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Hillary Clinton vows to crack down on big bad Wall Street firms with new proposals
nydailynews.com ^ | october 8, 2015 | cameron joseph

Posted on 10/09/2015 5:20:36 AM PDT by lowbridge

The proposals come just days before the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, and mark Clinton's latest leftward pivots as she looks to ward off a strong populist challenge from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Clinton wants to force firms that are "too large and too risky to be managed effectively to reorganize, downsize, or break apart," in the campaign's words, a move aimed at addressing "too big to fail" that echoes calls from lefties like Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

She also wants to make sure that when people break the law they actually go to jail, something that rarely happened after the 2008 economic collapse.

"When people commit crimes on Wall Street, they will be prosecuted and imprisoned," the campaign declared.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; hillary; hillaryclinton; wallstreet
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