PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE Editorial: Pittsburgh officially joined the national and international movement against economic inequality, with a large and orderly march Saturday and the installation of a group of protesters on Mellon Green at Grant Street and Sixth Avenue, Downtown.
The movement, begun about a month ago in New York, in Zuccotti Park near Wall Street, has roots in various problems confronting the United States at this time. Most of the issues are fundamental but almost entirely unaddressed by conventional politicians at the national, state or local level…
The Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Pittsburgh activists have as their primary focus the issue of economic inequality. Fifteen percent of Americans live below the poverty line of $18,000 for an individual and $22,000 for a family of four. Twenty percent of the poor are children. By contrast, according to various economic measurements, the top 1 percent of Americans hold a larger portion of the nation’s wealth than the bottom 90 percent… (more)
