Populist rhetoric in an election year. The primitives fall for the pretty words everytime, and then after the election are told to shut up and go sit in the corner until the next election. Some of them recongnize it and complain, but when the time comes they all climb back on board believing this time it'll be different.
So this time it's OWSers to whom they threw a bone. In November the administration will claim it's in the works, these things take time, the OWSers will naturally believe what they want to believe, and the cycle is complete.
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