Problem: big money in politics. Solution: run a big money donor?https://twitter.com/TomSteyer/status/1148579662424973313 …
The hypocrisy card is overplayed in politics, but c'mon: his money is the only reason he's a candidate, & he's avowedly running to deny others the opportunity he has had to use his own wealth to advance his own principles in the democratic process.
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Sure, his money gets him into the game. But the issue for a plutocrat, once they’re in the game is: whose side are they on? Will the support raising their own taxes? Regulating their pollution causing business? Support workers right to organize? Propose campaign finance reform?
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So to be clear: that tweet—just on the issue of campaign finance reform—is vague to me. But if he is proposing genuine reform going forward—reform which would limit his own influence going forward and others like him—then he’s no hypocrite.
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