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The Single Largest Benefactor of Occupy Wall Street Is a Mitt Romney Donor

Max Read · 10/17/11 09:02PM

Meet Robert Halper, a retired trader and former vice chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Like a lot of wealthy Wall Street-connected 52-year-olds, Halper gave the maximum contribution of $2,500 to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. But this guy also wrote a $20,000 check to help launch Occupy Wall Street.