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riversedge

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Tue Aug 18, 2015, 08:51 PM Aug 2015

ICYMI-->Hillary Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign, unleashes attack on Wall Street

I saw this tweet--and yes I did miss it. --and have forgotten her dissing of Wall street in her opening salvo




ICYMI-->Hillary Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign, unleashes attack on Wall Street http://link.wtvr.com/1G2lb68 #p2 #uniteblue


http://wtvr.com/2015/06/13/hillary-clinton-kicks-off-2016-campaign-unleashes-attack-on-wall-street/

Hillary Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign, unleashes attack on Wall Street

Posted 4:20 pm, June 13, 2015, by CNN Wire


NEW YORK — In her first major campaign speech, the Democratic presidential contender on Saturday tore into CEOs, hedge fund managers, Corporate America — and the Republicans who support them.

Here’s what she had to say about Wall Street during her nearly hour-long remarks on New York City’s Roosevelt Island, just a few miles from the financial center:

CEOs: Hammered companies for making “record profits” and their chiefs for making record pay, while the salaries of average workers have “barely budged.” “Prosperity can’t just be for CEO’s and hedge fund managers,” Clinton said to cheers. “Democracy can’t just be for billionaires and corporations.”

Hedge fund managers: Charged that the top 25 hedge fund managers make more than the combined total pay of every kindergarten teacher in the U.S. “And often paying a lower tax rate,” Clinton added, reprising an attack line that she had used in remarks last month.

“So, you have to wonder,” she told the crowd. “When does my hard work pay off? When does my family get ahead?”................

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ICYMI-->Hillary Clinton kicks off 2016 campaign, unleashes attack on Wall Street (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
Bravo Hillary.... quickesst Aug 2015 #1
K & R Iliyah Aug 2015 #2
Good. thanks riversedge Cha Aug 2015 #3
Excellent! ismnotwasm Aug 2015 #4
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