Seniors Join Occupy Chicago, Protest Cuts To Medicare, Social Security
Huffpo @ Activist News - More than a thousand seniors and advocates marched from Chicago's Federal Plaza to the intersection of Jackson and Clark St. Monday morning to protest proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Housing and Urban Development (HUD). At the intersection, more than 40 protesters, 15 of them seniors affiliated with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus, stood or sat in the street, arms linked, blocking traffic.
Amid chants demanding that the cuts be forestalled--with suggestions for alternatives, including tax hikes--43 demonstrators were escorted from the intersection (see video, above) by police and issued citations for pedestrian failure to "exercise due care," or for blocking traffic. Those cited included four protesters using assisted mobility devices and at least one centenarian. Read more.
Amid chants demanding that the cuts be forestalled--with suggestions for alternatives, including tax hikes--43 demonstrators were escorted from the intersection (see video, above) by police and issued citations for pedestrian failure to "exercise due care," or for blocking traffic. Those cited included four protesters using assisted mobility devices and at least one centenarian. Read more.
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