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Biden 2020

In reply to the discussion: Third Challenge, a Home Run [View all]

Sloumeau

(2,657 posts)
9. The way I see it,
Sun Mar 1, 2020, 12:52 PM
Mar 2020

Bloomberg currently has two great loves:

1. A desire to be in the White House

2. A long term love of money.

The way I see it, the main thing that could placate him from his White House dream would be the promise of massive tons of cash. The promise of something like an ambassadorship that would be worth its weight in million-dollar treasury bonds might be enough to persuade him.

Our best hope is if lots of Bloomberg fans switch away from Bloomberg on Tuesday (preferably to Warren or Klobuchar in their home states, to Biden everywhere else). If Bloomberg underperforms after spending all of that money, he may realize that a Biden in the White House that he put there is worth more than spending hundreds of millions not to get there himself. If Bloomberg puts Biden in the White House, Biden will owe him big time. If Bloomberg cannot figure out a way to monetize that, he won't really be trying.

Rich people and corporations will be lining Trump's pockets hoping that he can win and then offer deficit exploding tax cuts in return. Fear of a "wealth tax" and other such taxes on the rich will make money flow like rivers for Trump. If the trade-off to that is some company Bloomberg owns getting a fat government contract to build roads or schools, I can certainly live with that. Someone's company has to do the work. If that company happens to be largely owned by the guy who helped us kick Donald Trump out of office, more power to him. Some of the money that Bloomberg makes can help fund Biden's reelection in 4 years.

Third Challenge, a Home Run [View all] peggysue2 Feb 2020 OP
Go Joe!!!! Pachamama Feb 2020 #1
Celebrating feels so good mainstreetonce Feb 2020 #2
So exciting. Joe would be the antidote to Trump. He talks a lot about getting knocked down and emmaverybo Feb 2020 #3
Feels good, doesn't it??? peggysue2 Feb 2020 #4
Is it too soon to start a Rep. Clyburn appreciation thread? padah513 Feb 2020 #5
No. Not too soon at all peggysue2 Feb 2020 #6
Imagine if Bloomberg dropped out after Super Tuesday, Sloumeau Mar 2020 #7
I like the way your imagination percolates! peggysue2 Mar 2020 #8
The way I see it, Sloumeau Mar 2020 #9
x1000! peggysue2 Mar 2020 #10
Biden shouldn't have any problem disndat Mar 2020 #11
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