Ginger of New Jersey is a singer-songwriter who performed at Occupy on Saturday afternoon. She finds the financial situation stressful, frustrating, and aggravating as she and her husband Ben feed their only child using food stamps.
Moses lives on Philadelphia’s streets and is grateful that the occupation provides food and safety. “We usually get chased out all the time. This has been a safe haven,” said Moses on Saturday.
Temple College Republicans are planning to protest in front of Sen. Pat Toomey’s (R-Pa.) Philadelphia district office on Thursday, Oct. 13, against the Occupy Philadelphia demonstration taking place at City Hall, according to a Facebook event created by the group.
The Occupy protestors are reportedly protesting for their cause at the same location on Thursday.
“We cannot let them try to show up the Senator. He is doing the people’s business in Washington,” reads a post by the TCR Facebook page.
Another post indicates that if Occupy protestors do not rally in front of the senator’s office, that the rally against Occupy will move to City Hall.
“It’s time to let the media know that some people out there do support Capitalism,” the event page reads, presumably in response to some Occupy participants’ outward decrying of Capitalism.
The TCR plans to begin the rally at Toomey’s office near 17th and Market Streets at 3:30 p.m.
The Occupy demonstration, one of many that have popped up across the country in response to Occupy Wall Street, is a broad, inclusive rally against economic inequalities and wealth disparities.
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