Occupy Tampa has
stood in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street since its inception, and will
function as the host occupation for the Republican National Convention in Tampa,
FL on August 27th - 30th, 2012.
Kayla Mallery is
active with the Occupy Movement and in a phone interview with Press TV's U.S.
Desk on Monday said, "Specifically,
She added that they
had released an official statement saying "they are officially not doing
anything for the RNC."
Mallery continued
that she believed in giving back more to the community and fixing the
infrastructure in America which was crumbling adding that she believed that the
minimum wage should be increased as well and "taxes for the rich need to be
raised so that there is not a heavy tax burden on lower income families."
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