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hifiguy

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22. Slick Willie was in bed with the banksters before he ever became president.

Reply to cui bono (Reply #9)

Sat May 30, 2015, 07:10 PM

May 2015

Read Nomi Prins' All the Presidents' Bankers for the whole sordid story.

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Has Hillary Clinton stated how she feels about Glass-Steagall? [View all] cui bono May 2015 OP

Can't jail those who keep your bank account bloated CTBlueboy May 2015 #1

or how everyone for it is trying to hand the country over to the GOP and falling MisterP May 2015 #7

It's pretty pathetic, isn't it? Art_from_Ark May 2015 #47

IMO the repeal of Glass-Steagall was one of the jwirr May 2015 #8

Yeah, I think it is a legitmate question because both Sanders and O'Malley cui bono May 2015 #9

Slick Willie was in bed with the banksters before he ever became president. hifiguy May 2015 #22

The repeal of Glass. Steagal, combined with NAFTA & most favored nation status for China peacebird May 2015 #51

Absloutely agree - those three. When I was in college in the 70s one of my history professors jwirr May 2015 #62

Yes it was key Man from Pickens May 2015 #54

Which of course leads us to computer banking. Over night deals based on nothing. I suspect one of jwirr May 2015 #63

*** L0oniX May 2015 #26

I'm reaching into your popcorn box, L0oniX... MrMickeysMom May 2015 #34

She wants to have a serious discussion Jackpine Radical May 2015 #2

Hopefully they will recommend convening a blue ribbon commission to study the issue Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #3

I don't know if we can actually afford a Blue Ribbon panel any more. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #4

We need a brown ribbon commission on banking reform right now Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #5

The natural color of the TPP-- Jackpine Radical May 2015 #6

Except toilet paper is actually useful to people other than billionaires and corporate cronies. nt Cheese Sandwich May 2015 #10

Not much market for the used stuff, though. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #11

If it is determined to be something worth considering then we should consider thinking about Warren DeMontague May 2015 #14

Provided the sponsors approve. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #15

Yes. Hillary's also waiting for polling data to see what position she should take, while Bernie shows us, once again, why he's a decisive leader. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #57

O'Malley did: FSogol May 2015 #12

Surely O'Malley is a RW troll posing as a Leftie if he said this!!! (sarcasm~~~) RiverLover May 2015 #16

Yeah, me too. Hopefully, at some point, the two will combine forces and with Elizabeth's backing, will gain the nomination. It's definitely doable. InAbLuEsTaTe May 2015 #59

That's what made me want to know where Hillary stands on these things. cui bono May 2015 #19

"They were the ones who turned our economy upside-down in the first place" Exactly! L0oniX May 2015 #27

Guy put his finger on it. Octafish May 2015 #64

Are you one of the RW Hillary bashers? Did you fall for this trap... Sancho May 2015 #13

wow. claiming that Hillary "has been the main voice form income inequality" cali May 2015 #17

You apparently don't understand how Obama got elected, and got the GOP out of the WH... Sancho May 2015 #20

candidates owe voters the truth about where they stand on issues. period. cali May 2015 #21

Am I RW? No. Am I a Hillary basher? No. Did you answer my questions? No. cui bono May 2015 #18

I asked if you weren't repeating the trap as described in the link.... Sancho May 2015 #24

Do you think she really is "considering" her "platform"? cui bono May 2015 #30

Patience mortal!!! Sancho May 2015 #32

You don't think a candidate should speak out about the TPP? cui bono May 2015 #38

Hillary has spoken on trade agreements.... Sancho May 2015 #39

She doesn't have to discuss details of the TPP, we already know congress was threatened with arrest cui bono May 2015 #40

I added links to my previous response.. Sancho May 2015 #41

You don't know there will be a GOP congress. cui bono May 2015 #42

I don't agree with this, so don't say it's my position! Sancho May 2015 #43

Putting the criminals in jail.. sendero May 2015 #53

Ah ...the same NYTimes that conveniently puts anything Bernie in the back pages? L0oniX May 2015 #28

You're right that Clinton didn't vote on it. That's why the question is being asked. Jim Lane May 2015 #33

So you think O'Malley should ask Maryland to get rid of military academies... Sancho May 2015 #35

So many straw men in one post Jim Lane May 2015 #44

Then you don't get my point... Sancho May 2015 #48

your sole point, if one wishes to dignify it as point, cali May 2015 #50

How is asking a candidate's position on something a strawman? cui bono May 2015 #66

Your point seems to be that certain forms of criticism of Clinton over public issues are not OK. Jim Lane May 2015 #67

I posted because I wanted an answer to this issue after I read O'Malley's stance on it cui bono May 2015 #65

Hillary the "main voice" on income inequality? Nope. Elizabeth Warren is the one who did that peacebird May 2015 #52

What a dishonest argument nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #58

I don't think her BFFs/owners at Goldman hifiguy May 2015 #23

No she has not. She is on a listening tour, where people listen as she talks. In the Exilednight May 2015 #25

Along with other 'wall street' issues, elleng May 2015 #29

I'm not sure why we never hear about G-S it's a cause of the 2008 banking crash...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #31

No, even Warrren has said keeping Glass-Steagall wouldn't have impacted the 2008 crash Recursion May 2015 #36

Absolutely untrue. The reason she tried to introduce a "21st Century Glass-Steagall" in 2013 was to RiverLover May 2015 #49

"the whole point of a bank is to take your money and gamble it for you" Scootaloo May 2015 #55

Welcome to fractional reserve banking Recursion May 2015 #60

He obviously has never heard Caretha May 2015 #61

IKR!? Rex May 2015 #69

Not quite MFrohike May 2015 #68

Glass-Steagall was pre internet, can it be rewritten to include the internet when CK_John May 2015 #37

Per one source, as of May 21 she had not Jim Lane May 2015 #45

K&R Katashi_itto May 2015 #46

She didn't in the 2008 campaign and evidently hasn't since Scootaloo May 2015 #56