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Related: About this forumNew Bernie Sanders Campaign Ad Vows to Break Up Big Banks
http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/01/16/new-bernie-sanders-campaign-ad-vows-to-break-up-big-banks/Sen. Bernie Sanders released a presidential campaign ad this week attacking Wall Street and vowing to break up the big banks if elected. Instead of targeting Hillary Clinton directly, Sanders pointed out that his democratic colleagues continue to blindly accept money from the massive financial institutions.
There are two democratic visions for regulating Wall Street, Sanders declared in his campaign ad. One says its okay to take millions from big banks and then tell them what to do. My plan break up the big banks, close the tax loopholes, and make them pay their fair share.
Titled Two Visions, the presidential campaign ad targets the large banks responsible for causing the 2008 financial crisis. Deemed too big to fail, the banks accepted bailout money paid by taxpayers and ended up giving themselves multimillion-dollar bonuses instead of pouring that money back into the economy. In October, Fortune 500 companies were caught holding over $2.1 trillion in accumulated profits offshore to evade paying U.S. taxes.
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New Bernie Sanders Campaign Ad Vows to Break Up Big Banks (Original Post)
eridani
Jan 2016
OP
This is the same ad Hillary was taking umbrage about, saying it was an "attack ad"
99th_Monkey
Jan 2016
#3
Mark Grable
(23 posts)1. The Middle Class has been emasculated
By the Upper Class. The same set of policies that made one richer and more powerful, made the other poorer and submissive. It's taken a long time - it will take longer to undo.
But the Middle Class needs to turn off the entertainment. Get Involved. Get some big brass ones. Tell the Upper Class they have to pipe down. Make laws to benefit the Middle Class.
Because the Upper Class is driving the United States off a cliff.
eridani
(51,907 posts)2. With Sanders, there is hope for ongoing involvement n/t
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)3. This is the same ad Hillary was taking umbrage about, saying it was an "attack ad"
and that "Bernie broke his promise to not use attack ads"
Of course that's utter nonsense, but consider the source I guess.