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Elizabeth Warren

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RiverLover

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Sat Apr 11, 2015, 06:17 AM Apr 2015

Elizabeth Warren explains to Jon Stewart just how broken the system is [View all]

Elizabeth Warren explains to Jon Stewart just how broken the system is: “The rich and the powerful do better and better”
4/10/2015



...Warren told Stewart that the “rich and the powerful” are running everything in Washington these days — to the point, even, that everyone has stopped noticing all the corruption. It’s just the norm.

“The problem we’ve got is that there is so much money flowing into Washington, so much power (and) so many lobbyists, that it becomes the norm,” she said. “I want to say it this way: The wind only blows from one direction – it only blows from the direction of those who have money.”

Taking a look at the systemic failure, Warren said: “Powerful corporations (and) rich people have figured out that if you can bend the government to help you just a little bit, it’s a tremendous payoff,” Warren said, “and if you can bend it to help you just a little bit more and a little bit more, the playing field just gets more and more tilted, and the rich and the powerful just do better and better.”

Watch the clip(s) below:

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/guests/elizabeth-warren/w6rmd2/elizabeth-warren-pt--1

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/guests/elizabeth-warren/wb58yw/elizabeth-warren-pt--2

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/10/elizabeth_warren_explains_to_jon_stewart_just_how_broken_the_system_is_the_rich_and_the_powerful_do_better_and_better/

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He KNOWS. They were both educating the rest of us. merrily Apr 2015 #1
With pleasure! RiverLover Apr 2015 #4
You are correct, of course. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #6
John AND Colbert AND Samantha Bee AND Jason Jones AND John Oliver, merrily Apr 2015 #11
I watched the nighly show once. It was awful. Just beyond belief bad. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #20
Sen. Warren, please get off your intelligent ass and run for President. ladjf Apr 2015 #2
I don't know, she is certainly making the rounds right now, right before Hillary makes her RiverLover Apr 2015 #3
Seems like she's being coy, a tactic that I don't like. ladjf Apr 2015 #5
If her being coy leads to her entering the race.... daleanime Apr 2015 #7
Me too. GoneFishin Apr 2015 #8
Me three. /nt RiverLover Apr 2015 #10
Me 4 zeemike Apr 2015 #14
I don't know if she's being coy. If she is, that makes her no different from most merrily Apr 2015 #12
I totally would like to see her run. Of course, as we have seen in recent weeks, there are GoneFishin Apr 2015 #9
wtf merrily Apr 2015 #13
Do you not think reigning in the banks would anger some powerful people? GoneFishin Apr 2015 #17
I think that the banks will crash if we don't rrein them in. JDPriestly Apr 2015 #19
I agree 100%. The student loan issue was a carefully planned scam. The victims are GoneFishin Apr 2015 #22
Sen. Warren is more effective right now doing exactly what she is doing! maddiemom Apr 2015 #16
Nonsense. As president, she could appoint the Sec. of Treasury, the Sec. of Commerce JDPriestly Apr 2015 #21
Kick. Best democracy investors can buy. One dollar, one vote. nt raouldukelives Apr 2015 #15
How can we get Elizabeth Warren to run for president? JDPriestly Apr 2015 #18
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