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2016 Postmortem

Cheese Sandwich

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18. That's why we need to break up the big banks - at the very least -and hold them socially accountable

Reply to senz (Reply #17)

Fri Apr 15, 2016, 03:33 PM

Apr 2016

Bernie gets it:

The six largest financial institutions in this country today hold assets equal to about 60% of the nation’s gross domestic product. These six banks issue more than two-thirds of all credit cards and over 35% of all mortgages. They control 95% of all derivatives and hold more than 40% of all bank deposits in the United States.

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That much concentrated power is a threat to our economy and a threat to democracy.

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Hillary Clinton doesn't believe in a moral economy. [View all] Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 OP

and we all know this... grasswire Apr 2016 #1

bernie is running as a democrat because "that's where the money is" lol nt msongs Apr 2016 #2

Would rather see him running as an independent? Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #4

Hillary has a love of all people not money: She would be a GOP if she was greedy lewebley3 Apr 2016 #12

LOLOLOLOLOLOL nt grasswire Apr 2016 #16

LOLOLOLOLOLOL azmom Apr 2016 #26

She believes in the system. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #3

THIS SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #10

It starts slow. northernsouthern Apr 2016 #11

yes - a house of cards is a better description SoLeftIAmRight Apr 2016 #13

I think she believes in it -- I do think she has lost sight of what it means Armstead Apr 2016 #5

I think she believes in appearances. senz Apr 2016 #7

That too Armstead Apr 2016 #8

The problem with making poor people reliant on private charity senz Apr 2016 #14

Yes! Replace the word 'charity' with 'industry' and your comment is still true Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #15

Yes, if we're talking actual reliance. senz Apr 2016 #17

That's why we need to break up the big banks - at the very least -and hold them socially accountable Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #18

Yes, total agreement on both counts. senz Apr 2016 #20

it's like her view of progressivism--she embodies it, the critics only help the RW chorus assailing MisterP Apr 2016 #25

Of course she does Avalon Sparks Apr 2016 #6

Well senz Apr 2016 #9

^this Cheese Sandwich Apr 2016 #22

Evidently her supporters don't, lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #19

No, she does not, we don't either because we haven't done our research....n/t pantsonfire Apr 2016 #21

her religion, The Family, says: Only the Elites Matter and Will Achieve Dominion .... amborin Apr 2016 #23

She might. winter is coming Apr 2016 #24

I agree. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #27