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on Sunday, September 25, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying when Wall Street banks fraudulently open fake accounts to inflate stock prices, it is criminal behavior. Bernie Sanders said:
Business model of Wall Street is fraud. In my view, there is no better example than the recently-exposed illegal behavior at Wells Fargo
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Economy of Common Good
on Thursday, June 2, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying the young are seeking a return to being economically fair for both wealthy and poor. Bernie Sanders said:
[Our youth] are calling out for a return to fairness; for an economy that defends the common good by ensuring that every person, rich or poor, has access to quality health care, nutrition and education
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: More Investment in Needs
on Wednesday, June 1, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying we have resources to invest in our societal needs first. Bernie Sanders said:
We are rich enough to increase our investments in skills, infrastructure, and technological know-how to meet our needs and to protect the planet
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Bankers Have No Shame
on Tuesday, May 31, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying bankers act with impunity to increase profits by defrauding the public and pay fines like they were simply business expenses. Bernie Sanders said:
Top bankers have shown no shame for their bad behavior and have made no apologies to the public. The billions and billions of dollars of fines they have paid for financial fraud are just another cost of doing business, another shortcut to unjust profits
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: They Bailed Out Banks
on Monday, May 30, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying while the working public lost their work, savings and houses, the government saved the banks. Bernie Sanders said:
The American economy and much of the world was plunged into the worst economic decline since the 1930s. Working people lost their jobs, their homes and their savings, while the government bailed out the banks
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Income Inequality Issue
on Sunday, May 29, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying unfairness of wealth distribution should be focus of economic and political efforts to resolve them. Bernie Sanders said:
The issue of wealth and income inequality is the great economic issue of our time, the great political issue of our time, and the great moral issue of our time
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Criminality on Wall Street
on Saturday, May 28, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying wall street banks crimes were the cause of financial crisis. Bernie Sanders said:
Financial excesses, indeed widespread financial criminality on Wall Street, played a direct role in causing the world’s worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
— Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders: Disposable Financial Cogs
on Friday, May 27, 2016Bernie Sanders Money Quote saying if workers and the poor are abused for the sake of wealth and profit, we’re failing as a society. Bernie Sanders said:
If we let the quest for profits dominate society; if workers become disposable cogs of the financial system; if vast inequalities of power and wealth lead to marginalization of the poor and the powerless; then the common good is squandered and the market economy fails us
— Bernie Sanders
