Some in N.D. donate to protest movement
An online payment service says more than 8,000 donors from 37 countries have contributed money online to Occupy Wall Street since the movement took off several weeks ago.
NEW YORK (AP) — An online payment service says more than 8,000 donors from 37 countries have contributed money online to Occupy Wall Street since the movement took off several weeks ago.
WePay said Tuesday that about $325,000 had been donated as of Oct. 27. The company has more than 300 accounts dedicated to Occupy Wall Street protests across the nation.
Nearly 70 percent of the donors have an annual income of $100,000 or less, while less than 10 percent make more than $125,000 per year. The company says the average donation in each state ranged from about $65 in Connecticut to about $16 in North Dakota.
WePay says donations to the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Massachusetts quadrupled on Oct. 11, when more than 125 protesters were arrested in Boston.
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