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2016 Postmortem

lostnfound

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8. Another form of upward wealth transfer from middle class to banksters

Reply to BernieforPres2016 (Original post)

Sat Mar 26, 2016, 01:16 PM

Mar 2016

There's so many of them. Student loans, the bank bailout, municipal debt swaps, pension defaults, corporate relocation incentives / tax waivers, and unnecessary wars, to name a few.

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How Wall Street Screws Municipal Governments [View all] BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 OP

Rolling Stone had an article about Alabama Mrs. Ted Nancy Mar 2016 #1

Bernie's recent presser in Chicago laid this out pretty well. / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #2

Is there a link to a video? Skwmom Mar 2016 #4

Here it is BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #5

This is actuallu another event. Glad he is using Rahm as a foil to hammer this home. / FlatBaroque Mar 2016 #6

I see now that you referenced a press conference BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #7

About time. This is a very important issue. Skwmom Mar 2016 #3

Another form of upward wealth transfer from middle class to banksters lostnfound Mar 2016 #8

Thanks for mentioning the corporate relocation incentives BernieforPres2016 Mar 2016 #9

I thought about adding the sports deals too lostnfound Mar 2016 #10