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Subsidies For The Oil, Gas And Coal Industries Are Projected To Cost Taxpayers More Than $135 Billion In The Coming Decade. At A Time When Scientists Tell Us We Need To Reduce Carbon Pollution To Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change, It Is Absurd To Provide Massive Subsidies That Pad Fossil-fuel Companies' Already Enormous Profits.

I Believe The Democratic Party Has Got To Be Firmly On The Side Of Working Families, Taking On The Big Money Interests, Who Today, To A Very Significant Degree, Control Our Economic And Political Life.

The Middle Class Is Collapsing And We Are Moving Toward An Oligarchic Form Of Society, Where The Billionaires Will Control The Economy And The Political Life Of The Country.

I Will Do My Best To Transform Our Trade Policy And Take On These Corporations Who Want To Invest In Low-income Countries Around The World Rather Than In The United States Of America.

After All, Wall Street Is Clearly The Most Powerful Lobbying Force On Capitol Hill. From 1998 Through 2008, The Financial Sector Spent Over $5 Billion In Lobbying And Campaign Contributions To Deregulate Wall Street.