“They say, `Wall Street fat cats got a bailout, so now I want one too.’ And the correct answer is, no one is entitled to a bailout,” Palin said at a dinner Thursday with donors in Florida, CBS reports. “The American dream, our foundation, is about work ethic and empowerment, not entitlement.”

Comparing Occupy protesters and President Barack Obama to “crony capitalists,” the former governor of Alaska said the president is “owned by Wall Street.”

“The fat cats, as he calls them, they’re his friends. They’re his pals. That’s where he gets his campaign donations. And he’s very generous about giving these cats their cat nip — bigger returns on their investments in bailouts,” Palin said, according to CBS.

As other Republicans have suggested, Palin said the protesters in Washington should instead direct their anger at the White House.

“They need to hop on a bus and travel south — 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., where there’s plenty of space to occupy,” she said.