QUOTE OF THE DAY

“Of course I believe in reestablishing Glass Steagall. But let me go further. I do not believe that, given that six financial institutions have assets today around $10 trillion – 60 percent of the GDP of the United States – I do not believe that Congress has the capability of regulating Wall Street.

I believe that Wall Street regulates the Congress and that you gotta break these guys up. The president needs economic advisors who do not come from Wall Street. He needs advisors prepared to stand up to Wall Street.

Wall Street cannot continue to be an island unto itself, gambling trillions in risky financial instruments while expecting the public to bail it out.

You have to bring people together who may not agree on every issue, but who understand that the middle class is collapsing and we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society, where the billionaires will control the economy and the political life of this country.”

Bernie Sanders


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Francis Marion
Francis Marion
November 21, 2015 7:17 am

“we are moving toward an oligarchic form of society”

Bernie – let me fix hat for you – “we are an oligarchic form of society”

Reminds me of barn doors and horses….

Anonymous
Anonymous
November 21, 2015 10:00 am

The system runs itself, there is no changing that until it dies of its own accord.

Which will become increasingly unpleasant -both before and after- for most people.

EL Coyote
EL Coyote
November 22, 2015 12:01 am

Where is nkit to tell us the system is broken? Come back, nkit, all is forgiven.