Sanders, Clinton Spar Over Wall Street Ties

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders exchanged heated arguments over Clinton's ties to Wall Street at the CNN Democratic debate in Flint, Michigan. Related Link: http://edition.cnn.com/video/api/embed.html#/video/politics/2016/03/07/democratic-debate-flint-sanders-clinton-spar-over-wall-street-speeches.cnn Sanders bullied Clinton for her ties to the Wall Street and demanded that she release transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street firms. Clinton responded that she will do so when other candidates, including Republicans, agree to do the same. Sanders said the economy is weighted against the middle and working classes due to close ties between politicians, such as Clinton, and Wall Street financiers. Sanders also blamed Clinton of supporting "disastrous" trade policies that led to the shift of manufacturing from cities like Flint to low-wage economies in Central America and Asia. But, Clinton said that Sanders had refused to vote for a bailout for the auto industry that was included in the outgoing Bush administration's attempts to avoid the financial crisis. "If everybody had voted the way he did, I believe the auto industry would have collapsed, taking 4 million jobs with it," Clinton said.
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