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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

(5,252 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 12:29 PM Apr 2015

What's Hillary's batting average on Citizen's United and TPP?



#1 Hillary on Citizens United: "We need to fix our dysfunctional political system and get unaccounted money out of it, once and for all, even if that takes a constitutional amendment," she said to a gathering at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa."

What about the money we know about? Her amendment to Citizens United wouldn't touch it. We know that big banks, etc.. are paying off politicians to cut regulations on Wall Street. We know Big Oil, etc. is paying off politicians to get tax breaks and advantages over renewable forms of energy. We know consumer banks are paying off politicians so that student debt reaches ridiculous rates.
-Ben Coen

#2 Hillary on TPP: The goal is greater prosperity and security for American families, not trade for trade’s sake. She will be watching closely to see what is being done to crack down on currency manipulation, improve labor rights, protect the environment and health, promote transparency, and open new opportunities for our small businesses to export overseas.

My strong hope is that Secretary Clinton and all candidates, Republicans and Democrats, will make it clear that the Trans-Pacific Partnership should be rejected and that we must develop trade policies that benefit working families, not just Wall Street and multi-national corporations.
-Bernie Sanders

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1-2 Got it right on Citizens United amendment

1-2 Got it right on TPP

2-2 Got both right!


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WhaTHellsgoingonhere

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1. Follow up: Sanders vs Clinton
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 12:30 PM
Apr 2015

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As Ed Schultz notes, "not some, every union rejects TPP." So, what happens if Labor backs Sanders and Wall Street and Banksters backs Clinton?

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