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Just to make it clear, Bernie and Martin O are in agreement on this issue:
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When Wall Street tells members of the Congress not to do anything that will damage their interests, most members of Congress adhere to that, he said. Can we pass legislation in the United States Congress that Wall Street opposes?
It also unavoidably poses a test for Hillary Clinton, the other declared Democratic candidate. Much of the Draft Warren movement launched by progressive activists focused on the Massachusetts senators advocacy for combating the financial sectors power generally, and breaking up the big banks in particularand Clintons perceived weakness on that front.
Sanders swatted away questions about the presidential race, saying he was not here to talk about Hillary Clinton. But he did sideswipe Bill Clintons record on Wall Street at one point. I was one of the leading opponents of Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and Larry Summers, who all told us how wonderful it would be if we deregulated Wall Street back in the 1990s, Sanders noted.
Another likely Democratic candidate, former Maryland governor Martin OMalley, wrote an op-ed in The Des Moines Register in March that also called for the biggest financial institutions to be broken up.
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http://www.thenation.com/blog/206569/bernie-sanderss-bill-would-break-big-banks
Which side are you are on.... Hillary? Which side are you on?
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)vague Hillary. Vague on Keystone. Vague on the income gap, vague on the tpp.....
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)say that and I wont believe you
cali
(114,904 posts)and unless she's specific about economic issues, it's just pandering.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)the way several of AT&T's successor companies did, under the AT&T banner, no less.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)What is our Democrat Party THINKING?
cali
(114,904 posts)Puts HIllary in an interesting spot.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)Go, B and E!