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Chris
11-14-2018, 10:27 AM
As if they weren't always so except for their rhetoric.

Are Democrats Now the Party of the Rich? (http://reason.com/archives/2018/11/12/are-democrats-now-the-party-of-the-rich)


Maybe it's time to rebrand the Democrats as the party of the rich.

This month saw the election of Jay Robert "J.B." Pritzker as governor of Illinois. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, is worth an estimated $3.2 billion, and spent $171.5 million to get himself elected, according to Money magazine.

Another winner was Edward M. "Ned" Lamont Jr., in the Connecticut governor's race. Lamont, an heir to the J.P. Morgan banking fortune of his great-grandfather Thomas Lamont, estimated his assets in 2006 at between $90 million and $300 million, and showed reporters tax returns last month with income totaling $18 million over 5 years.

The winner of the election for governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, filed financial disclosure forms as a member of the House of Representatives indicating estimated wealth of more than $300 million.

Pritzker, Lamont, and Polis are all Democrats.

The Democratic Party's list of possible presidential contenders for 2020 includes Michael Bloomberg, whose fortune is estimated by Forbes at about $47 billion. A declared presidential candidate is a Democratic congressman from Maryland, John Delaney, who is worth an estimated $90 million. John Forbes Kerry might have another go at it, having recently acquired an $11.75 million, 18.75-acre property on Martha's Vineyard to go with his $10 million house on Boston's Louisburg Square.

And the list of potential successors to Nancy Pelosi as speaker of the House includes a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, Joseph Kennedy III, whose disclosed wealth of about $42 million stems primarily not from the Kennedy side of his family but rather from his mother Sheila Brewster Rauch's status as an heir to the Standard Oil fortune.

When President Trump named an initial team that included Rex Tillerson, Wilbur Ross, and Betsy Devos, the press was quick to label it a cabinet of plutocrats. "Trump's wealthy cabinet choices hark back to gilded age," was the headline The Financial Times put over it.

Somehow, the wealth of Pritzker, Lamont, and Polis has gotten less attention, perhaps because it doesn't so easily fit the country-club Republican stereotype. Instead of writing about the limousine liberals who are so rich they make the Trump cabinet look like a bunch of paupers, the press has been obsessing about how a newly elected congresswoman from the Bronx, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, can't afford to rent a place in Washington until she starts collecting her congressional salary.....

MMC
11-14-2018, 11:12 AM
Yep.....Demos are the party of the Rich. 1%ers.


Remember the Lame Scream Media harping about money in politics. Wonder why they didn't say anything with this Mid Term Election.


DO you think it was due to Bloomberg throwing in 200 mil in just the House elections? the Billionaire Steyers? Warren Buffett? Zuckerberg? Google Owner? Oh and lets not forget the Richest man in the world.(no not Putin)…..Jeff Bezos of Amazon and owner of WAPO?

Captdon
11-14-2018, 11:57 AM
Yep.....Demos are the party of the Rich. 1%ers.


Remember the Lame Scream Media harping about money in politics. Wonder why they didn't say anything with this Mid Term Election.


DO you think it was due to Bloomberg throwing in 200 mil in just the House elections? the Billionaire Steyers? Warren Buffett? Zuckerberg? Google Owner? Oh and lets not forget the Richest man in the world.(no not Putin)…..Jeff Bezos of Amazon and owner of WAPO?

Too much Republican money.

Tahuyaman
11-14-2018, 12:29 PM
Democrats never complain about money in politics as long as it’s their money buying the votes. Billionaire Democrats are all saintly people while millionaire conservatives are evil greedy money grubbers.

MMC
11-14-2018, 04:02 PM
Yo, Chris......check this out. According to these leftists and their study they say its still the Repubs.


https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...cian-congress-respond-citizens-public-opinion (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/2/16226202/oligarchy-political-science-politician-congress-respond-citizens-public-opinion)

MMC
11-14-2018, 04:36 PM
Of course, we also would need some leftists that would have some sort of edumacation to even try and face their reality.

Tahuyaman
11-14-2018, 05:23 PM
Yo, @Chris (http://thepoliticalforums.com/member.php?u=128)......check this out. According to these leftists and their study they say its still the Repubs.


https://www.vox.com/policy-and-poli...cian-congress-respond-citizens-public-opinion (https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/4/2/16226202/oligarchy-political-science-politician-congress-respond-citizens-public-opinion)

The term "Tax Cuts For The Rich" is engrained into every Democrat. That is always going to be their fall back position.

Hoosier8
11-14-2018, 05:30 PM
Telling the richest counties vote blue.

MMC
11-14-2018, 05:46 PM
The term "Tax Cuts For The Rich" is engrained into every Democrat. That is always going to be their fall back position.


Soon, real soon.....they wont have that as a fall back position anymore.

Democrats Emerge From Election 2018 As the Party of the … (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/11/12/democrats_emerge_from_election_2018_as_the_party_o f_the_rich_103493.html)
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Nov 12, 2018 · Maybe it’s time to rebrand the Democrats as the party of the rich. This month saw the election of Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker as governor of Illinois.


Democrats Are Emerging As Party of the Rich ... (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/11/13/democrats_are_emerging_as_party_of_the_rich_458978 .html)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/)/2018/11/13/democrats_are...
Nov 13, 2018 · Democrats Are Emerging As Party of the Rich. Ira Stoll, New York Sun November 13, 2018. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP. This month …

Tahuyaman
11-14-2018, 05:50 PM
Soon, real soon.....they wont have that as a fall back position anymore.

Democrats Emerge From Election 2018 As the Party of the … (https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/11/12/democrats_emerge_from_election_2018_as_the_party_o f_the_rich_103493.html)
https://www (https://www/).realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/11/12/democrats...
Nov 12, 2018 · Maybe it’s time to rebrand the Democrats as the party of the rich. This month saw the election of Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker as governor of Illinois.


Democrats Are Emerging As Party of the Rich ... (https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/11/13/democrats_are_emerging_as_party_of_the_rich_458978 .html)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/)/2018/11/13/democrats_are...
Nov 13, 2018 · Democrats Are Emerging As Party of the Rich. Ira Stoll, New York Sun November 13, 2018. Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via AP. This month …


I'm not disagreeing with your main point, but the Democrats will always be portrayed as the party of the working folks and the less fortunate. The media will see to it. Democrats own the mainstream media.

Peter1469
11-14-2018, 05:54 PM
I'm not disagreeing with your main point, but the Democrats will always be portrayed as the party of the working folks and the less fortunate. The media will see to it. Democrats own the mainstream media.
Under Obama democrats threw the working class under the bus in favor of disparate fringe groups and co-ed bathrooms.

Tahuyaman
11-14-2018, 06:07 PM
Under Obama democrats threw the working class under the bus in favor of disparate fringe groups and co-ed bathrooms.

The media will never go there and you know it.