Approximately 2,000 rich white kids from around the nation protested in Washington, D.C. on Friday, against what they say are misguided policies in place by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

White college kids from sociology departments of both state and private schools banded together to ironically waste thousands and thousands of their parent's dollars in a protest designed to bring attention to the IMF's treatment of poor countries.

D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey reports that over 600 protesters were arrested today including many that tried to block intersections and sidewalks to disrupt the normal activity of the city. D.C. police expect up to 20,000 white kids and Ralph Nader on Saturday, the second day of protests.

"They are not at all thinking about the cost of the classes they are missing, the cost of the hotels they are staying in, the cost to the city in police overtime. One guy even rented a van to bring his friends down here," says an anonymous World Bank employee, "on his father's credit card no less."

An IMF spokesman echoed the bewilderment. "These kids are costing their parents and us a lot of money. Money which could be donated to helping poor people in developing countries which might help lower the amount of money the IMF needs to loan, which would in effect be a solution to what they see as the problem. If all 2,000 of those kids make it their life's work to raise money for developing nations, they might make a difference. But I guess it's more fun to break windows and call people names."

"Yes, it is annoying," agreed Stan Smith whose daughter Becky was arrested at about 11 AM Friday morning. "I love Becky more than anything but you really can't talk to these kids. They still think that Communism or Marxism is the way to go in these developing countries and to prove their point they wear $80 sandals and handmade Chilean sweaters which they insist on paying $100 dollars for 'to be fair to the worker who made it'. Then they take off for a long weekend staying in a downtown hotel for $250 a night, only to get arrested and have to go back to D.C. with my lawyer this time which will cost a minimum of $2,000. When are they going to be fair to the worker that has to bail their asses out of jail? Where do they think I'm getting this money, the IMF? I have to get up and work on Monday for this money. That is if some dipshit Anarchist isn't blocking the road to protest something."

Becky says her father just doesn't understand, "He's from the old school, he sees Communism as Red Russia, the nuclear menace. He doesn't see that what these poor countries need is community based effort and not another McDonald's. He keeps mentioning all these other countries that have had Communist regimes that had bad experiences like one of the Koreas, whichever one is Communist, I forget right now. But I try to tell him that if it works on my friend Zack's commune outside of Portland then it can work for Africa too."

"Oh yeah, we've got more white kids than you can shake a stick at," said Chief Ramsey, giving a little wink. Ramsey has taken the time to talk to some of the protesters as they were being processed. "I asked one girl why there were no black people here standing up for African nations and she said her one black friend has to work on the weekends to make enough to go to school and help her mother make ends meet. Why she didn't stay home and help that girl, I have no idea."