Wall Street Protesters Should Remember Stones Tune: Amity Shlaes
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Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- What do they want, and what do theyneed? That’s the question about the protesters who now occupyWall Street, Washington and just about everywhere else. Theirsis what might be called a Rolling Stones situation: They can’talways get what they want, but if somebody tries, some time,they may get what they need.
Protesters want redress of a proximate wrong, or some“efforts to crack down on abusive practices” of Wall Street, asPresident Barack Obama put it last week. They need somethingmore general: a job or a better job; cash or insurance forhealth bills; a way to pay off student loans. In other words, astronger economy.