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Showing Original Post only (View all)Clinton "I was the candidate who went to Wall Street before the crash." [View all]
From 2/18/2016 Democratic Townhall Las Vegas, NV - MSNBC
CLINTON: But let me get to the heart of your question. I was the candidate who went to Wall Street before the crash. I was the candidate who went to them and said you are wrecking our economy. What you are doing with mortgages is going to bring us down.
I called to end the carried interest loophole for hedge fund managers. I called to reign in CEO pay. I now have the most effective and comprehensive plan to deal with the threats that Wall Street poses, and I go further than Senator Sanders does because I want to go through after all the other bank bad actors.
The bad actors like hedge funds, the bad actors like AIG, the insurance company. Like Countrywide mortgage. I take a backseat to nobody in being very clear about what I will do to make sure Wall Street never crashes main street again. And, that you can count on.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/transcript-msnbc-telemundo-clinton-sanders-town-hall-n520781
I called to end the carried interest loophole for hedge fund managers. I called to reign in CEO pay. I now have the most effective and comprehensive plan to deal with the threats that Wall Street poses, and I go further than Senator Sanders does because I want to go through after all the other bank bad actors.
The bad actors like hedge funds, the bad actors like AIG, the insurance company. Like Countrywide mortgage. I take a backseat to nobody in being very clear about what I will do to make sure Wall Street never crashes main street again. And, that you can count on.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/transcript-msnbc-telemundo-clinton-sanders-town-hall-n520781
When I heard this last night, I was stunned. Clinton's statement indicates that Clinton knew of the impending crash. One can assume that many in Congress were well aware of what Wall Street had planned.
Yes, Clinton and the rest did nothing to stop it. Nor did they tell the American people of the impending crash.
Plain and simple: were we set up and the establishment oligarchy knew full well what was going to happen.
People lost their homes, their savings, their retirement, their jobs...
Now you can plainly see that Clinton's speaking engagements were payment for silence before the crash and for the future.
This alone should cause every single Americans to realize how the establishment/oligarchy has taken over our government.
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Clinton "I was the candidate who went to Wall Street before the crash." [View all]
TheProgressive
Feb 2016
OP
We don't know what other steps she may have taken besides talking to them. *An investigation
JudyM
Feb 2016
#34
I am trying to recall just when I was in a position of power, and could do something - nope,
djean111
Feb 2016
#86
I never heard a peep out of her before or after the crash. Only during elections.
Red Oak
Feb 2016
#4
The crash was a giant theft from the working class. Many crooks and cronies gained. Not only Clinton
Cheese Sandwich
Feb 2016
#8
Yes she went to Wall St before the crash, she went to Wall St on her way to Harlem
GreatGazoo
Feb 2016
#16
She declines to lead in this instance. She's waiting for everyone else to do it first. nt
eilen
Feb 2016
#100
I'm sure Hillary called her son-in-law afterwards and they had a good laugh over the phone. n/t
PonyUp
Feb 2016
#23
Even if she didn't know, they didn't cut it out, so she was highly ineffective.
CharlotteVale
Feb 2016
#21
This assumes facts not in evidence. Release the transcripts proving these statments Hill.
Vincardog
Feb 2016
#24
Who else was included in the "many in Congress were well aware" assertion? Was Sanders?
LonePirate
Feb 2016
#25
"Bad actors like hedge funds." Like her hedge fund manager son-in-law? Like where her
valerief
Feb 2016
#27
"What you are doing with mortgages is going to bring us down"..........well we got the answer.......
turbinetree
Feb 2016
#47
Reading the transcripts of the townhall indicates that she was fully aware of the situation...
TheProgressive
Feb 2016
#64
Then release your transcripts Hillary. Let us see what you said to Wall Street.
liberal_at_heart
Feb 2016
#79
When she went to Wall St to tell them, was it to Goldman's for a speaking fee?
EndElectoral
Feb 2016
#97