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fescuerescue

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12. That's true. however

Reply to ashredux (Reply #6)

Thu Oct 7, 2021, 08:28 AM

Oct 2021

It's almost ALWAYS the case that being VP is your last job in politics.

Very few Vice Presidents ever work in politics again. The only ones that do, become Presidents. I had to go back to Henry Wallace in 1946 to find a VP that found a job in politics that wasn't President. (Wallace became Commerce Secretary)

It's kinda of a weird duality. It's probably the end of your political career. But it's also the best launching pad to become President.

The ones that don't become Presidents, usually end up running a university or hedge fund.

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