Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo Deaf to Suffering Masses as Occupy Wall Street Movement Grows

[marmar]

Published on Friday, November 4, 2011 by the New York Daily News

Mayor Bloomberg, Gov. Cuomo Deaf to Suffering Masses as Occupy Wall Street Movement Grows
Bloomberg, Cuomo oblivious to how this movement’s fury resonates with public

by Juan Gonzalez


In just a few months, Occupy Wall Street has mushroomed into an astonishing nationwide movement against corporate greed and political corruption in American life.

During a trip around the country the past 10 days, I visited 14 cities — among them, Oakland, Fresno, Los Angeles, San Diego, Albuquerque, Santa Fe, San Antonio, Houston, Denver and Washington.

Each of those cities has its own homegrown, round-the-clock occupation. There are hundreds of them in communities big and small.

In Oakland, protesters succeeded Wednesday evening in shutting down the city’s busy port. That followed a day of demonstrations outside major Bay Area banks. ..............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/11/04-3

[Davis_X_Machina]

1. That would be the same Governor Cuomo...

...puffed here as a potential primary challenger to Obama, right?

[truedelphi]

3. Whil some have spoken of Bloomberg as a decent pick for the Republican

Side of things.

[Davis_X_Machina]

4. That's a lower bar...

...there are things in my crisper drawer that would be a decent GOP pick.

[truedelphi]

5. Mine too!

The Coverage of who Rick Perry happens to really be made it impossible for me to sleep last night. I must remember to select only the Rolling S articles on new music groups for my bedtime reading.

What a vile character that one is.

And "God" is guiding him every step of the way!!!

[Uncle Joe]

2. This is telling.

In 2007, less than 1% of New York City households — 23,000 in all — had incomes of more than $1 million. That’s the equivalent of earning about $20,000 per week.

That same year, 37.5% — or 1.3 million households — made less than $20,000 a year.

Yet both Bloomberg, the Republican turned Independent, and Cuomo, the Democrat, oppose extending a “millionaire’s tax surcharge” that expires in December.

They oppose the tax, even though New Yorkers overwhelmingly support it.

Thanks for the thread, marmar.