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Looks like some of Hillary's biggest donors are in trouble... (Original Post) Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 OP
Yes, definitely nt Rebkeh Apr 2016 #1
I don't think Citi has too much to worry about BernieforPres2016 Apr 2016 #2
Exactly. Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 #3
Citibank's plutonomy beliefs..... stillwaiting Apr 2016 #4

BernieforPres2016

(3,017 posts)
2. I don't think Citi has too much to worry about
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 12:28 PM
Apr 2016
http://www.occasionalplanet.org/2014/12/16/elizabeth-warren-citibank-owns-obama-administration/

From a speech by Senator Elizabeth Warren on the floor of the U.S. Senate (video is at the linked article):

<Mr. President, in recent years, many Wall Street institutions have exerted extraordinary influence in Washington’s corridors of power, but Citigroup has risen above the others. Its grip over economic policymaking in the executive branch is unprecedented. Consider a few examples:

Three of the last four Treasury Secretaries under Democratic presidents have had close Citigroup ties. The fourth was offered the CEO position at Citigroup, but turned it down.
The Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve is a Citigroup alum.
The Undersecretary for International Affairs at Treasury is a Citigroup alum.
The U.S. Trade Representative and the person nominated to be his deputy – who is currently an assistant secretary at Treasury – are Citigroup alums.
A recent chairman of the National Economic Council at the White House was a Citigroup alum.
Another recent Chairman of the Office of Management and Budget went to Citigroup immediately after leaving the White House.
Another recent Chairman of the Office of Management of Budget and Management is also a Citi alum — but I’m double counting here because now he’s the Secretary of the Treasury.
That’s a lot of powerful people, all from one bank. But they aren’t Citigroup’s only source of power. Over the years, the company has spent millions of dollars on lobbying Congress and funding the political campaigns of its friends in the House and the Senate.>

stillwaiting

(3,795 posts)
4. Citibank's plutonomy beliefs.....
Sat Apr 2, 2016, 02:53 PM
Apr 2016
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Lovely friends she has with her.

If you work for Citibank you are working to erase the middle class in this country.

Pretty sure they are not supporting Bernie, and there is a reason for that. Just as there is a reason that Citi is comfortable with HRC.
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