2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please stop telling me I'm voting for Sanders because I'm a purist who wants a pony. [View all]Sancho
(9,204 posts)and the investment market including derivatives is INTERNATIONAL. Only 10% of the trades are NYSE now. There is more money in the Caribbean than in NYC. How do you propose "regulating" that except international agreements?
You cannot "regulate" something that is often outside of US control, unless you get cooperation from 10-20 other governments. What you can do is avoid hurting the retirement and investment plans of employees who are public employees of have union bargained plans. That means reducing the speculation without destroying the trading system.
Here's a short link...and quote:
http://correctrecord.org/hillarys-growth-and-fairness-economy-vs-gops-old-re-warmed-policies/
Hillary vs. the GOP on Reigning in Wall Street:
Hillary says: I will offer plans to rein in excessive risk on Wall Street and ensure that stock markets work for everyday investors. [
] Too Big To Fail is still too big a problem.
You can complain that Hillary (who represented Wall Street as a Senator) is "bought out" even though there is no evidence, yet you can't see that Bernie's plan is naive and unworkable? Bernie's "Robin Hood" tax hurts retirement plans and makes Wall Street corporations richer in the long run.
Meanwhile, you're staying that less than 5% donations from Wall Street bankers (whom she represented as a Senator) makes her influenced? What % does Bernie get from Locheed-Martin employees? Gun owners? It's an imaginary issue.