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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Is he not a millionaire? Could he not just sell off a few assets for the sake of the rest of us?
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also, biden's not *that* rich, compared to other politicians. never has been. i mean he's a "millionaire," sure, but i think it's more "star of a cw show" millionaire rather than "from the kennedy family" millionaire
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He's talked about how the vast majority of his net worth is locked up in his house, and how he almost sold it to pay for Beau's healthcare costs but Obama insisted on writing him a check to cover it
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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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