As movement spreads, NY mayor (BLOOMBERG) slams protesters for 'trying to destroy' jobs

[Tx4obama]

As movement spreads, NY mayor slams protesters for 'trying to destroy' jobs

New York (CNN) -- As the Occupy Wall Street movement grew and touched even more U.S. cities Saturday, the mayor of the city where it began blasted many involved and claimed they were targeting the nation's financial sector and "trying to destroy the jobs of working people" in New York City.

The protest effort continued into its 22nd day in New York on Saturday. Yet its spread well beyond that city, with its anti-corporation, anti-government message echoing in many places this weekend -- from Cleveland to Las Vegas, from Washington to Prescott, Arizona.

Yet this growing fervor has been met, in some cases, by vocal commentary. That includes New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who in a WOR radio appearance Friday said that city's labor unions -- many of whom swelled demonstrator ranks earlier this week -- depend on salaries that "come from the taxes paid by the people they're trying to vilify."

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Rest of article here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/08/politics/occupy-wall-street/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


p.s. If New York had a mayor that supported the protesters then the police wouldn't be getting away with the abuse/bullshit that they are currently doing !!!

[aquart]

1. Piffle. The cops' overreaction got us our media coverage

Which caused OWS to grow exponentially.

Thank them sweetly.

[Skittles]

2. "trying to destroy the jobs of working peple"

more like trying to destroy the jobs of people working to destroy the middle class

[DeSwiss]

3. K&R

~ King Michael of New Yawk ~
''Champion of the Poor and Middle Income''

[markpkessinger]

4. What he said earlier in the week was almost as bad . . .

. . . Earlier in the week, Bloomberg said that "these people are protesting folks who earn $40-50 thousand per year."

[Tx4obama]

5. Yep. Apparently Bloomberg doesn't have a clue as to how much folks on Wall Street earn. n/t

[Firebrand Gary]

6. How much did Bloomberg spend on his reelection again?

[Tx4obama]

7. Around $102 MILLION

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/nyregion/28spending.html

[99th_Monkey]

8. If Bloomberg had a little imagination he'd fund turning OWS into a recovery theme park for the 1%

The possibilities here are endless