2016 Postmortem

californiabernin

(421 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2016, 12:59 AM Feb 2016

Does it bother you that the Clintons are part of the top 0.1%? [View all]

The top one tenth of 1% saw a doubling of the percentage of wealth they own over 30 years.

There were about 160,700 taxpayers in this group, with an average wealth of $72.8 million, in 2012.

The Clintons are one of those 160,700 top 0.1%.

32 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Undecided voter - this doesn't matter/bother me
	2 (6%)
	Undecided voter - this matters/bothers me
	1 (3%)
	Hillary supporter - this matters/bothers me
	0 (0%)
	Hillary supporter - this doesn't matter/bother me
	2 (6%)
	Bernie supporter - this matters/bothers me
	25 (78%)
	Bernie supporter - this doesn't matter/bother me
	2 (6%)
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Does it bother you that the Clintons are part of the top 0.1%? [View all] californiabernin Feb 2016 OP

That they're rich doesn't brother me.... daleanime Feb 2016 #1

^^^ Kittycat Feb 2016 #3

Same here. nt californiabernin Feb 2016 #4

Unless they're in the arts or sports... dchill Feb 2016 #11

Exactly. +1! n/t RufusTFirefly Feb 2016 #14

+10000 eom Arazi Feb 2016 #18

Precisely! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2016 #43

This LittleBlue Feb 2016 #44

FDR was a 1%er workinclasszero Feb 2016 #2

I did not know he was statistically in that group. californiabernin Feb 2016 #10

Well I dont really know for sure workinclasszero Feb 2016 #13

Package deal was @$75K per year. Wilms Feb 2016 #15

Just about every good thing that happened for the average american came because of this rich 1%er workinclasszero Feb 2016 #21

Hillary is no FDR. Wilms Feb 2016 #27

And the Clintons stand for everything that FDR was against. Sen Sanders on the other hand rhett o rick Feb 2016 #30

Meta I guess but there was great mini series about the Roosevelt family on PBS recently workinclasszero Feb 2016 #17

nice try but that was a political speech and he was speaking AS president nt msongs Feb 2016 #25

Yes but he didn't get his money from graft. HRC is so unlike FDR. rhett o rick Feb 2016 #24

So Was Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy and Kerry Stallion Feb 2016 #39

It's not that she's part of that. It's that she protects the rigged game to fuck workers onecaliberal Feb 2016 #5

If This Does Not, It Ought To... CorporatistNation Feb 2016 #6

Darn, that-s what I was going to say! flor-de-jasmim Feb 2016 #7

FDR....under the bus. nt Cali_Democrat Feb 2016 #8

How much did FDR get paid for this speech? californiabernin Feb 2016 #19

since he was actually president at the time he did get paid...by taxpayers lol nt msongs Feb 2016 #26

Yep. He was in their pocket. n/t Wilms Feb 2016 #28

JFK & FDR? FrenchieCat Feb 2016 #9

How much did FDR get paid for this speech? californiabernin Feb 2016 #16

But her supporters don't care Politicalboi Feb 2016 #12

I don't care that they are part of the top 0.1%, I care how they got the money. Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #20

It only matters to me because of how and where they got the money. Attorney in Texas Feb 2016 #22

No it bothers me that they are a couple of power at all costs middle of the road CBGLuthier Feb 2016 #23

Yes, because they put money first. CharlotteVale Feb 2016 #29

Here's a list of the top 10 wealthiest US presidents (adjusted to today's dollars) frazzled Feb 2016 #31

I am in 1% not .1% though Dreadpirate Feb 2016 #32

Interesting peers up there, aren't they? Hydra Feb 2016 #40

It is and Dreadpirate Feb 2016 #42

It's not the amount of the money, it's what you do to accumulate it. n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #33

And, what you do with it once you have it. merrily Feb 2016 #35

True! n/t Skwmom Feb 2016 #37

Things they've done and said "bother" me. merrily Feb 2016 #34

Nope. That they are aggressively FOR the top 0.1% should bother everyone. JackRiddler Feb 2016 #36

I have a problem with them being there and how they got there Hydra Feb 2016 #38

Other rich candidates: 6chars Feb 2016 #41

What matters to me are the policies they espouse. Those are WRONG. eom Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #45

They cashed in on their public service. Legal, but sleazy and greedy, imo. Dems to Win Feb 2016 #46