Surely Hillary Clinton Knows Why Wall Street Pays Her

[Nanjeanne]

Thursday, 04 February 2016 00:00
By Carmen Yarrusso, Truthout | Op-Ed

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(bolding mine)

Clinton is surely aware that Wall Street won't give politicians millions without expecting something big in return. In a Des Moines Register interview, she justified her $250,000-per-event Wall Street speaking fees, saying, "What they were interested in were my views on what was going on in the world ... there's a lot of interest in getting advice and views about what you think is happening in the world." Does she honestly expect the American people to believe Wall Street pays her $250,000 for a one-hour talk because they want her views on the world? She most surely knows that Wall Street wants her political influence.

In that same interview (as if to say, "Bernie does it too&quot , Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders for his 2000 vote for deregulating swaps and derivatives (the Commodity Futures Modernization Act), which was one of the main causes of the economic collapse in 2008. Of course, she didn't mention that Sanders forcefully spoke out against the bill, and Sanders, like the rest of Congress, was essentially blackmailed into voting for it. She didn't mention the bill was inserted at the last minute in omnibus legislation needed to keep the government going. She didn't mention only four members of Congress dared to vote against it. She didn't mention the bill came from a deal between her husband and the Senate Banking Committee chairman, Phil Gramm. Bill Clinton signed the bill into law, ensuring Hillary would collect millions from Wall Street for her Senate campaign (and she did).

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According to The Intercept, from 2013 to 2015, Clinton took in $2.8 million (on top of the above $2.9 million) from 13 paid speeches to the health-care industry. Does she honestly expect the American people to trust her judgment about single-payer health care?

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Assume Clinton's being honest. Assume it wasn't political expediency, but rather new or better information that motivated her reversals on these major issues. What does that say about her future judgment? Many, including Bernie Sanders, got these issues right the first time.

George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." It appears that Clinton isn't ready to go quite that rogue.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/34700-hillary-clinton-s-deliberate-deceit

[Jefferson23]

1. It only takes enough people to believe her and then there are those voting for her that

expect to benefit from that connection.


When you have someone who doesn't participate, why vote for Clinton?

[Punkingal]

2. Her views on the world are worth that much?

[thesquanderer]

5. They're worth $18, tops.

Goldman Sachs overpaid.

[questionseverything]

4. this is the fairy tale

that all these huge corps give her millions and want nothing in return