The Guards did them a favour. They had become irrelevant a long me ago and this is probably a relief as they can say they never gave up, the horrible force of the state shut them down. At least now they can catch up on all the day time TV they missed.

i thought popcorn sutton was dead

the problem with people like you liv andrews is that ye complain that ye aint got the time but its funny how the rest of manage it …not expectin ye to be out there every night or even to be at the camp at all …but its usually people like yerself who complain that ye aint got the time to be protestin, that end up doing nothing at all …and then either not voting or voting for the same ol same old!

ye aint the only oen trying ta keep a roof over yer head and food on the table! some of us believe in our country enough to make it a priority to use our spare time to fight back, just you sit back and enjoy x-factor though! :D

oh and by the way i am working and i was at the camp in most of my spare time!

I would point out to you that the Irish are very, very unsupportive of change, especially radical change. Your great grandparents were out on the streets of Dublin throwing rotten vegetables at the captured Easter Rising volunteers. You blamed them for business losses, and were happy when the British went in and cleaned them all out.
So it is hardly surprising to read many of the comments here. Trash. Get a job!(?!?!) Tramps.
It figures. As if the pitiful occupy movement was somehow responsible for your misfortune at the hands of the bankers. Yes, there are many similarities to the rage you vent on those protesters and the rage of old against the uprising participants.
And you’re right of course. Things will get better if you just shut up and do nothing.

Legitimate and legal are not the same thing Jason.

Agreed, claiming to represent the 99% means nothing if you don’t put yourself forward for election. Most of the poll respondents don’t seem to think that Occupy represents them. I don’t question their motives, just their actions, or lack of.

the occupy movement was never just based solely on setting up camp, the camp was just a means to bring people together in a central and easily accessible public spot.
Once we got everyone together, we educated each other and discussed the alternatives and possible practical action we can take to move society towards a new way of living and thinking.
No practical actions or campaigns that went on in galway happened without Occupy’s involvement whether it be occupation of banks to highlight the bondholder bailouts, campaigning against registration to the household charge, displaying our anger towards the council for rubberstamping the household charge, the capaign against the austerity treaty, water charges and occupy even succesfully participated in the st.patricks day parade despite not officially being allowed to!!

Occupy has played a large role breaking down the culture of fear that has been permeated by successive governments in our recent history!!

It was illegal for Jews to hold jobs in Germany in 1938. There was no legitimacy to that. And speaking of Germany…

Rates were to help the poor. We all pay tax and if you don’t get it god love you there is nearly no business left. 200 guards for 7 young lads really

’7 young lads’ as you put it, where were the occupants of the other 12 tents? A survey by a local newspaper of all businesses in the area showed a 91% dislike of the occupy camp. Take the blinkers off!!!!

Darren you could do well in remembering that 90% of Dubliners were against the 1916 Easter rising and as they say the rest is history,your history

Mel, don’t compare the layabouts of a ridiculous failed occupy movement to the people who lost their lives to create the state. Those same people are spinning in their graves to see the occupy movement squatting in public places, but are very quiet when collecting benefits from the very people they are aggrieved at!

Mel, if i could ‘LOVE’ comment instead of just like it, i would. well said.

to darren brady:

there were only 8 tents, there havent been 12 tents for a months or so at least, this was to comply with the health and safety regulations. and yes one was empty.

the rates were increased long before the occupy camp was removed. what an idiotic statement to to say that they were increased to remove the camp.

the simplest solution would have been to leave well alone, the camp was causing no harm and it was actually very popular amongst the tourists. The local tour guides even included it as part of their tour.

darren brady, people like you make idiotic statements, and the only reason that ye do it, is because ye think the people of this city are gullible enough to believe ye. I have news for ye, we are well awake and we are from gullible!

Oh Darren, I’m so sorry this burden has been set on you. After all you’ve done for the country, it’s a crying damned shame. Being the only taxpayer in Ireland must be a great burden. We just want you to know how grateful we are for your sacrifice. God bless you.

Darren Brady,I think the 1916 leaders would be spinning in their graves in regard to the way the State is been run by our leaders,bankers and corrupt politicians.
The Dubliners song “For what died the sons of Roisin”about captures it.
Remember the core of this song was written as far back as 1914 by Padraic Pearse
Here it is for you and see how much of a percentage wise is close to the rulers of our country or
to protesters.
“For What Died The Sons Of Róisín” Ringtone to your Cell

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it fame?
For what flowed Irelands blood in rivers,
That began when Brian chased the Dane,
And did not cease nor has not ceased,
With the brave sons of ´16,
For what died the sons of Róisín, was it fame?

For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?
Was it greed that drove Wolfe Tone to a paupers death in a cell of cold wet stone?
Will German, French or Dutch inscribe the epitaph of Emmet?
When we have sold enough of Ireland to be but strangers in it.
For What Died the Sons of Róisín, was it greed?

To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?
To those brave men who fought and died that Róisín live again with pride?
Her sons at home to work and sing,
Her youth to dance and make her valleys ring,
Or the faceless men who for Mark and Dollar,
Betray her to the highest bidder,
To whom do we owe our allegiance today?

For what suffer our patriots today?
For what suffer our patriots today?
They have a language problem, so they say,
How to write “No Trespass” must grieve their heart full sore,
We got rid of one strange language now we are faced with many, many more,
For what suffer our patriots today?

Funny the WSM complaining about expense of eviction operation, they were asked to go , they didn’t , that response rendered their occupation illegal, now they have imposed a huge bill on local people for that clean-up, if they are so outraged over expenditure in Galway city council, why the hell didn’t they just move when asked, even if it were only a few metres to the left. lol They just gave Padraic Conneely a great media victory and brilliant photo op , what an achievement after 7 months. At this stage, nobody even realised they were still there, quiet protesting indeed.

@maeve – thanks for that very well considered comment. Completely agree

Maeve ye actually have a very shallow understanding of that poem if ye believe that its purely about the nazis and cant be used again in reference to any other government unless they put people in concentration camps.
The essence of that poem and how it relates to today is about the removal of opposition. It refers to the fact that though you may not be a communist, or a jew or in this case an “occupier”, if you dont stand together when others are being forcefully removed from practising their peaceful form of opposition, then you may find that there is no one left to defend you when the powers that be decide that they want crushing your form of opposition also.

On the issue of it not being inclusive and of it not consisting of many people from different backgrounds like it did at the beginning :
That is absolute manure, I see that was your experience of OWS. I dont care about OWS, we dont follow OWS and we dont get told what to do by any other occupy camp in any country. So I’m completely justified in being both insulted and offended that ye would use your experience of OWS to reflect on how we operate in Galway.
The Occupy Galway camp has consisted of a wide varety of people from many backgrounds and it still remains that way. We’ve been vibrant, energetic, creative and pro-actively inclusive. And we’re excited about implementing new ways to keep that momentum going and bringng our message out to more people.

Oh my God, I’ve just read your last paragraph, this is actually getting embarrassing, the council wasnt paying for us to be there! How are we wasting taxpayer money?!!

Maeve, I have some advice for you. Come down out of your ivory tower and talk to the people of Occupy Galway. You are severely mis-informed. I am sure you probably are intelligent but either your life experience has led you to prefer to go for the easier option of believing that anyone wanting to protest and fight for change, has just been corrupted or brainwashed by God knows who. I’d love to chat with ye anyway and break down the wall that ye seem ta have put up for whatever reason.

I work, I pay my taxes. I also spend time campaigning for change in this country in as many ways as possible as I can. Tonight I’ll be out canvassing by myself round ballybane for a no in the upcoming referendum. I know of many other people who would like to be at the occupy camp but cant manage to get down but they are glad that others are able to.
Occupy has enabled people like myself to get access to more info and meet other like-minded people. We are creative, we are intelligent and we are motivated. Even if you cant come to the camp, at least face the facts that though you may play no role in challenging the system, someone has to, and we are. The camp is only a part of that.

Go down and pick out the Irish accents among your Heros eoin , explain how layabouts, who talk the talk but won’t walk the walk can help me or you, the constantly talk of tax , they don’t psy any tax, they don’t work, have cars pay mortgages, no that would be conformist shit, how can they speak for anyone trying to survive, when they protest against the system, then take a break to collect their dole and rent allowance that the rest of us are paying for, change may b needed, but trust in one thing the fight is still left in the Irish , but we won’t be getting pseudo intellectual , arse scratching dropouts from English polytechs to do it for us.

I hear you Gerry I really do. I dont mean to push your buttons – sorry!
I have no heros. And I have moved beyond hearing accents. That wont solve the problems the world is facing. Its a nice distraction though isn’t it? It was so much easier when it was Tiocfaidh ár lá and all that…. Just so you know I hear a lot of Irish accents at teh London protests (on one cares!).
We have a global system that has crippled us all – entire countries – and you want to argue semantics. Fine – that’s ok, I have absolutely no fight with you or anyone apart from the 1% or so who are pissing in the pool and making us clean it. (sorry only metaphor I could think of!)
Party faithful, financially elite, well off vested interest holders’ WONT sort this out. People will. Good people like you. Right now, who draws dole, who works who does not…..none of that distracts me. The problems are so much bigger than that. By all means focus on them if you must. If it helps fire you up. By the way, if these usurping protestors not paying tax pisses you off just check out the billions of Euros your government lets companies legally dodge every year. Oh, and there are more Irish arse scratchers drawing dole over here than you seem to be aware of. But, as I say – we all need to pick the fights that suit out vision best.
I don’t want this to be the reality. I don’t want any of this to be happening at all but it is. I want to continue on with my cosy life all being well and not worrying about this sort of thing but that’s not viable once you open your eyes and pay attention to the bigger picture. If people think they are just defending their patch (immigrant protestors need not apply) then fine. Again, if it helps highlight the issue that Irish people are doing nothing then great!
When I comment on democracy I mean the current system we have. Its broken. Just remember the cradle of democracy right now is chokka block with soup kitchens handing out food to the victims of our failed system so we should not be so naive. It could be you in a heartbeat. Just not with a Greek accent , with a home grown Irish accent. The Greeks would gladly accepy any one defending them right now and that’s what OCCUPY is all about.
Countries like Ireland, parts of Europe, the USA and the UK have been described by banks as “Plutonomies” go and look that word up and ask yourself how much you like living like that? Personally it makes me sick.
While your online go check out what Iceland did to solve their woes and ask yourself why you have not heard about it on the news? Why your politicos (all of them) don’t spring to promote this action.
I see none of what Iceland have done in Ireland. You need all the help you can get my friend.
The powers that be have vested interests that are being protected globally and your health and well being is not even in their top 5. That’s wrong in any language.
http://egbertowillies.com/2011/08/23/we-need-to-learn-from-iceland-and-revolt-against-the-banks-and-the-private-financial-system/
One love Gerry.

Eoin good points well made , live long and prosper bud

Who ?

The level of resources deployed in Dublin & now Galway to try and end what became a rather minor protest movement is quite telling, as of course was the pepper spray attack on Household tax protesters at the Labour Party conference in Galway and the battering of the students 18 months or so back. I’d say they are worried

Funny, I never thought that farmers, entrepreneurs and teachers could be defined as tramps! Maybe you should have taken the time to speak with them before forming an opinion. Too late now.

@LenBarry123.. Can’t wait to see the look on your face when you can’t put food on the table for your family.. You’re a bigger tramp to be honest.

The comment above is the best of the week, Well said Michael.

I assume you would be happy to pay similar rates for similar services?

Paul, I couldnt have said it better myself.

Thoughtful stuff, chaps.

Stay classy.

“First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.”
Martin Niemoller
(Source: Mayer, They thought they were free)

@ Sean – they didn’t imprison or detail the protestors, they disassembled the camp. Popcorn’s probably right when he said that they did the protestors a favour. The protest had ground to a halt, nothing was happening, and at least the protestors saved face as they didn’t have to disband themselves. The question is now, after over 200 days, what did they achieve? Was the Protest a failure or a success?

Detail = detain

The quote does not address the problem of imprisonment or detention. It addresses the problem of authoritarianism.
Niemoller points out that we should be alarmed when the rights and liberties of any group are infringed even if we don’t identify with them or accept their principles or beliefs.

You’re drawing a parallel between the concentration camps and an essentially middle-class protest that had run its course. Forgive me if I find that distasteful.

Sean – It’s actually insulting that you’ve used that poem about the Holocaust to describe public attitudes to the Occupy Movement. The Occupy Movement may have spoken for the general mass of people who initially joined (and I say this sceptically) but by the end, despite their “we are the 99%” and “we provide a platform for discussion”, the OM was simply run by the same left-wing, old guard protesters who infiltrate and take over most protests.

Shame on you! I work hard, pay my taxes and contribute to my community within the confines of the society and economic situation that we are presented with? How does that liken me to the Nazis? Sorry that I don’t support a movement that lives in fantasy-land and choose to lie up in a public place creating mess and squalor with a heightened sense of self-importance.

Answer me this: I don’t support the OM, yet they claim to represent the 99%. Do they represent me even though I do not support them? Or am I as good as a Gestapo member?

If anything Sean is pointing to the divided nature of Irish society. It’s easy for those with a job who genuinely do work hard to keep their families afloat to claim the Occupiers contribute nothing, they’re just a bunch of crazy anarchists / hippies / conspiracy theorists, but if anything, regardless of whether or not their occupation was legal or not, people are still consumed by the idea, it’s business as usual despite the growing inequalities.

Occupy represents stepping outside of the structures and obligations people feel hold them back from sustained protest and it is only when people realise that inequalities can only be quelled when we take the time to stand up to them.

I remember my first protest. I was supposed to be in school that day, my dad encouraged I join it. He never said I had to go to school first and follow the rules and regulations, but instead showed that only by taking the time out to stand up for what you believe in can injustice end.

Sean I think its brilliant and has the desired effect of getting people to think about the comments.
As Pink Floyd phased it “A SHARP,SHORT,SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM.something we can all do with from time to
time.I’m sick of this “Nanny State” skirting around the danger zone.

I know what you’re saying Chris but I think the Occupy Movement you’re talking about is the type of movement it was in the beginning – with lots of people from different backgrounds consumed with an idea (as you put it) to step outside the box and look at the way society is run in a different way. And I 100% agree with this. I attended OWS frequently in Sept/Oct last year and respected the people protesting. When I returned to OWS in November, the impetus of the movement had changed into radicalism, there were more divisions between people, essentially the movement had begun to splinter. And the same thing has happened here in the UK and Ireland. The OM still spoke as if it spoke for the 99% however, as if we all support their increasingly extremist ideals, and on top of this, they marketed themselves as the only place where discussion of standing up to the constraints of society could seriously occur.

I, too remember my first protests, attending anti-Iraq War marches, staging a “walk out” from school, going to Edinburgh to protest against the G8 summit… and I also remember the slow hijacking of these protest movements by the people of a more extreme POV. I refuse to accept that because I don’t agree with what is essentially squatting on public property (at the expense to the taxpayer), and because I think it is more practical to try and change the structures of society we have now as opposed to starting afresh in some kind of Marxist dream, that I am some kind of “collaborator.”

Yes it’s easy for someone who works to disparage the OM. And it’s easy for those in the Occupy Movement to cry poverty and redundancy and scorn those lucky enough to have a job. But look at the statistics here: 71% of people think that it was right that Occupy Galway was dismantled. Surely a portion of those people are unemployed. It isn’t a case of employed = anti OM. It isn’t black and white.

The OM lost it’s way as soon as radical leftist politics became their focal point and as soon as their camps started negatively impacting the communities they declared themselves to represent.

I’m very interested to know, now that the protest has ended, what was achieved by it. What were its aims, and did it successfully reach those aims?

In keeping with the topic of free expression, I am having some difficulty posting a reply.
I do not hold left wing or socialist views. In fact, far from it.
While I believe that OM are correct in their assertion that a great and growing injustice has befallen the Irish people, I do not agree broadly with the nature of their anaylsis, rhetoric or proposed remedies.
However, I do believe they have a fundamental right to protest. Those that oppose that right are, at best, sympathetic to authoritarianism.

” I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.”
Voltaire

I work hard all my life and I’ve never been on social welfare but I support the protests because I live in the real world where I know they’re protesting for me and others like me who are paying for the greed and disregard shown by Polititians, developers and wealthy elite. Should we all just do nothing and make it look like we’re happy to be treated like idiots or instead raise our voice and show that were unhappy. It’s easy to mouth off here and say you’re offended by this and that and then go back to doing nothing about it. I’m guilty of this myself but so are many others. If people are unemployed I’d rather see them protest instead of sit on their asses. Not everyone who’s unemployed wants to be labelled as a sponger and most want to work but in the real world there’s not many opportunities. It’s easy to judge but you should hope your not the ones being judged some day. I’m glad there’s people out there on the streets making themselves seen and heard. It might keep our overpaid Polititians on their toes if nothing else.

Shows how much you know….what makes you say that out of everyone involved no1 was working? Did you take the time or just go ahead jump on that bandwagon with the rest of the sheep??? From a long term tax paying galway citizen who fully supports everyone against corruption in governments especially occupy galway…..you made me so proud.

Surely part of the reason they’re protesting is because there are no jobs?… Because the banking and political class in this country destroyed the economy??

Well said Catherine, and for the comments of Mr workers solidarity, above, explain please why a rent a crowd of good for nothing wasters, half them usually from England who never worked a day in their lives are constantly campaigning on behalf of ” workers” , useless leeches,

I think the notion of ‘jobs’ as the definition of responsibility is on the way out, personally. I certainly hope it is.

Look at the amount of war (a lot of it literally lethal) that trade unions had to wage (pun intended) to get it down to a 40 hour week, with enough money to barely break even, while the parasite CEO class skim more and more off the top with every year that goes by – pushing pencils as the working classes are the lifeblood of their operations. .

It’s sad to see the middle and working classes stab each other in the back for not ‘pulling their weight’ in that regard. It amounts to projected resentment for not sharing an unfair burden imo. Divide and conquer has always been the classic technique of people who know how to manipulate the masses.

I would say there are a whole mix of types of people in Occupy, and that many of them are resourceful, creative and innovative people, who find it hard to adjust to such a mechanistic, regimented and inhuman society. I’d identify myself as such a person. I’m not a ‘waster’ – I love to work on things, but on my own time, in my own way. I just find what is taken for granted is not very healthy. Look no further to see why there is such a thriving booze industry in this country – people need oblivion through as a substitute for joy on the weekends to cope with how horrible the week is.

Half the country needs a job, Catherine. Are you a “job creator”?

Keep living, Mel. It beats the crap out of what the others are doing.

Mel, as a wise man put it to me many years ago, ” we got rid of one shower in 22 and put in a worse crowd” how true those words , I think of the sentiments of that song every time I see a TD asleep on a seat made from the blood and grief of our forebears

lol occupy is far from dead …tourists came to visit occupy galway regularly …even the tour guides inclued our camp as part of the tour!

your so out of touch its cringeworthy

the occupy movement in galway is pro-actively involved in every campaign in this city that wants to create positive change in society, and i am not joking, there is very little going on in this city that doesn have participation with at least one of us …we have a wide and diverse bunch of people here and we are proud of it

if ye were put off going to businesses around tha part of town that ODS was in thats your own issue, by the way what businesses were they? the guys there were outside the central bank, there were no shops along that part of the street and it was on a street with loadsa traffic …there wasnt even an area for ye to sit and look around …how exactly could ye be pit off goin there? there were pubs round the corner but they definitely didnt lose business cos of the camp …oh God straws and clutching comes to mind …I’ve posted a reply to one of your previsous comments also if ye’d care to have a read

What has Occupy to do with leftwing politics, and how is it an indication leftwing politics (please elaborate WHICH) don’t work? Can you show me an economic system which does work?

To Falstaff The Journal is doing a good job leave them alone. They dont tell you how to do your job.

To frank. Cut your hair !
I know they’re doing a good job. It would be better though if they weren’t repeating the same news though

Point taken, but just to be clear, it is three different angles: there’s the main news story, then there’s a slideshow of photos, and then there’s a poll to see what people think. There are loads of other news stories on the site this morning if you’re looking to read about something else…

Adrian, does Occupy Galway discuss the financial global system, the corrupt and criminal de-regulation that began the 2008 collapse? Do they discuss going after the heads of business, banking and state who were implicit in this? You should be proud of what your doing for your country and for the world. I hope the politicos are enjoying the calm before the storm…..;o)

Gearoid I understand ur point, it wouldent b much fun if we were all the same, the union thing though is tricky, just go on line an c the salaries of the union bosses, it’s a joke,

Thanks for the correction Gearoid, I can accept that fully!

I guess anything that starts out wholesome can be corrupted, Gerry. Look at how the US constitution is being corroded piece by piece, and also just being ignored for instance. I think it takes HUGE effort to stop things like that from falling into inertia, and I don’t have any easy answers to it personally.

Eoin, I wasn’t correcting you, just making my own point. :)

I think a peaceful protest should be allowed, how else can people make their views known .Garda were out of order.

Gardai did not overstep their powers. A complaint was made to them by the council. If they took no action then the council would be saying the gardai did not do their job. I guess the gardai just can’t win. Whatever they do (or not do as you would prefer) they’re always wrong.

Is it just me or does anyone know what exactly they were protesting about.
I mean, what their precise demands were. What the government could have done in order to please them and make them pack up the camp.

the gardai are there to work for the people as well as the council.they should have left the camp alone.they were doing what most of the country would do if our life situations permitted it. well done to occupy galway for the work they have already done and the work they will, i’m sure, continue to do. the council might have dismantled the camp, but the occupy movement will continue to strive for change in this un-democratic country

The Police now have permission to do what they want .its a police state for years.Look at the peaceful protest against the Chinese visit this year,the student protest,ect

The camp was bad for tourism and therefore damaging people’s livelihoods

Damaging people’s livelihoods?! Some of the businesses on the square were bringing them food and letting them use their bathrooms and the like!! No one’s livelihoods were being damaged!

bad for tourism??
lmao, you mean like horrible traffic systems and a totally overpriced economy? yeah, just as well all else is fine!

Agreed Margaret. This attack on democracy will only serve to strengthen the movement. I’m more disgusted with the powers that be that made the decision to dismantle the camp – the city manager of some of the elected officals, hiding behind their desks. I rang the city manager’s office this morning and was told that “nobody gets through to the city manager, it’s policy” . So, this guy, in a paid position, paid for out of my taxes and yours, can refuse to deal with me, or you, as a citizen of Galway. Privileged.

That’s a bit unfair, if the city manager answered every call, people would be complaining that he’s not doing a proper job. Did you check to see what their complaints procedure. Democracy doesn’t mean someone has to take your calls. There are also elected councillors to contact. They should take your call, that’s their job.

Get a job hippy

Plutocracy (from Ancient Greek ploutos, meaning “wealth”, and kratos, meaning “power, rule”) is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth.
So the rich make the rules and create Plutonomy states.
It relates to teh fact that It’s well known that the rich have an outsized influence on the economy. There are documented academic risks to the Plutonomy state, little things like, war, inflation, financial crises, the end of the technological revolution and etc but basically it means the rich are will keep getting even richer, and enjoy an even greater share of the wealth as they make the rules.
“All of which means that, like it or not, inequality isn’t going away and may become even more pronounced in the coming years. Ajay Kapur, global strategist at Citigroup states this in 2007. The best way for companies and businesspeople to survive in Plutonomies, Kapur implies, is to disregard the “mass” consumer and focus on the increasingly rich market of the rich.”
Have you watched an Academy award winning film called “Inside Job”? You should! We lost tens of trillions, we have 30 million unemployed 15 million new people below the poverty line its a riveting plot. Stick it on your Love film list..or rent it from your library…then teach your kids. And maybe they get to keep what few hospitals and schools we have left for them?

https://www.facebook.com/insidejob
I love this bit:
“I had a friend – a bond trader who in the 1970s worked am Merrill Lynch. He had a job as at train conductor at night because he had a family and couldn’t support them on what a bond trader made. By 1986 he was making millions and millions and thought this was because he was smart”

Charles Morris – Author – The two Trillion dollar meltdown.

Morris wrote this book warning of the meltdown prior to the “crisis” He and many others who warned about the fraudulent financial system but all were ignored.

Frauds like Goldman sacks and many others wrapping up toxic loans, selling them to pension investors AND betting that the loans the pension companies bought WOULD fail as they knew they would and all this whilst the ex CEO of Goldman sacks Hank Poulson worked as Treasures for the USA Government clearing the way for it all to be legal.

At the G7 meeting Tokyo Feb 2008 Poulson said:

“were gonna keep growing OK? And obviously….I’ll say it..if, if your growing your not in recession right? I mean we ALL know that”

The recession had actually STARTED four months before this fcukwit beacon of finance spoke these words . Grab the popcorn folks it’s a riveting film and once I watched it I knew what Occupy was all about. Greed, corruption, illegality – the Plutonomy state!

@ Eoin – plutocracy is the word you’re looking for.

John C, Thanks for that. The correct word is Plutocracy as you say, I was using both and favouring Plutonomy. Its a buzzword coined by Citibank around 2004. “Economic growth that is powered and consumed by the wealthiest upper class of society. A society where the majority of the wealth is controlled by an ever-shrinking minority; as such, the economic growth of that society becomes dependent on the fortunes of that same wealthy minority”. In Citigroup’s defence they state in all documentation (I have read) they are just observing the facts and never state whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing.
I have read it so many times I use it as a word. I’ll remove it from my spell checker ;o)

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