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Way to go, "Occupy Wall Street"!  Your months of protesting, public defecation and urination, drug use, assaults, abuse of public and private property and general lawlessness, you finally achieved what you set out to do.  You showed the evil, greedy 1% that they can't exploit the 99% anymore by... putting a bunch of cooks, waiters and waitresses out of work... and just in time for Christmas!  Mission accomplished!

Six months after opening a popular eatery on Wall Street, the owner is closing its doors for good on Thursday.

Marc Epstein said that when he opened the Milk Street Café, business was booming but then came Occupy Wall Street and precautions by the police department. 

Last month, Epstein was forced to let 21 employees go and cut the store’s hours, closing at 3 p.m. instead of 9 p.m.

It's ever thus with Socialists.  They claim to be for "the Masses", but their actions hurt those of middle, or low income worst, not the "evil", "greedy" "rich" they claim are the target.  Witness the Occupiers' shut-down of the Port of Oakland.

Truck drivers on Tuesday said they lost $500 to $1,000 each by not being able to drop off or pick up cargo because of the port occupation this week. And they said they had to spend hours in line Tuesday because of work orders that were delayed Monday.

But that's OK, because some of those union members are apparently among the "evil" "rich".

Port officials also noted that the demonstrations prevented members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union from handling cargo at the docks Monday. The port has about 2,000 ILWU workers, who make between $100,000 and $200,000 a year.

I guess they got what they deserve, according to the self-appointed defenders of the proletariat.