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In reply to the discussion: I didn't realize Elizabeth Warren was so pro-military. Did you guys? [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)My talking point is far form right-wing. I am criticizing Hillary Clinton because she is soft on big business. The major problem in our country today, the reason that ordinary Americans are so deeply in debt is the disparity in wealth.
Obama and the Clintons have embraced "free" world trade without changing the tax code and other laws to insure that the big bonuses made by companies that import cheap goods from overseas and sell them at high cost here in the US and in other developed nations would go in a balanced and fair way to all Americans and not just to those profiting directly from that trade. Until the country finds economic equilibrium, we should not be entering into trade agreements.
I note that Hillary is talking a lot to bankers but not so much to rank-and-file grass-roots Democrats. That is a very interesting fact. She is accumulating a huge war chest. I know that the stalwarts of the Democratic Party are bowled over by her fundraising capacity. But what we don't know is what she is offering in exchange for those large donations. Normally, you don't get something for nothing when you deal with corporate leaders. We shall see what kinds of deals she has made. Because you don't get $400,000 in donations in one week from bankers for standing up for higher wages, more infrastructure investment, more money toward public schools and more income equality.