Link: nymag.com/…
New York magazine discusses the massive effort that Hillary Clinton is undertaking to attempt to get some progressive credentials with Wall Street. In doing so, she is trying to defend the obvious: she takes a LOT of money from Wall Street, and is very cozy with Wall Street leadership:
Rather, it seems to be an attempt to convince the left that she is really on their side. This is a candidate who has racked up millions of dollars in speaking fees from financial firms, along with millions more in campaign contributions. That is to say nothing of the money raked in by her husband. (Or the culpability-by-osmosis many progressives assign to her for the regulatory policy decisions made by Bill’s administration.) All those dollars have left her open to skepticism from progressives and to repeated broadsides from Bernie Sanders, among others. “The truth is, you can’t change a corrupt system by taking its money,” Sanders says in one advertisement, even if he refrains from saying Clinton’s name.
Clinton has thus far not always responded elegantly or convincingly to the charge that she’s on Wall Street’s side. During the Democratic debate in Iowa, Sanders lambasted her over her Wall Street cash: “Let’s not be naive about it," he said. "Over her political career, why has Wall Street been a major, the major campaign contributor to Hillary Clinton? Now, maybe they're dumb and they don't know what they're going to get, but I don't think so."
Actions speak louder than words, and a couple of shout-outs by progressives doesn’t change your record. Bernie Sanders has NO record of selling out to Wall Street, or ANYONE. Hillary, not so much.
It’s hard to say you’re fighting the 1% when you’re allies with them.
Bernie is on OUR side on this issue, as well as MOST issues. Please review his policies at berniesanders.com and you’ll see that is the case.
VOTE BERNIE and FEEL THE BERN!