Clerk Note: If you're playing to the big banks, you aren't playing to Bernie's movement.
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Hillary Clinton's Top VP Pick Lets Big Banks Know He's in Their Corner
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/07/21/hillary-clintons-top-vp-pick-lets-big-banks-know-hes-their-corner
How Tim Kaine is signaling that he'll be 'an asset with banking interests on the fundraising trail'
By: Deirdre FultonDate: 2016-07-21
Sounding another alarm for progressives wary of the Democratic establishment's support for Wall Street, the man said to be leading the pack of potential Hillary Clinton running mates—Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine—has just this week sent a clear message to big banks: He's in their corner.
Kaine, who is reportedly Bill Clinton's favorite for the vice presidential slot, signed onto two letters on Monday pushing for financial deregulation—letters that show the Clinton camp "how Kaine could be an asset with banking interests on the fundraising trail," according to David Dayen at The Intercept on Wednesday.
"Let's be really clear: It should be disqualifying for any potential Democratic vice presidential candidate to be part of a lobbyist-driven effort to help banks dodge consumer protection standards and regulations designed to prevent banks from destroying our economy."
—Charles Chamberlain, Democracy for America
Sen. Tim Kaine is reportedly Bill Clinton's favorite for the VP slot.



