Occupy Wall Street: What Do Wall Streeters REALLY Think? ” If anything, they say, people should show some gratitude.”
Wall Streeters have much to say about the Wall Street Occupiers. Mostly they are dismissive, hostile, amused. Some, though, in their public statements, have been less so, some have seemingly taken the high ground, praising the First Amendment, and people in general. Today’s New York Times article, In Private, Wall St. Bankers Dismiss Protesters as Unsophisticated lifts the veil a bit, and makes interesting reading . . .
See the entire article for the full context. Some highly placed Wall Street execs. view the OWS movement favorably, for example, Citigroup’s chief executive, Vikram S. Pandit.
Somehow, though, don’t you think the views below represent the majority . . . ?
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and ERIC DASH
In Private, Wall St. Bankers Dismiss Protesters as Unsophisticated
Publicly, bankers say they understand the anger at Wall Street — but believe they are misunderstood by the protesters camped on their doorstep.
But when they speak privately, it is often a different story.
“Most people view it as a ragtag group looking for sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll,” said one top hedge fund manager.
“It’s not a middle-class uprising,” adds another veteran bank executive. “It’s fringe groups. It’s people who have the time to do this.”
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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. [Italics added]
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