Wall Street Movement to you?

How close to home is the Occupy Wall Street Movement to you?

With the main themes of the Occupy Wall Street Movement being stopping corporate greed especially special interests impact on the political process, economic inequality and joblessness, an unjust government.”

On a personal level what are your experiences with all of the above.

To start:
I have been affected by the ridiculous spike in oil prices over the last four years. I was disgusted with the reports of Exxon’s record profits.

We were involved in an auto accident in late 2008, but because the insurance companies would not pay a dime until a final settlement and we could not afford to foot the ridiculous medical bills (even with health insurance assistance) our credit went downhill.

As we were footing the medical bills and as the credit went down hill and I was late once on some credit card payments (we kept low levels of credit for what we could have had), the credit card companies spiked my interest rate up to 29.9%. $150 payments went to $500, and we had about four different accounts, go ahead do the math.

I could come up with many other but just one more. With my income half of what it was three years ago we do struggle to get things paid on time. Currently we pay well above $200 a month, almost every month in late fees and late-payment-over-the-phone processing fees.

All of this has converged on me as a perfect financial storm and is the result of corporations getting away with gouging because they have Washington by the balls.

I disclose a lot of very personal matters here for the greater good.

What’s your story or experience?
No debates or partisanship please, just tell your experience.