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In reply to the discussion: The debate over whether Hillary should be our candidate is over... [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)$1,000, or 137.9 hours of work at $7.25, the federal minimum wage. 137.9 hours of work equals 3.4475 weeks of 40 hours per week of work at $7.25 per hour.
Campaigns cost too much. Not just Hillary's. Does she also have time to meet and greet ordinary members of the Democratic Party who can't afford $1,000 or is she pretty much focusing on meeting and greeting her $1,000 and up donors. How many people earning minimum wage will she be spending time chatting with at parties?
Bernie Sanders attends meetings where he meets and greets people and does not charge. He still has to ask for campaign contributions.
What kind of real sacrifice will Hillary make to fight for campaign finance reform and for raising the minimum wage. I know she will probably say she supports a higher federal minimum wage and finance reform. But how high will those issues be on her list of priorities?
Will she hire an attorney general who will jail bankers who committed fraud? Shoplifters and petty thieves see prison time. Why are so many bankers who authorized and committed fraud partying with our politicians?
Please watch this before you meet Hillary.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/7/matt_taibbi_and_bank_whistleblower_on
I'd like to know what her take is on jailing bankers who commit fraud and on appointing mostly bankers and no representatives of claimants against bankers to manage our economy. Because that is a huge issue for me, and I think it is also a huge issue for many Americans.