Occupy protests cost nation's cities at least $13M

Alias said:
You are justifying bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. That's not sound reasoning.
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No. He is comparing apples with apples. 13m for the occupiers, 700 BILLION for the richest 130 in America, total devastation of your nation's economy and reputation by bush.
13m? Pocket money!
 
Aoxomoxoa said:
I'm sure that it is cheaper to run a benign dictatorship than a democracy.
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I don't know how many 'benign' dictatorships there have been, but HK was governed by the UK who acted as a benign dictatorship. HK did quite well. Do you think that America would improve were we to take control? It certainly could not get much worse. We could round up all the dentists and employ them in the manufacture of plastic flowers and the bankers could work for Mattel or whoever makes Monopoly. Each American could have a free picture of the queen and be given compulsory English lessons.
Presidential elections would be a thing of the past thus saving billions of dollars some of which could help their poor anf the rest could line our pockets. Given time we could take over their drugs trade and become the richest nation per capita in the history of the world.
 
Lowaicue said:
I don't know how many 'benign' dictatorships there have been, but HK was governed by the UK who acted as a benign dictatorship. HK did quite well. Do you think that America would improve were we to take control? It certainly could not get much worse. We could round up all the dentists and employ them in the manufacture of plastic flowers and the bankers could work for Mattel or whoever makes Monopoly. Each American could have a free picture of the queen and be given compulsory English lessons.
Presidential elections would be a thing of the past thus saving billions of dollars some of which could help their poor anf the rest could line our pockets. Given time we could take over their drugs trade and become the richest nation per capita in the history of the world.
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A few might qualify, Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew, Turkey under Ataturk and Yugoslavia under Tito
 
webbway said:
The 4,000+ arrests, the constant street violence, the drug use, vandalism, rapes, public pooping, ring worm outbreaks, attacks on children and death… have cost tax payers over $13 million dollars so far.


NEW YORK (AP) — During the first two months of the nationwide Occupy protests, the movement that is demanding more out of the wealthiest Americans cost local taxpayers at least $13 million in police overtime and other municipal services, according to a survey by The Associated Press.


The heaviest financial burden has fallen upon law enforcement agencies tasked with monitoring marches and evicting protesters from outdoor camps. And the steepest costs by far piled up in New York City and Oakland, Calif., where police clashed with protesters on several occasions.


The AP gathered figures from government agencies in 18 cities with active protests and focused on costs through Nov. 15, the day protesters were evicted from New York City's Zuccotti Park, where the protests began Sept. 17 before spreading nationwide. The survey did not attempt to tally the price of all protests but provides a glimpse of costs to cities large and small.


Broken down city by city, the numbers are more or less in line with the cost of policing major public events and emergencies. In Los Angeles, for example, the Michael Jackson memorial concert cost the city $1.4 million. And Atlanta spent several million dollars after a major snow and ice storm this year.


But the price of the protests is rising by the day — along with taxpayer ire in some places.

"What is their real agenda?" asked Rodger Mawhinney as he watched police remove an encampment outside his apartment complex in downtown Oakland. "I've gone up and asked them, 'What are you truly trying to accomplish?' I'm still waiting for an answer."


The Occupy movement has intentionally never clarified its policy objectives, relying instead on a broad message opposing corporate excess and income inequality. Aside from policing, cleaning and repairing property at dozens of 24-hour encampments, cities have had to monitor frequent rallies and protests.

http://news.yahoo.com/occupy-protests-cost-nations-cities-least-13m-073242555.html



They should send the bill to the DNC.
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Sounds like the House Republican's 'jobs' bills in action...cleaning up after people with taxpayer's money...

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Aoxomoxoa said:
A few might qualify, Singapore under Lee Kuan Yew, Turkey under Ataturk and Yugoslavia under Tito
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Not so sure about Singapore. Possibly one of the most 'controlled' populations in the 'free' world. And centre of mind numbing boredom.
 
Lowaicue said:
Not so sure about Singapore. Possibly one of the most 'controlled' populations in the 'free' world. And centre of mind numbing boredom.
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Yeh, I went there once in 1986 to renew a work visa for Thailand, I don't know what is like now but it was as boring as hell back then. Still you could drink the tap water and everything was extremely efficient.
 
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