title: CONFUSED PROTESTERS Swarm Outside Trump NYC Fundraiser: ‘Tax the Rich, Not Working People’
text: The protesters in NYC must be confused They yelled  tax the rich, not working people . Aren t the rich working people too? Many of the rich worked like crazy to be where they are today. Also, the rich pay plenty in taxes already. Don t you love how these people don t want anyone to be successful but want them to give away their hard-earned money?Dozens of protesters yelling  shame  gathered across the street from Cipriani on East 42nd Street early Saturday where President Trump was to attend a breakfast fundraiser. Members of SEIU aka Obama s Purple Army were out in force doing what they ve been trained to do PROTESTPresidential motorcade departs Cipriani earlier today. We will have the story later on @NY1. pic.twitter.com/uw6kWHdmH0  Shannan Ferry (@ShannanFerry) December 2, 2017 New York hates Trump,  several protesters shouted. I believe it s time to stop lining the pockets of the rich and stealing from the poor,  said John Eng, a 54-year-old real estate agent from Manhattan who was holding a sign declaring,  The poor will have to eat the rich. The protesters were particularly enraged by the Senate s early-morning passage of a $1.2 trillion tax reform bill supported by Trump. A few shouted  Kill the bill, don t kill us. That tax plan is an abomination,  said Melissa Carpenter, a 51-year-old lawyer from Bayside who wore a Guy Fawkes mask for the occasion.  He has some balls to come here. Read more NYP