Occupy Wall Street protesters are angered about the bank bailouts, but do they realize their own protest is a beneficiary of a bailout too?
Quote - OWS protesters are beneficiaries from the $14 billion auto bailout (h/t Michael Barone). After all, money is fungible here. The United Auto Worker's Union threw their financial support behind OWS this week. According to the Village Voice: (bolding is mine)
This morning the UAW -- the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America -- issued an official endorsement of Occupy Wall Street, which they deem "a movement for economic and political justice." They've said they'll commit resources to the movement and also activate their membership nationally "in support of reclaiming the American economy on behalf of working men and women, the poor, the elderly, the unemployed and our nation's youth." UAW members have already been showing solidarity at Occupy Wall Street protests and rallies in New York and in Boston on an individual level; this announcement puts the full support of another union behind the protesters at Zuccotti Park.
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