Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Former Vice President Joe Biden told affluent donors Tuesday that he wanted their support and -- perhaps unlike some other Democratic presidential candidates -- wouldn’t be making them political targets because of their wealth. “Remember, I got in trouble with some of the people on my team, on the Democratic side, because I said, you know, what I’ve found is rich people are just as patriotic as poor people. Not a joke. I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who’s made money,” Biden told about 100 well-dressed donors at the Carlyle Hotel on New York’s Upper East Side, where the hors d’oeuvres included lobster, chicken satay and crudites. “Truth of the matter is, you all know, you all know in your gut what has to be done,” Biden said. “We can disagree in the margins. But the truth of the matter is, it’s all within our wheelhouse and nobody has to be punished. No one’s standard of living would change. Nothing would fundamentally change,” he said. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-19/biden-tells-elite-donors-he-doesn-t-want-to-demonize-the-rich Nothing would fundamentally change huh? At this point he is a moderate Republican, not a democrat. Look at this @Morphine Prince @OG Gaga Stan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othon 34,299 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said: "No one’s standard of living would change. Nothing would fundamentally change,” he said. At a time when people are struggling to find work and can't feed their kids because they're being paid starvation wages largely because of these wealthy capitalists, this man decides that nothing needs to fundamentally change and that coddling wealthy donors is the best use of his time. Imagine voting for this Republican. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealJT 2,291 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Well at least another 4 years of Trump will guarantee AOC getting elected as the first woman president in 2024 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, OG Gaga Stan said: At a time when people are struggling to find work and can't feed their kids because they're being paid starvation wages largely because of these wealthy capitalists, this man decides that nothing needs to fundamentally change and that coddling wealthy donors is the best use of his time. Imagine voting for this Republican. And there are some people that would rather blame the “Far Left” instead of the politician Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 20, 2019 Author Share Posted June 20, 2019 9 minutes ago, Vroom Vroom said: Well at least another 4 years of Trump will guarantee AOC getting elected as the first woman president in 2024 I can’t wait until she becomes president Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Anyone voting for Biden in the primaries is not a progressive. He is a Republican Lite. Obama chose him as VP probably to win over some moderates. That's it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,515 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 It's like most of the democrats are just pro-something-social republicans Help us Bernie Wan Kenobi, you're our only hope Yes, shockingly, I think I support Bernie, he's really one of the few real liberals out there. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonG 448 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Is he wrong in what he said? There's no reason to "demonize" rich people. Y'all stanning somebody who's worth 300M$ here. Does it make her less patriotic than any of you? What we need to do, is to make sure they pay their fair share of taxes. And many of them are in support of that. There are many rich people who are actually helping tremendously like Elon Musk for example who is pushing aggressively for more advanced technology to support clean air initiatives like electronic cars. Isn't that the "progressive" cause? Or does "progressive" nowadays mean repeating some cheap talking points that demonize rich people wherever they stand on the issues? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 22 minutes ago, MasonG said: Is he wrong in what he said? There's no reason to "demonize" rich people. Y'all stanning somebody who's worth 300M$ here. Does it make her less patriotic than any of you? What we need to do, is to make sure they pay their fair share of taxes. And many of them are in support of that. There are many rich people who are actually helping tremendously like Elon Musk for example who is pushing aggressively for more advanced technology to support clean air initiatives like electronic cars. Isn't that the "progressive" cause? Or does "progressive" nowadays mean repeating some cheap talking points that demonize rich people wherever they stand on the issues? If you have to question whether what he said was wrong or not then you’re lost and uninformed. Progressives aren’t demonizing all rich people, they are pointing out a system which favors the wealthy and disenfranchises the poor. It doesn’t matter what Elon Musk or other people like him do, real change will only come from politicians who have regular people in mind and not their rich donors. Why don’t you go learn whether public busing is related to segregation or not then come back to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevbev 514 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I'm so ****ing over Biden. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn MonHoe 11,011 Posted June 21, 2019 Author Share Posted June 21, 2019 1 minute ago, Kevbev said: I'm so ****ing over Biden. Biden is Hillary 2.0 which is just disastrous. In some respects he is actually worse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,896 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 Just now, Marilyn MonHoe said: Biden is Hillary 2.0 which is just disastrous. In some respects he is actually worse He is much worse imo. With Hillary at least we knew there was room for compromise and she promised to be more progressive. Biden is LITERALLY telling us he will be a Republican. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasonG 448 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, Marilyn MonHoe said: If you have to question whether what he said was wrong or not then you’re lost and uninformed. Progressives aren’t demonizing all rich people, they are pointing out a system which favors the rich and disenfranchises the poor. It doesn’t matter what Elon Musk or other rich people like him do, real change will only come from politicians who have regular people in mind and not their rich donors. Why don’t you go learn whether public busing is related to segregation or not then come back to me That is a policy issue. I was just asking what is it that Biden said that is wrong? He said nobody's standard of living would change. And that is true. Even if you increase tax rates to 50-60% on rich people, their standard of living wouldn't change, which is EXACTLY what Obama said back in the day, that by taxing rich people more fairly, they aren't being punished, and they won't even notice a change in their living standard. What would be wrong, is that if Joe Biden said that democrats are actually trying to punish rich people and lower their living standard, because that's the scare-tactics that republicans are using in trying to make it sound so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficent 6 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, OG Gaga Stan said: At a time when people are struggling to find work and can't feed their kids because they're being paid starvation wages largely because of these wealthy capitalists, this man decides that nothing needs to fundamentally change and that coddling wealthy donors is the best use of his time. Imagine voting for this Republican. You're misinterpreting his quote. He's saying that by raising taxes to 50-60%, the rich peoples standard of living won't change. They wouldnt notice they be losing a larger chunk of their income to taxes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 And this is why he can't be the nominee or the left is gonna get all disillusioned. We need someone who's actually gonna do something about this country and make structural change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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