Here come the women to save our country! The new house of Representatives led by the women and liberals is going to be a tour de force to check Trump and the atrocious group of Republicans destroying our society for the reason of enriching the rich even more. The partnership between the rich and Republican leadership is the reason we have one of the highest income inequalities in the world which is a cancer on our society.
I am especially encouraged by so many new strong, honest and very intelligent women in Congress, almost all of whom are Democrats, and are almost half the Democrats in the House, and are taking the lead. 93 Democratic women and 13 Republican women. Think about that.
And the perfect example is the powerful "House Financial Oversight Committee", chaired by Maxine Waters. I am very happy that she and Pelosi put both Alexandria Ocassio Cortez (AOC) and Katie Porter on it. Two of the toughest and smartest and decent Democrats we have to go up against the plutocrats in control of our country.
It is important to understand that this country has had major policy control by the plutocrats (super rich) and autocrats, through the Republican party, for much of the last 50 years and the shameful tax cuts for the rich and Citizens United are good examples, and who have been using the Republican party to maintain control and make laws to their advantage e.g. tax cuts for the rich, raping the environment and getting rid of regulations that protect us.
Quite simply, the rich are using their power to their best advantage and that is inherently bad for most of the rest of us! When in history have the rich ever looked out for the rest of us? That is what Dicken’s was writing about? There it is! And when we are sane we all recognize Dickens was right.
Katie Porter, was a UC Irving law professor, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard and was appointed by Kamala Harris to be an independent monitor of banks in California in a 25 billion dollar deal. (See notes below). And AOC is a tour de force on her own :>)!
Maxine Water’s committee is going to confront the bankers, Wall street and plutocrats and be a major force in reestablishing the rule of law and mitigating the income inequality and furthering humanity in this country. This is something long overdue and IMO has been put off by all politicians until now because they feared the strength of the plutocrats, wall street and big corporations. Income inequality has continued to worsen with no abatement to date.
But these women are fearless, trust me, and will get the job done where everyone else has failed.
The United States House Committee on Financial Services, also referred to as the House Banking Committee and formerly known as the Committee on Banking and Currency, is the committee of the United States House of Representatives that oversees the entire financial services industry, including the securities, insurance, banking and housing industries. The Financial Services Committee also oversees the work of the Federal Reserve, the United States Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other financial services regulators. It is currently chaired by Democrat Maxine Waters from California. Waters was elected as chair of the committee, and assumed office on January 3, 2019.
"In 2006, Porter joined the faculty of the University of Iowa College of Law. [7] In March 2012, California Attorney General Kamala Harris appointed Porter to be the state's independent monitor of banks in a nationwide $25-billion mortgage settlement. [8] As monitor, she oversaw the banks' implementation of $9.5 billion in settlement reforms for Californians. [9]
Porter is a tenured professor at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. [4]
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