Ed Rendell already told the Occupy Wall Street crowd to go home on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show this week. Last night, the former governor of Pennsylvania hammered the point home at the Harvard Institute of Politics:
“[The protesters] have a salient point, and that is that the gap between the rich and poor, between the rich and the middle class, has exploded in the past decade or decade and a half,” Rendell said.
He added that the income disparity is antithetical to the United States’ values. But even as he urged the protesters to move forward with their initiatives, he said he is wary of their tactics.
“I’d love to go down and say, ‘We understand your point, and it’s a good one. But other than that, why are you staying here? What do you have to gain?’”
Rendell said that those occupying Wall Street should instead direct their energy to campaigning and reforming government.
“Revolutions don’t happen that way here. Change happens in this country through the ballot box,” Rendell said.
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