Battle of the Billionaires

The Democrats in the House set the impeachment trial for a time that would totally take the Democratic candidates off the campaign trail, gluing them to their Senate seats in DC, while trashing Biden's reputation. Only "Mayor Pete" could campaign of the top candidates without a cloud over him. The trial also consumed all political coverage as if the primary candidates didn't exist.

In this void of coverage of the primary, Bloomberg spent over a quarter of a million dollars to be the only candidate Democrats saw, while also serving to buy off the MSM with hundreds of millions of dollars. To no surprise, the MSM and press has never presented anything negative about Bloomberg.

With the Democratics and MSM selling nearly 100% primary candidate coverage to Bloomberg with zero negative or critical coverage about him, without him doing any actual campaigning and just having consultants doing ads for him, Bloomberg bought himself into 4th or possibly now 3rd place, including paying off the DNC to give him a spot in the debate.

This election will be a battle between of the billionaires. Not only does Bloomberg have ten times as many billions to spend as Trump, but virtually all billionaires will back Bloomberg in response to most the other Democratic candidates vowing to raise taxes on billionaires.

So - pick your billionaire. The poll is how you will vote if it is Trump vs Bloomberg in the general election.

Bloomberg is actually the only Democratic candidate I wouldn't vote for if he got the nomination. I believe elections should be based on the quality of the candidate, his message and the views of the American people. Bloomberg believes he can buy the election, and getting big money out of politics is one of my top political priorities. Your chances to be elected should not dramatically increase just because you throw a lot of money at it. Why isn't he out canvassing election states, speaking to normal Americans and defending his views in the TV debates? He's a low-effort candidate and symbolizes everything that's wrong with American politics. He'd still be better than Trump, but that means absolutely nothing.

joko104 said:

The Democrats in the House set the impeachment trial for a time that would totally take the Democratic candidates off the campaign trail, gluing them to their Senate seats in DC, while trashing Biden's reputation. Only "Mayor Pete" could campaign of the top candidates without a cloud over him. The trial also consumed all political coverage as if the primary candidates didn't exist.

In this void of coverage of the primary, Bloomberg spent over a quarter of a million dollars to be the only candidate Democrats saw, while also serving to buy off the MSM with hundreds of millions of dollars. To no surprise, the MSM and press has never presented anything negative about Bloomberg.

With the Democratics and MSM selling nearly 100% primary candidate coverage to Bloomberg with zero negative or critical coverage about him, without him doing any actual campaigning and just having consultants doing ads for him, Bloomberg bought himself into 4th or possibly now 3rd place, including paying off the DNC to give him a spot in the debate.

This election will be a battle between of the billionaires. Not only does Bloomberg have ten times as many billions to spend as Trump, but virtually all billionaires will back Bloomberg in response to most the other Democratic candidates vowing to raise taxes on billionaires.

So - pick your billionaire. The poll is how you will vote if it is Trump vs Bloomberg in the general election.

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It's irrelevant because Bloomberg isn't going to get the nomination.

RabidAlpaca said:

Bloomberg is actually the only Democratic candidate I wouldn't vote for if he got the nomination. I believe elections should be based on the quality of the candidate, his message and the views of the American people. Bloomberg believes he can buy the election, and getting big money out of politics is one of my top political priorities. Your chances to be elected should not dramatically increase just because you throw a lot of money at it. Why isn't he out canvassing election states, speaking to normal Americans and defending his views in the TV debates? He's a low-effort candidate and symbolizes everything that's wrong with American politics. He'd still be better than Trump, but that means absolutely nothing.

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Bloomberg is pretty much the one that i would vote for.

joko104 said:

The Democrats in the House set the impeachment trial for a time that would totally take the Democratic candidates off the campaign trail, gluing them to their Senate seats in DC, while trashing Biden's reputation. Only "Mayor Pete" could campaign of the top candidates without a cloud over him. The trial also consumed all political coverage as if the primary candidates didn't exist.

In this void of coverage of the primary, Bloomberg spent over a quarter of a million dollars to be the only candidate Democrats saw, while also serving to buy off the MSM with hundreds of millions of dollars. To no surprise, the MSM and press has never presented anything negative about Bloomberg.

With the Democratics and MSM selling nearly 100% primary candidate coverage to Bloomberg with zero negative or critical coverage about him, without him doing any actual campaigning and just having consultants doing ads for him, Bloomberg bought himself into 4th or possibly now 3rd place, including paying off the DNC to give him a spot in the debate.

This election will be a battle between of the billionaires. Not only does Bloomberg have ten times as many billions to spend as Trump, but virtually all billionaires will back Bloomberg in response to most the other Democratic candidates vowing to raise taxes on billionaires.

So - pick your billionaire. The poll is how you will vote if it is Trump vs Bloomberg in the general election.

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I would vote for Bloomberg over Trump. However, with that said, I don't think Bloomberg will get the nomination.

rocket88 said:

Bloomberg is pretty much the one that i would vote for.

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Why? When has he shown any interest in the issues facing the common American? Why isn't he putting in the hard work the other candidates are instead of coasting on his wealth? Do you believe having a lot of money makes one well equipped to be President? Bloomberg has had a long career of ****ting on America's Constitutional rights and has not even attempted to make his case to the American people for why he should be President.

rocket88 said:

Bloomberg is pretty much the one that i would vote for.

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Bloomberg is trash and an actual oligarch.

New York City minus New York State has a GDP higher than Italy. Bloomberg has experience. I would vote for him.

swing_voter said:

New York City minus New York State has a GDP higher than Italy. Bloomberg has experience. I would vote for him.

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Shouldn't that make you skeptical of the GPD rating system?

swing_voter said:

New York City minus New York State has a GDP higher than Italy. Bloomberg has experience. I would vote for him.

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See what I mean? Most Democrats actually worship the super rich. The largest concentration of billionaires in in NYC so therefore it is the perfect system for you. That rent for a 2 room flat in a Harlem brown stone former project housing costs more than renting the typical 4 bedroom house in most of the USA doesn't matter to you. Rather, it is all about the wealthy to you.

I have posted hundreds of messages pointing out that while that actually most progressives completely worship mega billionaires and mega billion dollar corporations. Progressivism is corporate fascism on the same psychology of 1930s Germany in which the German people believed the super rich corporations - promising liberalism and socialist social programs - was their salvation, when it was their destruction.

Socialism coming from the super rich always makes the super rich even richer and more powerful - and everyone else poorer while increasingly oppressed and their rights taken away for the common good.

Dans La Lune said:

Bloomberg is trash and an actual oligarch.

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He's a totalitarian control-freak fascist who buys whatever he wants. For example, like the presidency there was a 2 term limit to being mayor of NYC. So near the end of his 2nd term he bought off a change in the law to give him a 3rd term. He repeatedly declared himself the monarch of NYC, ignoring the city council as if they didn't exist sign edicts dictating what people may and may not eat, how much they can eat or any other control-freak authoritarianism he that came to his mind.

If you think Trump is a control freak ego maniac, you ain't seen nothing yet if Bloomberg becomes president. Get ready to reading the newspaper to learn what you will be eating today like a school kid and the school menu, plus learning what colors you may wear today.

RabidAlpaca said:

Bloomberg is actually the only Democratic candidate I wouldn't vote for if he got the nomination. I believe elections should be based on the quality of the candidate, his message and the views of the American people. Bloomberg believes he can buy the election, and getting big money out of politics is one of my top political priorities. Your chances to be elected should not dramatically increase just because you throw a lot of money at it. Why isn't he out canvassing election states, speaking to normal Americans and defending his views in the TV debates? He's a low-effort candidate and symbolizes everything that's wrong with American politics. He'd still be better than Trump, but that means absolutely nothing.

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While he is wealthy, Trump did not buy the presidency. Clinton spent much more. Bloomberg has literally bought his way to the top 3 now - in the most corrupt ways and with zero campaigning himself. He's just paying consultants, buying off the MSM and press with hundreds of millions of dollars. We just saw how the Senate trial was used to silence the other candidates and just saw the DNC sell him a slot in the debate.

How do we know that Trump is a billionaire? Because John Barron said so?

joko104 said:

The Democrats in the House set the impeachment trial for a time that would totally take the Democratic candidates off the campaign trail, gluing them to their Senate seats in DC, while trashing Biden's reputation. Only "Mayor Pete" could campaign of the top candidates without a cloud over him. The trial also consumed all political coverage as if the primary candidates didn't exist.

In this void of coverage of the primary, Bloomberg spent over a quarter of a million dollars to be the only candidate Democrats saw, while also serving to buy off the MSM with hundreds of millions of dollars. To no surprise, the MSM and press has never presented anything negative about Bloomberg.

With the Democratics and MSM selling nearly 100% primary candidate coverage to Bloomberg with zero negative or critical coverage about him, without him doing any actual campaigning and just having consultants doing ads for him, Bloomberg bought himself into 4th or possibly now 3rd place, including paying off the DNC to give him a spot in the debate.

This election will be a battle between of the billionaires. Not only does Bloomberg have ten times as many billions to spend as Trump, but virtually all billionaires will back Bloomberg in response to most the other Democratic candidates vowing to raise taxes on billionaires.

So - pick your billionaire. The poll is how you will vote if it is Trump vs Bloomberg in the general election.

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Billionaires don't worry at all about the tax code hurting them because they have infinite resources to shelter their income from any onerous taxes. That's why almost all oppose President Trump who puts America first and his policies actually had the top 1% paying more. Most billionaires support Democrats or Republicans who will maintain the status quo. Democrat policies benefit billionaires by making it much tougher for their competitors to compete.

AlbqOwl said:

Billionaires don't worry at all about the tax code hurting them because they have infinite resources to shelter their income from any onerous taxes. That's why almost all oppose President Trump who puts America first and his policies actually had the top 1% paying more. Most billionaires support Democrats or Republicans who will maintain the status quo. Democrat policies benefit billionaires by making it much tougher for their competitors to compete.

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90%+ plus of the tax code is specific exemptions for the super rich, with each billionaire buying whatever exemptions they want.

I will never vote for a republican for anything

Won't vote 3rd.party cause that is as bad as voting for a republican

j brown's body said:

How do we know that Trump is a billionaire? Because John Barron said so?

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Bloomberg is rated as the 14th wealthiest person on earth. Trump is rated at the 577th wealthiest person on earth. Obviously Bloomberg is the more qualified candidate for president, right? After he dies during his 4th term, the next President clearly should be Jeff Bezos with one of the four WalMart heirs at over $20 billion each as VP.

Congressional seats still could available to mere multi-millionaires.

molten_dragon said:

It's irrelevant because Bloomberg isn't going to get the nomination.

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Heard 2 Bloomberg ads on the radio while posting on this thread. Now he's hiring actors to make his ads. With ZERO campaigning of any kind, he has bought his way into 3rd place.

It is bizarre reading Democrats rant about the super rich, while one of the wealthiest people on earth is proving he can buy the Democratic nomination - meaning those same Democrats. I've always posted that the new progressive Democratic Party is the party of the super rich and corporate fascism. Most progressive Democrats worship billionaires and mega billion dollar corporations.

Post ANYTHING against Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates on this forum and most Democrats trip over themselves furiously defending them.

RabidAlpaca said:

Bloomberg is actually the only Democratic candidate I wouldn't vote for if he got the nomination. I believe elections should be based on the quality of the candidate, his message and the views of the American people. Bloomberg believes he can buy the election, and getting big money out of politics is one of my top political priorities. Your chances to be elected should not dramatically increase just because you throw a lot of money at it. Why isn't he out canvassing election states, speaking to normal Americans and defending his views in the TV debates? He's a low-effort candidate and symbolizes everything that's wrong with American politics. He'd still be better than Trump, but that means absolutely nothing.

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I tend to agree.

At first I thought Bloomberg might be a breath of fresh air among the dems because of speculation that he was running as more of a moderate. But look at his ads. He is spewing mostly liberal politics that are really no different than the others on that side.

Also he hasn't been fully truthful about his politics. He initially ran for mayor as a republican, then switched to independent, then became a democrat. Then again, Trump did the party switching quite a few times too.

joko104 said:

Heard 2 Bloomberg ads on the radio while posting on this thread. Now he's hiring actors to make his ads. With ZERO campaigning of any kind, he has bought his way into 3rd place.

It is bizarre reading Democrats rant about the super rich, while one of the wealthiest people on earth is proving he can buy the Democratic nomination - meaning those same Democrats. I've always posted that the new progressive Democratic Party is the party of the super rich and corporate fascism. Most progressive Democrats worship billionaires and mega billion dollar corporations.

Post ANYTHING against Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates on this forum and most Democrats trip over themselves furiously defending them.

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I don't think Sanders personally worships billionaire CEOs or large corporations. In fact he probably despises them more than anything, but I'm sure he'd be happy to take money from them if any of them were to donate to his campaign.

We have a political system based on wealth because that's the way the wealthy set it up. It's a system they control largely because they want to control the tax code and limit competition, at the same time dominate government contracts.

Investment taxes and rules greatly favor the rich.

Only a few companies dominate the food market, and they own the FDA. Our food supply has been horribly adulterated. And nobody in their right mind follows the agriculture departments "Food Pyramid". It's not just here, it's global. Now Bayer, a European mega corporation, has bought Monsanto. Monsanto owns Roundup. Roundup is glyphosate, a poison. It's in most things we eat. Bayer has won a fight to keep it legal. It will be 2022 before it can be looked at again in Europe.

Most defense contracts go to major corporations, whether the military wants them or not.

the medical industry is run by big corporations. When you go to see your doctor, he has a "script" to follow on that tablet he now carries around. In the end, it tells him what pills to prescribe. The pharmaceutical companies wrote that "script".

Ever wonder why used cars cost more here than most anywhere else in the world? The "bluebook" companies which set value on used cars are owned by Cox Enterprises, which is heavily into used car auctions, among their various other industries.

The game is rigged. All the games are rigged.

As I stated, people can be bought cheap. The endorsements of Bloomberg are coming in fast!

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Scott Peters, U.S. Representative from CA-52 since 2013[6]
Stephanie Murphy, U.S. Representative from FL-07 since 2017[7](previously endorsed Beto O'Rourke)[8]
Bobby Rush, U.S. Representative from IL-01 since 1993 (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)[9]
Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative from NJ-11 since 2019 (previously endorsed Cory Booker)[10]
Max Rose, U.S. Representative from NY-11 since 2019[11]
Ben McAdams, U.S. Representative from UT-04 since 2019[12]
Juan Vargas, U.S. Representative from CA-51 since 2013[13]
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Todd Kaminsky, New York Senator from District 9 since 2016[19]
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Steve Bellone, Suffolk County Executive since 2012[21]
Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska since 2015[22]
Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington, D.C. since 2015[23]
London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco, California since 2018; former acting Mayor (2017-2018)[24] (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)[25]
Aja Brown, Mayor of Compton, California since 2013[26] (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)[27]
Serge Dedina, Mayor of Imperial Beach, California since 2014[28]
Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky since 2011[29]
Yxstian Gutierrez, Mayor of Moreno Valley, California since 2015[28]
Dan Horrigan, Mayor of Akron, Ohio since 2016[30] (previously endorsed Tim Ryan)[31]
Sam Liccardo, Mayor of San Jose, California since 2014[32] (previously endorsed Kamala Harris) [33]
Gary McCarthy, Mayor of Schenectady, New York since 2011[28]
Adrian Perkins, Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana since 2018[34]
Libby Schaaf, Mayor of Oakland, California since 2014[35] (previously endorsed Kamala Harris)
Kathy Sheehan, Mayor of Albany, New York since 2014[22]
Ken Miyagishima, Mayor of Las Cruces, New Mexico since 2007[28]
Mike Spano, Mayor of Yonkers, New York since 2012[36]
Mary Salas, Mayor of Chula Vista, California since 2014[14]
Jim Strickland, Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee since 2016[37]
Michael Tubbs, Mayor of Stockton, California since 2016.[38]
Victoria Woodards, Mayor of Tacoma, Washington since 2018[39]
Alan Webber, Mayor of Santa Fe since 2018[28]
Former
Manny Diaz, Mayor of Miami (2001–2009) (previously endorsed Joe Biden)[40]
Philip Levine, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (2013–2017)[41]
Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia (2008–2016)[42] (initially endorsed Bloomberg;[43] after Bloomberg announced he would not run in March, 2019, Nutter endorsed Biden;[44] Nutter switched his endorsement to Bloomberg on December 20, 2019 under one month into Bloomberg's bid)[45]
Antonio Villaraigosa, Speaker of the California Assembly (1998-2000), Majority Leader of the California Assembly (1996-1998), California Assemblyman from District 45 (1994-2000); Mayor of Los Angeles (2005-2013)[46]
Karen Weaver, Mayor of Flint, Michigan (2015–2019)[22]
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RabidAlpaca said:

Bloomberg is actually the only Democratic candidate I wouldn't vote for if he got the nomination. I believe elections should be based on the quality of the candidate, his message and the views of the American people. Bloomberg believes he can buy the election, and getting big money out of politics is one of my top political priorities. Your chances to be elected should not dramatically increase just because you throw a lot of money at it. Why isn't he out canvassing election states, speaking to normal Americans and defending his views in the TV debates? He's a low-effort candidate and symbolizes everything that's wrong with American politics. He'd still be better than Trump, but that means absolutely nothing.

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You forgot that he's also a Chinese shill and Xi cheerleader:

Breaking News: Richard Spencer endorses Michael Bloomberg.

joko104 said:

90%+ plus of the tax code is specific exemptions for the super rich, with each billionaire buying whatever exemptions they want.

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But if you don't make it attractive for them to do business and pay some taxes here, they'll shelter all their taxable resources off shore where our taxman can't get at them. President Trump's policies, however, have brought trillions of those dollars home or put them back in circulation because he has made more attractive to do business here than elsewhere. That has resulted in record low unemployment not because people give up on getting a decent job and drop out of the work force but because everybody who wants a job can get one these days. And rising incomes because it is a seller's market for labor and the country is flush with venture, operating, and expansion capital. For the first time in a long time, the working class incomes have been rising faster than the 1%ers. It has been an amazing thing to watch.