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Letter: Clinton representing Main St. or Wall St.?

1929: Stock market crashes.

1933: Banking Act (also called the Glass-Steagall Act) becomes law to prevent commercial banks from using deposits for buying and selling stocks.

1999: Bill Clinton repeals Glass-Steagall.

2000-2008: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac enable loans to low-income borrowers.

2008: Wall Street economic crisis.

2016: Hillary Clinton receives about $6 million from Wall Street firms in contributions and speeches.

2016: Hillary doesn't want Glass-Steagall reinstated.

Is Hillary looking out for Main Street or Wall Street?

John Nicholson

This story was originally published January 15, 2016 at 2:17 PM with the headline "Letter: Clinton representing Main St. or Wall St.?."

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