Occupy Wall Street In NYC On Pace To Run Out Of Money By End Of Month

[ellisonz]

First Posted: 03/ 9/2012 4:22 pm Updated: 03/ 9/2012 5:49 pm

By Michelle Nichols

NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - The Occupy Wall Street group in New York is running low on money and on pace to run out by the end of the month, raising questions about the future of the movement that sparked a wave of nationwide protests against economic injustice six months ago.

Donations to the group, which raised about $500,000 within weeks of setting up camp in a park near Wall Street on Sept. 17, have slowed and with plans for an American Spring of protests it has set aside a remaining $90,000 into a fund established to bail arrested protesters out of jail.

A report by Occupy Wall Street's accounting group for the week ending March 2 showed it had $44,828 in a general fund in addition to the bail fund and warned that "at our current rate of expenditure, we will be out of money in THREE WEEKS."

The report - posted on the group's website http:// www.nycga.net - showed $1,556 had been raised that week, while $14,942 had been spent on the group's kitchen, street medics, New York City bus and subway passes, and printing costs.

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/09/occupy-wall-street-money_n_1335745.html

[pinboy3niner]

1. To donate to OWS (NYCGA):

http://www.nycga.net/how-to-help/

[xchrom]

2. +1

[Leopolds Ghost]

3. Donated. I hope others do the same.

[greytdemocrat]

4. Ask HollyWood for help.

[ellisonz]

5. Why are you trolling the Occupy Group?

greytdemocrat
12. Just some friendly advise...

You sound like you need help. Get it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1252819#post12

greytdemocrat
1. Stupid, but harmless. n/t

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/12521188

What's your point? Feel free to go post anti-Occupy Wall Street shit in GD, but don't be an asshole in here - you're not even making a coherent argument, you're just casting asparagus

(Note to jurors: see the posts above before thinking to hide - this person is in fact trolling and we do not have hosts yet)

[pinboy3niner]

6. 'About this group':

Statement of Purpose

A place for Occupy participants and supporters to promote the values of Occupy Wall Street, share information, and advocate constructive interaction among members of the DU community. This is a General Assembly of supporters of the 99%. While dissent is allowed because there are many different groups that oppose rule by the 1%, anti-Occupy Wall Street rhetoric belongs in other forums.