Democratic Primaries
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mcar
(42,373 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Well played.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)Jimmy Fallon doesn't count because he represents corporate media, is a 1%er and establishment!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
betsuni
(25,618 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Recursion
(56,582 posts)If "millionaire" means "net worth greater than $1 million", then almost certainly, yes. If you mean "income greater than $1 million annually", almost certainly not.
By net worth, $1m is at about the 85th percentile line, which is somewhere firmly within the Upper Middle Class (which Sanders has never claimed not to be a member of).
All of which distracts from the fact that a person's wealth does not mean their ideas are good or bad. People from anywhere in the socioeconomic spectrum can have good ideas.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...despite the fact that hes advocated policies that would negatively impact himself financially. Thats not a strike against him...
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
elleng
(131,107 posts)and sadly predictable.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)When one rails against a certain group and then are caught belonging to it, it is a fair attack.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)He rails against undue influence by a certain group gaming the system so they dont pay their share while buying elections.
Caught belonging to it
You mean by his Senate disclosures available for the last couple years that show his book royalty income? Yeah he was caught
Its funny all the people wailing about his taxes already know hes had a couple years with income over $1 million dollars. How do they know this since hes been hiding his taxes? Because he has publicly disclosed the income per The Senate disclosures!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)April McCullum, Free Press Staff Writer Published 4:15 p.m. ET June 5, 2017 | Updated 6:31 p.m. ET June 5, 2017
https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2017/06/05/sanders-rakes-865-000-book-deals/371038001/
Sen. Bernie Sanders' income spiked in 2016 as he finished a bid for the presidency, according to a new financial disclosure report filed Sunday with the U.S. Senate.
The independent Vermont senator earned a $795,000 advance for the book about his presidential campaign, "Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In." The publisher also paid for Sanders and his wife, Jane, to take a 19-stop cross-country book tour, according to the financial disclosure.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)...to protect himself.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BlueFlorida
(1,532 posts)His standard line from his one speech, "millionaires and billionaires" changed to just "billionaires"
Quelle surprise!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)Bernie's big tax hike would target millionaires and billionaires
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,339 posts)Silly season
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided