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In reply to the discussion: Howard Dean highly disappointed me with his statement about Senator Warren. [View all]JonLP24
(29,929 posts)I don't understand what you'd want, she never had a formal economics education background so I'm not sure she had a key understanding behind the repackaging & re-branding of 1920's "trickle-down economics" or the under-consumption which doomed the great depression but her bankruptcy law background clearly gave her a good understanding of the truth. 1995 is where she claimed to be a Democrat & that is where her education & academic career transitioned from a political advisory role. Not much is known regarding views on other issues but is clearly been on the left since her political career began.
Given that banks is part of one of the committees she is on, there are opportunities that came up regarding regulation & her rhetoric is a lot of common sense statements & questions in the area of regulation & basically getting away with the shit they do. Tone it down? Mention she was supporter of Reaganomics during the grilling? Would it be better if she didn't became the watchdog that she is?
A lot of what she says is simply factual truth, student loans is another issue where she is very knowledgeable on mentioning that the government profits from it.