http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bloomberg-strikes-tougher-tone-occupy-wall-street-article-1.971097 "This isn't an occupation of Wall Street," Bloomberg told reporters. "It's an occupation of a growing, vibrant residential neighborhood in Lower Manhattan and it's really hurting small businesses and families."
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bloomberg-strikes-tougher-tone-occupy-wall-street-article-1.971097#ixzz1cbq7SfVZ What hurts American citizens is not the occupy protests, but the stranglehold of corporatism on our personal, private, and business lives. When Wal-Mart and other multinationals sell slave-made goods in massive, centralized shipping/receiving hubs, there can be no competition, no local production, no fair wages, no personal success.
In response to Mayor Bloomberg's appeasement speech, I wrote this open letter to his office:
"Because you have declared your opposition to the Occupy Wall Street movement, I am against you. When you stand against them, you stand against the people.
Are you for liberty and freedom from corporatism, or against it, Mr. Bloomberg?"