Scores march on Dallas Fed to protest corporate greed

[w8liftinglady]

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20111006-scores-march-on-dallas-fed-to-protest-corporate-greed.ece

Scores of protesters arrived at Pike Park Thursday morning as part of an “Occupy Dallas” march against Wall Street bailouts and what they described as corporate greed.

In an echo of the Occupy Wall Street protests that began last month, Dallas protesters began marching to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas at about 10 a.m.

“They gave the banks this money so they could have these record bonuses,” said Jonathan Batten, 23, a sales specialist at a home improvement store in Fort Worth.

“If they bailed out the people, people would spend money back into the economy,” said Batten, who said he was an Army veteran and an animal rights activist.

Martha O'Brien, 51, said she blamed corporate greed for exacerbating economic hard times. O'Brien, the chief executive of a 25-employee wire harness manufacturer in Arlington, said she had to drop health insurance covergage for her employees because of rising costs and weak sales.

“When CEOs are making $15 million, $20 million a year — they could be spending it on keeping jobs here in the U.S.,” she said.

[blogslut]

1. kicking

with pointy boots!

Occupations going on all over Texas today:

http://occupyhouston.org
http://occupydallas.org
http://www.facebook.com/occupysanantonio

[femrap]

2. So happy to see that

Dallas is on the Occupation. Very cool.

[w8liftinglady]

3. will meet up at JFK Memorial Plaza at 130 PM

[Honeycombe8]

4. Aw, geez. I'm in Dallas, but I'm working. Why have the protest when most people are at work?

Why not have it on Saturday?

Oh, well. At least I'm there in spirit.

[broiles]

5. Just got back.

Lots of people of all ages and colors. Looked like America. Many cars honked in support.

[w8liftinglady]

6. Cool! I was stuck in Ellis county today...Thanks for being there!