I think most liberal Democrats and Progressives are disappointed in some issues that persist past the Obama Administration. Senator Sanders has decided to carry the flag on those issues. He is sincere and he is often successful.
July 20, 2015
By David Weigel
PHOENIX — First came the People for Bernie reception, (click here) held by Occupy Wall Street veterans, at a club modeled after a Venetian estate. One night later came the We Want Bernie party, hosted by Progressive Democrats of America in a low-key taqueria.
And on the third day, Bernie Sanders himself appeared — and named what many of the liberal activists who gathered here for a conference last week consider the original sin of the Obama presidency.
“Today, the largest six financial institutions in this country have assets of some $10 trillion, equivalent to 60 percent of the GDP of America,” the senator from Vermont told a crowd of 11,000. “After we bailed them out, because they were ‘too big to fail,’ most of them are now a lot bigger than they were before.”...
July 20, 2015
By David Weigel
PHOENIX — First came the People for Bernie reception, (click here) held by Occupy Wall Street veterans, at a club modeled after a Venetian estate. One night later came the We Want Bernie party, hosted by Progressive Democrats of America in a low-key taqueria.
And on the third day, Bernie Sanders himself appeared — and named what many of the liberal activists who gathered here for a conference last week consider the original sin of the Obama presidency.
“Today, the largest six financial institutions in this country have assets of some $10 trillion, equivalent to 60 percent of the GDP of America,” the senator from Vermont told a crowd of 11,000. “After we bailed them out, because they were ‘too big to fail,’ most of them are now a lot bigger than they were before.”...