It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up.
From Maria Cantwell
Wall Street wants to keep its schemes too complicated to understand so that the roulette wheel can keep turning.
Let's embrace productive capitalism, not casino capitalism, by restoring transparency and true competition in the commodities markets.
We need to continue investing in the programs that put Americans back to work in communities like Clark County.
I think the issue is that Americans traveling abroad if gotten into legal problems should have access to a fair trial and an impartial tribunal.
Dr. King's leadership reaffirmed the promise of our democracy: that everyday people, working together, have the power to change our government and our institutions for the better.
But the fact is, it's illegal for the Administration to spend North west taxpayers' money to develop this rate hike proposal, just so it can turn around and raise their energy rates.
We will not rest until the wooden stake is punched through the heart of the Enron lawsuit against us.
We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.
The Export-Import Bank is one of the most important tools America has to create jobs.
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