Occupiers: We Want Jobs, Down With Job Creators!
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Economics & the Economy
Sounds nonsensical, but that’s exactly the message one is forced to take when this latest #Occupy stunt is added to their other proclamations:
Occupy DC,” an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, swarmed Union Station Thursday night to protest a speech by Wal-Mart Chairman Rob Walton at an event hosted by the non-profit advocacy group Conservation International. Union Station is Washington, D.C.’s train terminal, located just blocks from the Capitol.
Protesters chanted, “We are the 99 percent” while letting balloons loose. Station security attempted to stop the balloons from reaching the train terminal’s iconic high ceiling.
…Two activists in the crowd told TheDC that they were volunteering their time to speak out against Conservation International’s connections to corporations. According to Forbes, Walton’s net worth exceeds $21 billion.
Damn that Wal-Mart! How dare they create all those jobs, provide affordable goods and raise our standard of living. No one should ever associate with such cretins…we demand social justice!
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