Sheldon Richman
If you share my belief that the major obstacle to the free society is
the national-security/corporate state, 2016 is shaping up to be a year
of apprehension. The Wall Streeters, who are among the biggest advocates
of partnership between big government and big business, are looking
forward to a presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Chris
Christie, a contest the bankers can’t lose.
They have already discounted any populist rhetoric Clinton may need
to fight off a primary challenge from, say, Sen. Elizabeth Warren. As
“one well-placed Democrat” told Politico, “Wall Street folks are so
happy about [having Clinton run] that they won’t care what she says.”
Clinton recently spoke to a gathering in New York organized by
Goldman Sachs, the giant, influential (and bailed-out) investment bank, a
gathering that Politico says was attended by “a few hundred major
investors.”
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