Occupy Wall Street Protester's Home
Many would have us believe that the Occupy Wall Street crowd represent the poor, the downtrodden, the disenfranchised who are are protesting the stinginess of the rich. They are expecting the government to put limits on the salaries of wealthy executives and tax the rich to give to the poor. But a look behind the scenes brings into question the motives of many of the protestors. Given the opulent lifestyle of many of the protesters it would appear they are protesting themselves. The Daily Caller did an investigation and came up with the following facts.
Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City reside in more luxurious homes than some of their rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found.
For each of the 984 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City between September 18 and October 15, police collected and filed an information sheet recording the arrestee’s name, age, sex, criminal charge, home address and — in most cases — race. The Daily Caller has obtained all of this information from a source in the New York City government.
Among addresses for which information is available, single-family homes listed on those police intake forms have a median value of $305,000 — a far higher number than the $185,400 median value of owner-occupied housing units in the United States.
Some of the homes where “Occupy” arrestees reside, viewed through Google Maps and the Multiple Listing Service real estate database, are the definition of opulence.
