Michael Bloomberg Doesn’t Appreciate Occupy Wall Street’s Bashing Of Hardworking People

by Alex Alvarez | 4:38 pm, October 11th, 2011

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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg made the news late last week when, during his weekly call-in radio appearance, he opined that the Occupy Wall Street protesters are attempting to “take the jobs away from people working in this city.” The Mayor then advised those participating in the protests to channel their collective frustration towards Washington instead of towards banks and corporations if they wanted to create some real, lasting changes.

And it would appear, judging from comments he made today during a press conference held at Bronx library, that the Mayor hasn’t changed his mind:

I don’t appreciate the bashing of all the hardworking people who live and work here and pay the taxes that support our city. The city depends on Wall Street. Let’s not forget, those taxes pay our teachers, pay our police officers, pay our firefighters. Those taxes we get from the profits companies and the incomes, they go to pay for this library.

Despite disagreeing with the protester’s methods and messages, however, Bloomberg has been adamant that they should be permitted to demonstrate and exercise their right to free speech. But how does he feel about this afternoon’s so-called “Millionaire March,” which found protesters marching up to the Upper East Sid in order to picket in front of the homes of the city’s wealthy, including JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon? He’s not exactly down with it. As the kids say, probably:

Jamie Dimon is one of the great bankers. He’s brought more business to this city than any banker in (the) modern day. To go and picket him, I don’t know what that achieves. Jamie Dimon is an honorable person, working very hard, paying his taxes.

h/t NY Post

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Michelle

Mike is having a tough time straddling the fence.
Anonymous

So mass opposition to laissez faire capitalism is hating the working people?

Typical right wing deflection Mikey……
Me

So a billionaire is protecting….billionaires. Got it.
DrB

Keep in mind the top 1% of taxpayers contribute over 38% of federal income tax revenue… the 99% should be thanking them for creating so much growth and value.
Larry

I get the impression Mediate’s leadership is siding with Wall Street
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

Capitalism is the worst economic system, except for all of the other ones.

- Winston Churchill
http://twitter.com/Good_Lt Good Lt.

There certainly are a lot of white people in these protests. Moreso than any other group.

Clearly they can’t deal with a black man in the White House.
bcsusmc75

Yeah, keep blabbing, Mikey. Sure is hard work, buying an election. You are one of the biggest problems with politics in this country. Get the money out!!
SNAPTIE

Camp Occupy, infiltrated by party goers and homeless
looking for sex, drugs & free food. Local business owners complain the occupiers want everything for free. “Well, Duh!
http://www.davidjkramer.co.cc// DavidKramer

His buddies that own the park just got a $100+ Million loan from the feds, it seems the price for allowing democrat party rabble rousing is a few million. Hey, Bloomberg does have a price.
Anonymous

Hey Bloomberg! ”Occupy Wall Street” is making so many friends and terrifying enemies while registering and counseling voters and making their point! The “Occupy Wall Street” are getting support from unions and non-union groups in peaceful gatherings while protesting Wall Street, Big Bank and mega-corporation greed! Cain and Bachmann are instruments of the Terroristic Economic Activist(TEA) party who in their own time interrupted town hall meetings and carried weapons to gatherings. All those voicing their disapproval are in the minority any how! Now Bloomberg is in the minority! The mainstream news media at first ignored the protests. While it was the top story making the rounds on the internet in mid-September, you couldn’t find it on television. Not CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, or ABC spoke a word about the mass uprising of the American populists; even while arrests were being made, and the NYPD were abusing the law with their brutality being unleashed on peaceful citizens. Then as the protests grew, the media had no choice. They were forced to acknowledge the presence of the mass uprising, but only ran short, one-minute clips labeling the protesters as “confused” and claiming they “had no clear demands”. Now the time for dismissal of these protests is over. The mainstream media has resorted to a new tactic. Rather than ignoring the 99% movement, they’ve decided to demean and mock it.
Anonymous

Obama warned them fat cat bankers that he was the only one keeping the pitchforks away!
That’ll teach them fat cat bankers and their corporate jets for messin with Obama!
Anonymous

Should be! Any reasonable thinking person understands this is a joke with a bunch of people who would be wearing knit caps and dress homeless even if they were offered jobs they would never take anyway.

These people are not the average working people… welders, Nurses, firemen, engineers etc
They are losers and the left should fade away fast before they get grouped into these idiots!

Newt said it best!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/11/newt_slams_media_for_not_demanding_transparency_of_federal_reserve.html
Anonymous

Fact: Bloomberg is in charge is why the OWS clowns are embolded to crap on cop cars!
Anonymous

More deflection, lol. No one cares if you think the protesters are looking for sex and drugs and food.
TruDat

Yep, mighty white out there. Must all be racists.
WardMD

I don’t appreciate Michael Bloomberg BASHING hard-working Americans (by telling THEM that they can’t eat salt, or trans-fat, or what’s next?), OR his TAXING them to death!