For the first time yesterday – the White House was asked to weigh in on the Occupy Wall Street movement that’s sweeping the nation with demonstrations underway now in Boston, Chicago, Memphis, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC – as well as solidarity demonstrations in other parts of the world like Canada, Europe, and Japan. When asked by reporters at yesterday’s White House Press briefing if the President sympathizes with demonstrators – Press Secretary Jay Carney said, “I haven’t discussed it with him. I’m sure he’s aware of it because he follows the news. I would simply say that, to the extent that people are frustrated with the economic situation, we understand.” The fact that the Occupy Wall Street movement is now gaining attention in the White House is a sign that this movement is strengthening each and every day. And just in case there are still doubts as to why the 99% is rising up against the 1% on Wall Street – consider these numbers: The top 1% in America owns 40% of the nation’s wealth. The top 1% in American earns 24% of national income. The top 1% owns more than half of the nation’s stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. And the top 1% is taking in more money today than at any other time in this nation since the 1920’s. And we all know what followed the 1920’s – a Great Depression. The 99% is fed up – and now the time has come to do something about it.
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6 comments:
let's start a salisbury group....wait where can we find some wealth in salisbury to protest? The mercedes dealership, country club/golf course, yacht club or lawyer offices near the court house? Hmmm, probably all the same people at those places.
Of course he does he is a communist just like them.
Let's see, who gave all our tax money to a bunch of greedy bankers?
Joe has lots of money...let's protest at his building downtown!
Neither Bush nor Obama had their Just-us department proseute the bankster executives who gave loans to liars who begged for cheap money to buy houses they knew they couldn't make the payments on, but imagined that there was always going to be a bigger fool than they were, and that the overpriceed bubble-mcmansions would pay for themselves with a series of HELOCs and refis.
The banksters got bailed out with borrowed money the public's grandchildren will be paying back with interest--and the liars who puffed up their ability to pay to get cheap taxpayer subsidized loans with virtually no money down for bubble-overpriced houses. Both the fraudulent buyers, who lied, and the banksters who looked the other way should be prosecuted--both have been further subsidized with the future taxes of judicious buyers who bought within their means, and sensible renters saving a realistic down payment so as not to be upside-down leaving closing.
So Obama, again, talks out of both sides of his mouth--and to use he lie that the first thing he;s do would be end the Trillion $ war that has killed a million innocent Iraquis after we invaded their country though they didn't theraten us in any way--"You can take that to the bank"
Obama's biggest donor in his last Billion $ campaign was --Goldman Sachs--reciopient of hundred of Billions of public money.
are you joking???? bo and soros orchestrated this whole thing. they just want bodies there. look at how most of them are dressed. they are mush mind followers who don't have a "lick of common sense". they don't know how to connect the dots.
their toothpick doesn't come out clean...their elevator doesn't go to the top...lights on but no one home...all they can speak is drivel. none of them are coherent and they certainly can't explain why they're there. so sad...
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