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Sanders decries 'casino capitalism' on Trump's turf – a decaying Atlantic City
Source: The Guardian
Sanders decries 'casino capitalism' on Trump's turf – a decaying Atlantic City
Odds are stacked against the Democrat but in one of America’s most
distressed cities, supporters paint a metaphor for what could happen
if greed takes over
Jessica Glenza in Atlantic City
Monday 9 May 2016 20.35 BST
Bernie Sanders has spent much of his time on the presidential campaign trail admonishing “casino capitalism”. On Monday morning he did so again – this time literally.
“What we’re seeing in Atlantic City encapsulates the ugliness and the greed,” the Democratic hopeful told a crowd just off the famous casino strip in the New Jersey gambling town, “the greed and the recklessness we have seen from Donald Trump and Carl Icahn.”
Interrupted by howls of disapproval from the crowd, he asked: “Oh, you know Donald Trump? Well, I take it you don’t think he is a brilliant, successful businessman who can bring the kind of prosperity to America that he has brought here.”
If American voters want to know what a United States ruled by Trump might look like, they could start by looking here.
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Odds are stacked against the Democrat but in one of America’s most
distressed cities, supporters paint a metaphor for what could happen
if greed takes over
Jessica Glenza in Atlantic City
Monday 9 May 2016 20.35 BST
Bernie Sanders has spent much of his time on the presidential campaign trail admonishing “casino capitalism”. On Monday morning he did so again – this time literally.
“What we’re seeing in Atlantic City encapsulates the ugliness and the greed,” the Democratic hopeful told a crowd just off the famous casino strip in the New Jersey gambling town, “the greed and the recklessness we have seen from Donald Trump and Carl Icahn.”
Interrupted by howls of disapproval from the crowd, he asked: “Oh, you know Donald Trump? Well, I take it you don’t think he is a brilliant, successful businessman who can bring the kind of prosperity to America that he has brought here.”
If American voters want to know what a United States ruled by Trump might look like, they could start by looking here.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/09/bernie-sanders-atlantic-city-casino-donald-trump-capitalism