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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: Wall Street expert shocks CNBC as he states Bernie Sanders is best for economy (VIDEO) [View all]Nickel79
(81 posts)16. This is the best part...
...of what Edelman said, which is not included in the OP:
When you have the top one percent getting money, they spend five-ten percent of what they earn. When you have the lower end of the economy getting money, they spend a hundred, or a hundred and ten percent of what they earn. As youve had a transfer of wealth to the top, and a transfer of income to the top, you have a shrinking consumer base, basically, and you have a shrinking velocity of money.
http://usuncut.com/politics/gordon-gekko-sanders/
He explains it in a manner literally anyone with a working brain can grasp, and I absolutely love that.
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Wall Street expert shocks CNBC as he states Bernie Sanders is best for economy (VIDEO) [View all]
Triana
Mar 2016
OP
Everyone except Hillary's 3rd Way Smear Machine knows Bernie is best for the economy
FreakinDJ
Mar 2016
#1
This video is PRICELESS! It deserves it's place in the Great Archive because we WILL
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#7
I've always said the Republicans take over and pillage and then Dems get elected for cleanup.
cyberpj
Mar 2016
#29
After checking your profile and noticing the UK am I safe in assuming you get it?
cyberpj
Mar 2016
#34
Probably not. I'm an old geezer technically - but I'm actually in my late twenties. And
Joe Chi Minh
Mar 2016
#35
Wow. A pretty interesting life ! I'm now 75 and promised my wife I wouldn't marry again
Joe Chi Minh
Mar 2016
#39
He's wrong, the average American has not had a pay raise for 35 years.
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2016
#20