Just one quote today—one that’s depressing and sad and makes me very angry.

In a speech in 1962 then-President John F. Kennedy said

“The American people will find it hard to accept a situation in which a tiny handful of steel executives whose pursuit of private power and profit exceeds their sense of public responsibility can show such utter contempt for the interests of 185 million Americans.”

I’m angry because 47 years later it’s déjà vu, all you need to do is change “steel” to “bank.”

But the real question is whether whoever is elected in 2056 will face yet another set of executives who also hold the American people in such total contempt.

Unless it happens sooner…

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Tags: 1962, Barack Obama, John F Kennedy, Quotable Quotes
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