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“Our Time" President Matthew Segal on the end goal of the financial-sector protests.
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Did you visit the occupy Wall Street protests a lower Manhattan.
You'll see that a majority of the demonstrators are college age kids they're asking for things like a livable wage what's -- -- did pretty easy to say when you living off other people's money.
Matthews -- Gault president co-founder of our time dot org and he's in Los Angeles joining us now.
You know Matthew I think that's the whole thing you know you got a bunch of kids out there railing against -- -- them.
Yet they're not even really a part of this system just yet and certainly they benefited from and if nothing else.
-- I think what's interesting about this is that this is not an attack on wealth or capitalism.
Instead it's a protest about corporations.
Undue influence in disproportionate clout.
Over government and I think that's the important -- colleague.
There are some women mad about -- you have using the sides have you been down there are big day at I can't believe -- just I was.
The essence of the I -- there is -- a Wall Street represents capitalism which is bad profits are bad -- boycott banks.
That this is a us vs them sort of narrative and certainly.
These kids are railing against the very thing that made America the greatest country in the world.
These kids of my generation are also mourning the loss of Steve Jobs who is a great American entrepreneur -- Who is able to succeed because we had -- since I am -- allowed him.
-- could benefit from a rise up -- demanding that He would try to do I you know I what I hear you try to take Steve Jobs and I don't think so they were beating up policemen last night with Steve Jobs passed -- This Steve Jobs worth since was worth six billion dollars when He passed away 65% of the profits from apple come from overseas that make all their products and China.
He seems to be that's the part the poster boy of what they hate the most about how to be successful corporate America.
Young people don't hate being successful I mean.
My organization for warnings bringing young entrepreneurs to -- forefront we haven't initiative called by young which is aggregating companies founded by people under thirty in discounting their products to encourage consumers to support young entrepreneurs we -- a thriving.
Young business world out there the problem is that certain corporations have so much influence over the way government works.
That they're only representing 1% of the population is opposed to the signs are seeing.
Out there in the square which is that 99% of us.
That we can't get off to a -- -- equitable cigars.
The irony here Matthews is the problem the reason that your in that exact position is because the government is exerting control over those corporations.
You have it backwards.
All of you have it backwards and the kicker it.
Your parents probably are working really hard at some of these corporations to put a roof over your head to continue to feeds you look at most -- still live in -- -- have no interested in working.
Instead He gonna go out protest.
Usage out instead.
Instead the young people out there are my generation.
Are saying that we've been dealt a rig deck of cards and you're left by no choice of our mind now I don't like breast center at U but by no we're not we're not asking for sympathy because we wanna work in those are the signs out there -- saying we wanna work.
We want to serve.
We're in public service positions were rolling into the military we're trying to expand americorps into the -- And we wanna get out there the -- is that corporations are holding onto their cash and not investing.
And we need to make.
Really glad that you dynamite you should go back to congress and take a finance course before you wrote I healthy or firing -- or not business because you're -- prohibiting people from doing exactly.
What you say you want to do.
How about we -- you got.
You guys can join the peace corps you can get a box and -- and helps of one build a house you can go to inner city schools to help kids out of -- Will worsening down there is pure anarchy and out some of the violence anarchy but but it's all very very destructive and I'm gonna take.
You feel less and you -- you started a business I'm tip my hat to you because this week.
In the last week we've seen -- Eastman Kodak a 78 cents stock American Airlines on the verge of going out perhaps there's a lot of -- of bankruptcy.
Create a destruction it's part of this country you don't have to whine about things just go out and make a differ.
Charles to be fair nobody's whining I mean we're we're trying to get out there and work we brought these entrepreneurs and the White House for trying to attract talent but the problem is.
That we're starting ended the poll and we want to make sure that certain corporations.
-- not completely run the system and that we have middle class young people that are represented by our congress.
Object while both of them voted them but I got to tell you right now of them from the free markets will take care competition you don't have to worry about any companies thing I tell -- -- is that how do you balance thank you very much they get back to my hat to you for starting a business that's where.
