“I’ve got to just jump in here because, honestly, Senator Sanders is the only person who would characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment.” –Hillary Clinton, February 4, 2016
Reality: As America learned after the 2008 election, correcting systemic inequality takes much more that just changing the race of the leader. A change of sex won’t solve the issues here either. If only it were that simple. Here is a direct video link.
Let me give you an idea of how corrupt this system is. Goldman Sachs recently fined $5 billion. Goldman Sachs has given this country two secretaries of Treasury, one under Republicans, one under Democrats.
The leader of Goldman Sachs is a billionaire who comes to Congress and tells us we should cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Secretary Clinton, and you’re not the only one, I don’t mean to just point the finger at you, you’ve received over $600,000 in speaking fees from Goldman Sachs in one year. I find it very strange that a major financial institution that pays $5 billion in fines for breaking the law, not one of their executives is prosecuted, while kids who smoke marijuana get a jail time. Here is a direct video link.
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s remarks on the Senate floor on February 3, 2016. Here is a direct video link.
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