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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: WaPo: On the 2008 bailout, Biden is right and Sanders is wrong [View all]c_junk
(46 posts)25. They had broken the law
Who authorized illegal 'robo signing'? Who mis-represented their loans? Who actually tried to seize houses that were paid for? Mnuchin's group actually repossessed an old women's house over a 27 cent underpayment.
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Sanders did not want to guillotine the bankers. This opinion piece is wrong when it says...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#8
Sanders was not demanding prosecutions. But he wanted the bailout financed differently.
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#16
I thought your initial post was agreeing with the opinion piece in the OP...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#21
If the bailout didn't occur and the banks failed, MILLIONS of Americans in the 99% would have lost..
George II
Mar 2020
#7
Sanders supported a bailout, but thought it needed to be fixed, as he explained at the time...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#9
Who doesn't? Most votes of significance are a balance of good and bad, and you have to decide...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#11
Just one more thing to add to the long and growing list of reasons I cannot stand him.
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#14
I gave you examples of the crime bill and obamacare, which I guess you count as some of...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#30
Brady bill. (And I'm sure there's a "reasonable excuse" for that as well, eh?)
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#31
I guess you typed that before I edited to include a gimme for the gun votes.
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#32
re" Nobody is bashing Bernie" - Of course they are, with lies and misrepresentations,
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#38
You mean HIPAA? I DID look it up. That's how I got the link I posted before...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#40
Looks like you posted that before seeing my 1:05 edit, which I made when I realized...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#42
Yes... because my response of "HIPAA" may have been referring to something other than HIPAA.
NurseJackie
Mar 2020
#43
Again, saying that someone may be pulling something out of their ass (if they can't support it)...
thesquanderer
Mar 2020
#53