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bigtree

(85,998 posts)
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:05 PM Apr 2016

Side-by-side: Clinton vs. Sanders on authority of Dodd-Frank to break up big banks

Zachary Fedell ?@zatchry 18h18 hours ago Austin, TX
Side-by-side: Clinton vs. Sanders on authority of Dodd-Frank to break up big banks.







New York Daily News ?@NYDailyNews 13h13 hours ago
Here's both our transcripts:
@HillaryClinton: http://nydn.us/1Yqlz98
@BernieSanders: http://nydn.us/1YqlAKs
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Side-by-side: Clinton vs. Sanders on authority of Dodd-Frank to break up big banks (Original Post) bigtree Apr 2016 OP
Interesting, they didn't look up Bernie's bill to breakup the banks BEFORE they interviewed him? ViseGrip Apr 2016 #1
^^this^^ Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #8
Bernie has expanded on his ideas for breaking up the banks, but the real question is - Vinca Apr 2016 #2
KNR Lucinda Apr 2016 #3
Interesting. It appears that you, bigtree, do not realize that Sanders' questions here are NOT JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #4
"All of them, Katie." nt geek tragedy Apr 2016 #5
Bernie knows what he wants but no idea how to get there MattP Apr 2016 #6
I think you're title should be: Apples and Oranges n/t TCJ70 Apr 2016 #7
 

ViseGrip

(3,133 posts)
1. Interesting, they didn't look up Bernie's bill to breakup the banks BEFORE they interviewed him?
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:08 PM
Apr 2016

They never planned a fair interview. That's okay, the NYT cleared that up the next day, by printing Bernie Sander's senate bill in the paper.

Again, it was there for The Daily News to refer to. This is not journalism.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
2. Bernie has expanded on his ideas for breaking up the banks, but the real question is -
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:09 PM
Apr 2016

who would have the will to break up the big banks? Unlikely someone who's been paid $250,000 by them for a single, solitary speech.

JonLeibowitz

(6,282 posts)
4. Interesting. It appears that you, bigtree, do not realize that Sanders' questions here are NOT
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 12:12 PM
Apr 2016

about Dodd-Frank at all!

That is quite embarrassing for you.

ETA: Just to be clear, authority to break up too big to fail banks is a completely separate issue than the specific legal statutes broken by the big banks.

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