Occupy Wall Street's opposing expression of the disparity between rich and poor may have begun in good faith using the free speech and amendment rights of the General Assembly, but the strategies adopted by some protesters demonstrated to result in unwanted reactions against themselves. The Occupy Wall Street movement is sure to cost the cities involved double-digit millions of dollars. Increasing payroll, overtime, and business expenses will inadvertently backfire and increase layoffs. The burden that protesters physically impose on a city makes an already financially difficult situation worse. The mass of people and their tent lifestyle are draining the city's finances and, alas, the money comes from allocations for municipal labor divisions, for which people pay with their taxes. Of course, the conglomeration of protesters is a spectacle featuring a group of unguided actors playing a role in a chaotic enactment in front of a society of varying opinions, beliefs and values. The income of the 1% elite in 2009, based on adjusted gross income, was 348,000 people. One wonders how many protesters have a family member in the 1% elite. Some of the self-destructive actions protesters have committed include taunting police by invading spatial boundaries, resulting in forced eviction and police use of pepper spray for protection. spray. During a sit-in protest at a college, which appeared to be a group of peaceful students, a police officer sprayed large amounts of seated students. They had been warned several times to leave on orders from the college chancellor. This is an unnecessary act of aggression and perhaps the easiest thing would have been to call out the medium of paper as a whole. Protesters go home and vote for change. 10/occupy-wall-streethttp://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/occupywallstreethttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/02/occupy-wall-street-un-envoy_n_1125860.html?ref=mostpopularhttp: //www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2011/November/Occupy-Wall-Street-Costing-Taxpayers-Millionshttp://www.bankrate.com/finance/taxes/top-1-percent-earn.aspxhttp: //news.yahoo.com/occupy-wall-street-turns-barack-obama-225702752.htmlhttp://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/11/15/police_bust_ny_occupy_protest_in_nighttime_sweephttp://townhall.com/ columnists/anncoulter/2011/10/05/this_is_what_a_mob_looks_likehttp://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57328289/outrage-over-police-pepper-spraying-students