With the Trump sexual scandal fiasco stealing all of the media attention (naturally) and the Republicans abandoning him now, even though numerous other scandals were readily accepted by them, Wall Street is popping the champagne corks now that Hilary seems set to obtain a large win. No need to wonder whether Trump takes the US on some wild adventure, even if he was going to reward Wall Street and the entire elite, when cautious Hilary's Wall Street speeches show she is willing to deliver big time.
The fact that Hilary has not denied any of the excerpts from her speeches speaks volumes.
New emails released by the whistle-blowing journalism organization WikiLeaks provide insight into the cozy relationship Hillary Clinton has had with Wall Street.
One message in particular, from the Clinton campaign’s research director Tony Carrk, contains excerpts from paid speeches Clinton gave to large banks and other financial institutions.
The speeches, for which Clinton was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each, reflect her neoliberal, pro-corporate ideology. In them, Clinton stresses the importance of free markets and the financial sector for the economy. ...
In a February 2014 speech to the bank Goldman Sachs and financial management company BlackRock, Clinton admitted, “I’m kind of far removed” from the struggles of the middle class, “because the life I’ve lived and the economic, you know, fortunes that my husband and I now enjoy.”
Clinton also said, “I do think there is a growing sense of anxiety and even anger in the country over the feeling that the game is rigged,” but she stressed, “I am not taking a position on any policy.” ...
In an Oct. 29 2013 speech at a Goldman Sachs summit, Clinton claimed “there is such a bias against people who have led successful and/or complicated lives.” She lamented that rich politicians are forced to divest their assets, sell stocks and be stripped of other positions. “It just becomes very onerous and unnecessary,” she maintained. ...
Clinton argued it is “an oversimplification” to say the U.S. banking system caused the 2008 economic collapse, and that blaming banks is “politicizing” the issue. “I think that there’s a lot that could have been avoided in terms of both misunderstanding and really politicizing what happened,” she insisted. In the same speech, Clinton also said, “There’s nothing magic about regulations, too much is bad, too little is bad.” ...,
Clinton told Wall Street, “I represented all of you for eight years. I had great relations and worked so close together after 9/11 to rebuild downtown, and a lot of respect for the work you do and the people who do it,” she added. She blamed the “devastating” crash of 2008 on “bad decisions.” ...
When I was a Senator from New York, I represented and worked with so many talented principled people who made their living in finance.” Clinton noted that she “did all I could to make sure they continued to prosper” ...
Clinton stressed the importance of “a free market economy” and complimented the audience, telling them, “It’s important to recognize the vital role that the financial markets play in our economy and that so many of you are contributing to.” She added, “We all rely on the market’s transparency and integrity.” ...
Clinton maintained that politicians “need both a public and a private position.” ... “Politics is like sausage being made,” Clinton added. “It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be.” ...
“My dream is a hemispheric common market, with open trade and open borders,” she said.
In the same speech, Clinton emphasized, “we have to have a concerted plan to increase trade,” and clarified that “it’s not for governments to do. We have to resist, protectionism, other kinds of barriers to market access and to trade.” ... “I would like to see this get much more attention and be not just a policy for a year under president X or president Y but a consistent one.” ...
Clinton noted, “Running for office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out and raise it.” She described New York, the U.S.’s “economic center,” as “the leading site for contributions for fundraising for candidates on both sides of the aisle.” ...
The Clinton campaign did not confirm the authenticity of the emails, but also did not deny it.
http://www.salon.com/2016/10/08/in-paid-speeches-hillary-clinton-said-sh...
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