Bloomberg (CNN town hall) just repeated commitment to using his money to help our nominee,

[highplainsdem]

and to use his campaign offices as well, no matter who our nominee is.

Loud applause in response to that.

[BilltheCat]

1. Thank God

He's a good man clearly.

[yaesu]

2. that's good and I would think he wouldn't want to reverse course now after spending all that money

fighting tRump, even to him that is no drop in a bucket. We all must at least give him a chance to make his case of why he should get the vote. All candidates should have an even playing field whether they are rich or not, whether we like them or not.

[backtoblue]

3. K & R nt

[helpisontheway]

4. Sanders said he does not want Bloomberg's help. Nt

[Mz Pip]

6. Sorry

But that’s just nuts if your up against Trump’s war chest.

[DrToast]

8. Too bad.

[Kaleva]

10. Irrelevant because by law Bloomberg can only donate so much to Sanders directly

But Bloomberg would be free to air as many pro-sanders/anti-Trump ads as he wants to buy as long as he doesn't coordinate with the Sanders campaign.

[NedBraden]

13. Makes me like

Bernie.


Bloomberg money is dirty v

[Mz Pip]

5. It was a good town hall

He presented himself very well. Much better than the screechfests the
Democratic debates have been.

[JudyM]

7. Doesn't mean much because he refused to even give a ballpark amount of how much he'd "help."

[Blue_true]

9. He spent $200 million helping down ballot democrats in 2018.

My guess is he will do a lot more than that in 2020. He pulls in $2 billion per year before taxes, even if he did nothing but bathe and brush his teeth each morning.

BTW, Warren Buffett just publicly said that he is a democrat. My guess is Bezos also leans democrat, even as Bernie hammers him.

[JudyM]

12. bernie hammers him because amazon isn't paying taxes while causing significant social costs.

[Blue_true]

15. Amazon has years of loss carryforwards, if you want to prevent the company from

using them, then change the tax code.

Bezos pays Amazon employees a minimum of $15 per hour. The minimum wage in many states is close to half that amount. So Amazon employees are doing better than their peers in most states, including all blue states (some blue cities have $15 minimum, but only Washington State is actively pushing toward $15 statewide).

Is $15 and adequate wage? The wage generates $600 per week before taxes. Assuming an 18% federal income tax, a 3.2% FICA tax and a 1.48% Medicare tax, and no state tax, and no healthcare contribution, that leaves a person with $1,855 per month take home pay or $22,268 per year. If a person is single and frugal, that person would eek by, anyone else that doesn't have a working spouse or no kids are screwed. But, Bezos pays more than the companies around him in most places, so if his people are struggling, a lot of people are struggling - the question is how to fix that. I know one way that we will not fix it, that is allow Trump to get reelected because we are chasing impossible to achieve objectives.

[Cal Carpenter]

16. "..then change the tax code."

That's a major part of Bernie's platform. Perhaps you weren't aware.

[Blue_true]

18. That is a major part of each of the candidates

Platform. Perhaps you haven't been listening.

[Skya Rhen]

11. He refused to say how much money he would commit to - didn't sound re-assuring...

[Kaleva]

14. Which candidate has said how much they'll commit to?

[democrattotheend]

17. Did he address whether he would spend the money even if Bernie doesn't want him to?

Glad to hear he's still willing to spend the money despite the attacks he's gotten at the debates.