Sanders Joins Warren in Opposing Obama's Wall Street Nominee for Treasury
'The American people are disgusted with Wall Street bankers'
11/23/14
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Sunday that he intends to join Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Ma.) in opposing the confirmation of Wall Street investment banker Antonio Weiss to be Undersecretary of Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department.
Last week President Obama nominated Weiss, head of global investment banking for the financial giant Lazard, to become the administration's new Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. Weiss has spent the last 20 years of his career at Lazard -- most of it advising on international mergers and acquisitions. Lazard helps clients avoid U.S. taxes by sheltering profits in other countries.
Sanders urged President Barack Obama to withdraw the nomination.
“The Wall Street crash of 2008, caused by the greed and illegal behavior of major financial institutions, created the worst recession in modern history. We need an economic team at the White House which will hold Wall Street accountable and fight for the needs of working families, not more Wall Street executives,” Sanders said. “The American people are disgusted with Wall Street bankers who find loopholes in the tax code to help profitable companies shelter profits in offshore tax havens in order to avoid paying their fair share of U.S. taxes. We need economists in government who have a history of helping to create jobs, not helping corporations avoid taxes."...
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/11/23/sanders-joins-warren-opposing-obamas-wall-street-nominee-treasury
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Obstructionists for the next two years.
Great job to both!
I would laugh but it'snot funny anymore.
The Third Way does not like this, because it underscores what craven, corrupt, morally bankrupt empty suits they have been foisting on us.
Corporate corruption is out. The return of integrity is in.
Get used to it. Thank you, Bernie and Elizabeth!
This is real conspiracy stuff so expect the CT deniers to swoop in.
By the end of 2007 I was convinced that our rulers (at the time I thought it was at the Cheney level) were all set up to "temporarily extend" the Bush presidency because of some trumped up national emergency. But when I saw Bush and Cheney turn from belligerent, egotistical bullies into whimpering dogs that crawled out of DC with their tails between their legs, I decided there was a higher power pulling the strings. And it makes sense once you think about it. I imagine it goes back decades but at least we can understand how the CIA/NSA/FBI etc. could increase their powers during the Lost Bush Decade. They had a great excuse, the second "Cheney's Pearl Harbor", an unlimited budget, and zero Congressional oversight. So it's easy for me to deduce that there is likely a group of people that together pull the strings, at least at the macro level, of our government. And they would prefer Bush for president or McCain or even HRC, but they are not threatened by Obama.
I think it's a mistake to believe that when Obama walked into office that he wrested control of everything from those that had it. I bet the NSA/CIA Security State have a lot of secrets that they don't tell him about. If nothing else, they have the power to embarrass him badly. And they have an unlimited budget.
Having said all that, I still believe (or at least consciously fool myself) that we the people can change things. But that belief took a big hit when Sen Sanders came out an told what would be risked if they decide to run for president against the Oligarchy (my word). His statement forced me back into a reality that isn't good but probably necessary. Can we ask that much of him or others?
Sorry, just had to unload that. 
where everyone hated Reagan. People were hiding from the draft, burning drat cards, Berkeley was having riots, Black Panthers were on the streets with guns ...Sergeant Sunshine sat down and smoked a joint on the steps of SF city HOJ. I believed there was a large corruption of corporations making money from war back then. It's shameful that we hippies and protesters let these sociopaths continue and become entrenched in government and society.
One good cop ---> http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1964&dat=19680415&id=0OpfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KrYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2769,4299772
