Monday 3 October 2011

Mayor Bloomberg’s Scorn for Occupy Wall Street

Editor's Note:  Get the impression you are distracted by theater?  Smells like professional wrestling.

Firedog Lake

Bloomberg holds imaginary glass of champagne
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his weekly appearance on "The John Gambling Show" on AM WOR710, addressed the persistence of those participating Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park.

It was an example of a member of the power elite voicing his or her contempt for protest. It was also clear that Gambling has scorn for the protest, too, as the discussion begins with the question, "How do you end that thing?"

Bloomberg answers:
The protesters are protesting against people who make $40-50,000 a year and are struggling to make ends meet. That's the bottom line. These are the people that work on Wall Street in the finance sector. Most of these companies are no longer on Wall Street. We just use that as a catch-all term. And people in this day and age need support for their employers. We need the banks. If the banks don't go out [...]



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