Noam Chomsky on 'Occupy Wall Street' Protests

Noam Chomsky , a renowned scholar, linguist, and a Professor at M.I.T., supports the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests, and paints a grim picture of what is unfolding in the US.  

His claim is that:

• 'democratic system isn't functioning and the public knows it "
• 'campaign spending for each candidate in the 2012 US election is about 2 billion dollars...and campaign funds come from financial institutions...and they will expect to be paid back'
• ' immense power in concentrated capital'
• 'US in vicious cycle of social issues ..unemployment levels like those during the depression...in some areas in NY there is serious poverty like that in Africa....infrastructure collapsing, schools collapsing... and it's time to protest'

I plan to be in Times Square this weekend to add my voice to this protest.