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In reply to the discussion: I think this speaks for most of us here on D.U. [View all]marble falls
(58,178 posts)from the health lobby than any other legislator, a certain ex-Sen from Rhode Island took some of the highest funding from banking and credit card companies; Raptor started under Clinton as did the first Wall Street meltdowns (and yes, so did the takedown of Milkin and Boesky) and so did the deregulation of banking to the point that almost anyone who wanted to call themselves a bank could and banks were first allowed to have branches interstate. Remember a big majority of Democratic legislators went along with W on Homeland Defense and the Patriot Act, Gitmo and the wars. Didn't FISA start under Carter when he signed it into law?
There's plenty of blame. Its not only not all Republicans, its not only Republicans.
I follow your stuff and I agree with you 99% of the time, but I think I have a valid point. Wall Street funneled money to both candidates in the last election. Spending their consciences or covering their butts either way. I agree with Sen Warren: why haven't bankers been jailed? What does google do for the economy that deserves billion tax free income any more than GE or 2/3rds of corporation at a time when they are making record proffits at low or no taxes.
All Republicans? Only Republicans?