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title: Big Banks Bashed at Democratic Debate
description: From capitalism to Wall Street to Glass-Steagall, here’s where the Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and the other Democratic presidential candidates stand on money issues.
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published: '2015-10-14T15:08:57.000Z'
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**Bernie Sanders** does not consider himself a capitalist; he has told NBC he considers himself a democratic socialist. **Hillary Clinton** considers herself a capitalist saying "we would be making a grave mistake to turn our backs on what built the greatest middle class in the world."

**Glass-Steagall:** an act from 1933 that prohibited commercial banks from engaging in riskier investments. It was repealed by Pres. Bill Clinton in 1999. **Martin O'Malley** and **Sanders** want to reinstate it, but **Clinton** said "if only you look at the big banks, you may be missing the forest for the trees."

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