Occupy Protest Leader Michael Moore Further Exposed As Fraud: $ 2 Million Mansion Puts Him In Top 1%
November 14th, 2011
Occupy Protest Leader Michael Moore Further Exposed As Fraud: $ 2 Million Mansion Puts Him In Top 1%
Published on November 14th, 2011 @ 10:16:15 am , using 446 words
NY Post
He may dress like a slob and claim to speak for working stiffs -- but here’s the luxurious home that proves left-winger Michael Moore is a lot closer to the 1 percent than the other 99.
Tax records show the liberal documentary filmmaker owns an eye-popping lakefront property in Michigan in one of the country’s most exclusive neighborhoods -- in addition to his luxury Park Avenue pad in Manhattan.
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart exposed the details of Moore’s spacious mansion on Michigan’s Torch Lake, noting that the outspoken Occupy Wall Street supporter’s neighbors include Hollywood bigs Bruce Willis, Tim Allen and Madonna.
The blog MichiganView reported the liberal icon’s neighbors also include millionaires such ex-Chrysler Chairman Bob Eaton and boat mogul John Winn -- exactly the types of fat cats the rotund agitator regularly skewers in his work.
Houses in the waterfront enclave, described by locals as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world, go for as much as $3 million -- not extravagant by metropolitan New York standards but at the top of the heap in the Wolverine State.
Local real-estate agents told MichiganView that Moore’s home was worth about $2 million -- putting it in the top 1 percent in the state of Michigan.
The 10,000-square-foot estate features bay windows, turrets, decks that extend to the lakefront and a private drive, worlds away from the gritty Occupy Wall Street encampments in lower Manhattan, Oakland and elsewhere across the country that he has championed.
The Flint, Mich., native, who first gained fame with his film “Roger & Me,’” about his effort to meet with Roger Smith, then-CEO of General Motors, initially bought a 2,500-square-foot house before gobbling up two adjacent properties and building his dream home.
The township where it’s located also has a decided lack of diversity -- with whites making up about 98 percent of residents.
Moore, who has toured OWS sites since the protests began Sept. 17, has angrily defended his wealth.
During an exchange on Piers Morgan’s CNN show, Moore denied he was in the “1 percent” the anti-greed protesters have targeted.
“I need you to admit the bleeding obvious. I need you to sit here and say, ‘I’m in the 1 percent,’ ” Morgan pressed.
“I’m not,” Moore insisted. “I am devoting my life to those who have less and who have been crapped upon by the system.”
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