Democratic Senator Issued Shocking Statements About 1%ers Protecting Their Wealth at Oligarch Confab

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41. As of 2012 tech businessman Mark Warner was the wealthiest US senator.

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of VA urges business elites, "we need Entitlement Reform, we need Tax Reform, it generates revenue. If you don't get engaged, you're turning the keys over to the extremes."
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia called on an audience of business and political elites to respond to public discontent by lobbying harder for the reduction of corporate taxes and the cutting of public programs like SOCIAL SECURITY. Warner spoke Monday at the Milken Institute’s 2016 Global Conference, May 1-4. The economic policy think tank gathers politicians, corporate executives and others annually.
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- Sen. Mark Warner Speaking at the Campaign for America's Future event by the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.

Wiki. Warner served as a staff member to U.S. Senator Christopher Dodd, also a Democrat from Connecticut in the early 1980s. He later used his knowledge of federal telecommunication law and policies as a broker of mobile phone franchise licenses, making a significant fortune. As founder and managing director of Columbia Capital, a venture capital firm, he helped found or was an early investor in a number of technology companies. He was one of the early investors in Nextel, co-founded Capital Cellular Corporation, and built up an estimated net worth of more than $200 million. As of 2012, he is the wealthiest U.S. Senator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Warner

- PETE PETERSON, Wall Street Billionaire and Political Influence Empire. Peterson has been lobbying to privatize the Social Security Trust Fund trillions $$ on Wall Street for decades.






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