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P.J. O'Rourke: Or is it simply that the Occupy Wall Street people, like us, flunked Econ.?Alan Grayson: I have no problem understanding what they're complaining about.P.J. O'Rourke: Did you PASS Econ.?Alan Grayson: I was an economist for more than three years so I think so.P.J. O'Rourke: No wonder. You were probably the grad student who flunked me in Econ. 101.Alan Grayson: No, but I would have if I'd had the chance. Now let me tell you what they're talking about. They're complaining about the fact that Wall Street wrecked the economy about three years ago and nobody's held responsible for that. Not a single person has been indicted or convicted for destroying 20% -- 20% -- of our national net worth accumulated over the course of two centuries. They're upset about the fact that Wall Street has iron control over the economic policies of this country and that one party is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wall Street and the other party caters to them as well. That's the real truth of the matter, as you [pointing at P.J. O'Rourke] said before.P.J. O'Rourke: Get the man a bongo drum. They've found their spokesman! Get a bongo drum, forget where to go to the bathroom, and it's yours!Alan Grayson: If I am the spokesman for all the people who think we should not have 24 million people in this country who can't find a full time job, that we should not have 50 million people in this country who can't see a doctor when they're sick, that we shouldn't have 47 million people in this country who need government help to feed themselves and we shouldn't have 15 million families who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home, then I'll be that spokesman.
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