Mayor Bloomberg: "We'll See" If The City Will Let Occupy Wall Street Continue

[Donnachaidh]

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/09/mayor_bloomberg_28.php

New Yorkers need "to help the banks" was Mayor Michael Bloomberg's message to the Occupy Wall Street crowd in his weekly radio appearance on the John Gambling show.

"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," Bloomberg said, presumably meaning service workers on Wall Street, adding that "we all" share blame for taking on too much risk, not just the financial industry.

"And people in this day and age need support for their employers. If the banks don't go out and make loans we will not come out of our economic problems, we will not have jobs so anything we can do that's responsible to help the banks do that is what we need."

Asked if there's an "end-game" for the protesters and if they will be allowed to stay in Zuccotti Park, which is privately owned but open to the public, Bloomberg said, "We'll see.

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[TomClash]

1. Liar

No protester is protesting again anyone making $40-50K, as if the Billionaire Mayor knows what "making $40-50K means." Another "Snow Job."

[DJ13]

2. "The protesters are protesting against people who make $40-50,000 a year"

No, they're protesting their bosses who only pay them $40-50,000 a year while getting wealthy off their labor.

[Deep13]

3. We'll see if "the city" has the power to prevent it. nt

[GodDamLiberal]

4. Typical 1%er

Lying his ass off to try and protect his own.

[City Lights]

5. Awwww, those poor bankers! They deserve our sympathy, not our scorn!

:puke: on you, Bloomie.

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Poor delusional billionaire. They are so out of touch with the real world

of real American workers. They have no fucking clue how pissed off this country is. He's about to find out.

[Smarmie Doofus]

7. "SOMEWHERE, I read about......

.... the freedom of assembly."

MLK

Amazing how far we've fallen in a singe generation, that Bloomberg's mindless utterances are taken seriously.

[Kurovski]

8. Pukatronic-pukester.

K&R

My understanding is that the banks are NOT making loans to small businesses. They ain't giving it to folks to buy or keep houses, that's for goddamn sure.

He is lying, of course

[Matariki]

9. "The protesters are protesting against people who make $40-50,000 a year"

Only idiot fool Tea-baggers will fall for that one. With their delusion that their $50k salary makes them part of the 1%