Robert Reich: One of the most important differences between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

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One of the most important differences between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
Robert Reich
Alternet

Giant Wall Street banks continue to threaten the well-being of millions of Americans, but what to do?

Bernie Sanders says break them up and resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act that once separated investment from commercial banking.

Hillary Clinton says charge them a bit more and oversee them more carefully.

But rather than prevent this by breaking up the big banks and resurrecting Glass-Steagall, Hillary Clinton is taking a more cautious approach.

The only way to contain the Street’s excesses is with reforms so big, bold, and public they can’t be watered down – busting up the biggest banks and resurrecting Glass-Steagall.

Related:

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Robert Reich: The Big Banks Need to Be Broken Up

Paula Dwyer: Clinton's plan on Wall Street protects husband's legacy

Sirota and Perez: Hillary Clinton's Wall Street Policy Being Shaped By Two Bankers

Yahoo Politics: Hillary Clinton doesn’t support revival of Glass-Steagall Act

Clinton: Cooperation, not speeches, is needed to regulate Wall Street

[JRLeft]

1. That was an assurance to her donors, she's still their candidate.

[corkhead]

2. she's going to sit them down and tell them to knock it off with all that foreclosing and stuff

[frylock]

3. Just cut it out!

[procon]

4. The more pushback she gets on this, the more likely she will

rethink her position and change her mind. Successful politicians can't maintain their rigid thinking when it's contrary to popular opinion, and this is a hot button topic that is very important to the majority of voters. She has to change, and she's proven to be very adaptable and flexible in the past when it comes to assimilating new information. She's been quite amenable to making huge changes in her platform because it strengthens her cachet, so let's see if she wants to win voters more than she wants those Big Banker Bucks.

[Pastiche423]

5. Like she did after the 2008 campaign?