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onecaliberal

(32,786 posts)
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:06 PM May 2020

I wish the media would start digging into these millionaire politicians.

How does a Senator making 200,000 a year have a net worth of 22 million or more?

Senator Burr is far from the only one who needs to be investigated. If we don’t stop corporate owned politicians we will never get anywhere. These millionaire pricks are going to vote against more help for people in this pandemic.

One in 5 is hungry, RIGHT NOW. I’m struggling to understand the abject cruelty and soullessness.

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I wish the media would start digging into these millionaire politicians. (Original Post) onecaliberal May 2020 OP
We need more lawsuits to get financial records from republicans who took $$ from russia during BComplex May 2020 #1
Yeah, I don't understand this talking point some Dems have that we should Mike 03 May 2020 #2
This is a little dated, but interesting. CrispyQ May 2020 #3
Careful what you ask for... Fix The Stupid May 2020 #4
If they're corporate owned they need to go. onecaliberal May 2020 #5
That's a totally fair point. Mike 03 May 2020 #7
We don't have a media in the U.S., we have a collection of lapdogs... abqtommy May 2020 #6

BComplex

(8,020 posts)
1. We need more lawsuits to get financial records from republicans who took $$ from russia during
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:09 PM
May 2020

the 2016 elections.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
2. Yeah, I don't understand this talking point some Dems have that we should
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:19 PM
May 2020

"turn the page" on this administration, move on and forget about holding people accountable. My fantasy is that the Biden administration hires so many forensic accountants that children deciding what to study in college think, "Wow, I want to be a forensic accountant because there are so many job opportunities in Washington!"

Fix The Stupid

(947 posts)
4. Careful what you ask for...
Thu May 14, 2020, 12:49 PM
May 2020

This isn't a red/blue issue...

Start looking at ALL their net worth's, not just the republicans...

Of course, on this site, this can be construed as an 'attack' and fully expect it to get hidden.


Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
7. That's a totally fair point.
Thu May 14, 2020, 02:05 PM
May 2020

Parenthetically, one point Craig Unger makes in his book House of Trump, House of Putin is that Russia has tried for decades to buy off both Democrats and Republicans, but had so little luck buying off Democrats (they did have some) that they eventually gave up and focus only on Republicans.

So, go after them both, but I think we'll find many more corrupt Republicans.

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