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Thu May 7, 2015, 04:01 PM

As I usually do in preparing for an election, I am gathering articles, books and information

on the candidates that I may refer to when preparing to stand on a street corner or somewhere and talk to voters.

Here is the first document that I have printed out and will file in a notebook in order to refresh my memory from time to time (with acknowledgement to Loonix who posted it first):

f You’re Wondering If Hillary Is Turning Populist, Just Ask Her Banker Friends

Hillary Clinton is trying to recast herself as the future president of the people—but she’ll need more than a PR campaign to erase her longstanding ties to Wall Street.

<snip>To grasp the dangers that the Big Six banks (JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley) presently pose to the financial stability of our nation and the world, you need to understand their history in Washington, starting with the Clinton years of the 1990s. Alliances established then (not exclusively with Democrats, since bankers are bipartisan by nature) enabled these firms to become as politically powerful as they are today and to exert that power over an unprecedented amount of capital. Rest assured of one thing: their past and present CEOs will prove as critical in backing a Hillary Clinton presidency as they were in enabling her husband’s years in office.

http://www.thenation.com/article/206625/if-youre-wondering-if-hillary-turning-populist-just-ask-her-banker-friends?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

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Response to JDPriestly (Original post)

Thu May 7, 2015, 04:09 PM

1. K & R

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Response to appalachiablue (Reply #1)

Thu May 7, 2015, 04:26 PM

2. Love your signature line.

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Response to JDPriestly (Reply #2)

Thu May 7, 2015, 04:37 PM

3. Thanks, it's a beautiful message especially for Spring! Had it on business cards before they

went extinct. I was an avid gardener for years, must return to that, cultivate one's garden as Voltaire said.



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Response to appalachiablue (Reply #3)

Thu May 7, 2015, 04:48 PM

4. Yes.

I am quite a Voltaire fan myself. Thanks. Emerson and Voltaire. Good choices.

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Thu May 7, 2015, 04:54 PM

5. The greats that live on, thankfully.

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