Some on Wall Street viewed the protesters with disdain, and a degree of caution, as hundreds marched through the financial district on Friday. Others say they feel their pain, but are befuddled about what they are supposed to do to ease it. A few even feel personally attacked, and say the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have been in Zuccotti Park for weeks are just bitter about their own economic fate and looking for an easy target. If anything, they say, people should show some gratitude.
“Who do you think pays the taxes?” said one longtime money manager. “Financial services are one of the last things we do in this country and do it well. Let’s embrace it. If you want to keep having jobs outsourced, keep attacking financial services. This is just disgruntled people.”
He added that he was disappointed that members of Congress from New York, especially Senator Charles E. Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, had not come out swinging for an industry that donates heavily to their campaigns. “They need to understand who their constituency is,” he said.
I can't think of a better example of how Wall Street works politically, can you? "We bought these Senators fair and square. How come they're backing these dirty effing hippies? They need to stay bought, dammit. That's how it works in America."
It's not the 99% they're blaming either, but Congress. It's like they expect the candidate with the most money to win and then pay industry back with sweetheart laws or something, and that Wall Street needs Congress. Boy if these 99% guys ever figure out they can vote, Wall Street's in real trouble, huh. The captains of industry should probably work hard to prevent that from happening by making it harder to vote so these hippies don't get ideas that their opinion matters.
If you thought voter suppression was the top GOP priority before, it just got super fast-tracked in the wake of Occupy Together.
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