Quote (fender @ Sep 10 2020 12:20am)
my claim was that biden made a fortune selling out to donors. now i don't know where you got that ridiculous 30k net worth number from, but whatever mental gymnastic you're trying to perform there, just drop it - it's undeniable that he is a wealthy man (a multi-millionaire even according to his own financial disclosures) and that he got rich as a career politician. do you really want to deny that, cockboy?
i mean, even if you uncritically accepted that 30k figure as even remotely realistic during any point in his political career, which would be hilariously gullibly, it's not like it's a secret that he was one of the main architects behind the student debt crisis for example, by siding with financial institutions over his voters - as a true biden fanboy you should be aware of his unflattering nickname, "the senator of MBNA", and its origin, right? his decades of political record are undeniable, no matter how desperately you want to make ppl believe half-assed campaign promises over established behaviour and current donor connections.
btw, here's a former you (almost a whole month ago, so it's understandable that your position on it changed completely) trying to dismiss buckley v valeo as insignificant:
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=83800275&f=119&o=60just thought it was funny how you acted like i was not the one who brought that up in the first place earlier...
but again, that whole routine you're performing, the desperate personal attacks and silly tangents, it's very clear what your sole objective here is:
to distract from the inconvenient truth that
you live in an oligarchy, and the people whose boots you lick so eagerly are an integral part of making sure that won't change - as they have done for their whole political careers. biden won't do a thing to give the working class what you pretend to want for them.He got most of his wealth
after being vice-president...not by being a senator (or even VP). Even after his book deal, his net-worth is slightly under 10 million. I expect my net worth to be around that as well by the time I'm his age so he's not terribly wealthy. Obviously, he did not "make a fortune selling out to donors." Clearly, you are mischaracterizing Biden's career but I would expect nothing less than you. Perhaps you can educate yourself by reading this:
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a31265187/joe-biden-net-worth/You're still confused about Buckley vs. Valeo being the cause of corporate influence. That had a monumental impact regarding campaign contributions but NOT corporate influence. Corporate influence is very much ingrained in the Constitution (commerce clause) and corporations were insanely influential since the founding of our nation.
Yea yea yea we live in an oligarchy boo hoo Biden sucks I lick boots blah blah puppet shill. Congratulations, you win the internet!