Governor Christie Looks At The Occupy Wall Street Movement

What’s really driving all of the Occupy Wall Street protests around the country?

Governor Christie believes he’s got a pretty good idea.

He says “I think that if you look at the Occupy Wall Street folks and the tea party folks, that they come from the same perspective- they just have different solutions…what they’re saying is, the government’s not working for me anymore – the government is not being fair, the government is not helping me in the way that the government should.”

Christie says “the tea party folks have one set of solutions for that problem , the Occupy Wall Street guys have a totally different set of solutions- probably 180 degrees different…but what I will tell you is, I understand why they’re angry- cause you look at what’s happening down in Washington, DC and it should disgust all of us…you have Congress in both parties who won’t talk to each other – won’t even have a civil word for each other to get anything done- yet at the same time we have people out in the country who are suffering – and they’re playing games in Washington DC.”

He adds the protesters are “frustrated with what government is doing and not doing on their behalf…even though if you told a tea party guy and Occupy Wall Street guy that they were the same, they’d hit you- right? Cause the Occupy Wall Street people think the tea party people are the worst people in the world and vice versa…but their frustration comes from the same place – it’s just their solutions are different so I think as a country we better listen to both of those sides.”

Christie also says you might not agree with their proposed solutions – “some you might like, some you might not like- but to why they’re in the street? Why are they angry? Because the government has become dysfunctional…I’m a republican, I have a democratic Legislature…we don’t always agree, in fact we disagree a lot – and with me and the Senate President we often disagree loudly with each other – but when push comes to shove, we get things done.”

He believes the big message being sent is “compromise- find a way to compromise to get things done- it’s unacceptable for government to say we can’t get anything done… it’s the lack of that in Washington that’s making these Occupy Wall Street folks – and the tea party folks in my opinion – get in the streets with their signs to yell and scream and try to get somebody’s attention – they’ve got my attention.”