Politics & Government
First Occupy Protest of The New Year
Occupy Walnut Creek groups numbers 25 at 4'oclock.
The Occupy Walnut Creek faithful were out downtown on Wednesday evening, protesting the inequities in income distribution and corporate influence on government.
Prudence Capelle of Antioch, who works in Walnut Creek, said she favored an excise (or luxury) tax (as used to be more popular a generation ago) to generate government revenue. "If you can afford a $70,000 car, if you can afford a $70,000 bracelet, if you can afford a $70,000 anything, you should pay a 1 percent excise tax," she said.
The protesters covering the four corners at Mount Diablo Boulevard and Main Street numbered 25 at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday.
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