Occupy Wall Street

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Originally Posted by Clip-Clop

Who opened a bank account? Seems counter-intuitive to the cause really. The "protestors" here are now negotiating with local officials for locations where they can be protected from the elements etc. This thing is beginning to trade in the street cred (what little it had) for some comfort.
A bank account? Seriously. While protesting banking.

Love it.

They are not "protesting banking". They are not against bank accounts - that's ridiculous.

They have a bank account (at a credit union, actually, not a bank), they have an independent 501C administering it, they have unions that have donated free office space to them.

They have a New York City public approval rating of over 60%, a national rate over 55% (including 2/3 of Republicans).

And, a NYC (correction, not mayor, Governor) that just admitted today he's going against what they demonstrated against Saturday, what 65% of his public think about the NY millionaires tax, and he is going ahead with rescinding it against what his city and state thinks and wants him to do with it (keep it in place)

Occupy Wall Street is gonna be around for a long time with responses to public demonstrations like that. When the people you elect say they won't do what you want them to .... ?