the optics of that tweet were bad, but over 50% of obama's transition was funded through donations too, it's pretty common and we're only noticing it now because all this other shit is going on
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"the vice president can't afford to pay for his son's medical care" really should've been the moment the healthcare debate ended in this country but ah well nevertheless
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Tbf the government's health plan would've largely paid for everything had Joe himself gotten cancer as VP, or had Beau gotten cancer as Delaware AG (which he actually had, in 2013, only for it to enter remission)
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Obama, himself, was unusually wealthy during his presidency but almost all of that was from his book deal for The Audacity of Hope (and the surging sales for his old book Dreams From My Father) when he was the rising Democratic Party star on the speaker circuit from 04-08
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