Wall Street and the Post's Pathetic PR

The New York Post has never been mistaken for a serious paper, at least among people that actually read, but it is a convenient way to pass time on the subway or if you have an odd 15 minutes to spare. The paper has always skewed right, however, and has a penchant for attempting to belittle anyone that disagrees with their near Tea Party conservatism. In the latest parry, they covered a story today of a bank "with a heart." What did the bank do? Well, it found a OWS protester with no conviction willing to work for minimum wage on the very Wall Street she was protesting and thus undermine the entire movement: Post. The 30-something woman, who has a Ph.D. in biomedical science, has been unemployed for some time and thus took the "dream job" that pays minimum wage but that could earn her a six-figure salary in the future. The article closes with an important reminder from her benevolent new boss, "“She was ranting about Wall Street, and now she’s working on Wall Street. Banks are not so bad. I hope we have opened her eyes." Sure, banks helped contribute to one of the biggest financial crises since the Great Depression, cost millions of people their homes and jobs, continue to fight against being regulated so they can do it again, chose profits over people on a daily basis, do not think they should be accountable for their behavior, but did give a minimum-wage job to someone with a Ph.D. What were we thinking? OWS should close shop tomorrow and go back to their homes to wallow in silence ...