Does it bother you that the Clintons are part of the top 0.1%?

[californiabernin]

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%.

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[daleanime]

1. That they're rich doesn't brother me....

how they got rich worries the hell out of me.

[Kittycat]

3. ^^^

[californiabernin]

4. Same here. nt

[dchill]

11. Unless they're in the arts or sports...

How they got rich is bound to smell.

[RufusTFirefly]

14. Exactly. +1! n/t

[Arazi]

18. +10000 eom

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

43. Precisely!

Bernie & Elizabeth 2016!!!

[LittleBlue]

44. This

[workinclasszero]

2. FDR was a 1%er

And the best president the common man has ever had.

i rest my case.

[californiabernin]

10. I did not know he was statistically in that group.

But I don't think it rests the case. How much did FDR get per speech?

"We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred."

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15219

[workinclasszero]

13. Well I dont really know for sure

But his family was fabulously wealthy and had two presidents in it.

The speech thing...w/e.

[Wilms]

15. Package deal was @$75K per year.

All chats included.

[workinclasszero]

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

The greatest democrat IMHO

[Wilms]

27. Hillary is no FDR.

Don't even.

[rhett o rick]

30. And the Clintons stand for everything that FDR was against. Sen Sanders on the other hand

believes in the New Deal. We need another New Deal and the Clintons won't help us.

[workinclasszero]

17. Meta I guess but there was great mini series about the Roosevelt family on PBS recently

I highly recommend it.

I think its online or netflix.

[msongs]

25. nice try but that was a political speech and he was speaking AS president nt

[rhett o rick]

24. Yes but he didn't get his money from graft. HRC is so unlike FDR.

In fact her husband helped dismantle some of the good works of FDR and HRC applauded.

Do you even understand the concept of quid pro quo?

[Stallion]

39. So Was Kennedy, Kennedy, Kennedy and Kerry

this website gets better and better every day

[onecaliberal]

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

62 people with more wealth than 3.4 billion. Let that sink in. Those numbers are people.

[CorporatistNation]

6. If This Does Not, It Ought To...

No rules are out there that apply to Hillary it would seem...

[flor-de-jasmim]

7. Darn, that-s what I was going to say!

[Cali_Democrat]

8. FDR....under the bus. nt

[californiabernin]

19. How much did FDR get paid for this speech?

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15219

[msongs]

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

[Wilms]

28. Yep. He was in their pocket. n/t

[FrenchieCat]

9. JFK & FDR?

So no.

[californiabernin]

16. How much did FDR get paid for this speech?

We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace—business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering.

They had begun to consider the Government of the United States as a mere appendage to their own affairs. We know now that Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob.

Never before in all our history have these forces been so united against one candidate as they stand today. They are unanimous in their hate for me—and I welcome their hatred.

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=15219

[Politicalboi]

12. But her supporters don't care

She gets a pass from them. They don't care how she got it. It's disgusting.

[Motown_Johnny]

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

Hillary making ~$21 million in speaking fees in less than 24 months is an issue for me.


If she were no longer running for office it wouldn't be an issue. Because she is, it is.

[Attorney in Texas]

22. It only matters to me because of how and where they got the money.

[CBGLuthier]

23. No it bothers me that they are a couple of power at all costs middle of the road

corporate sellout two-face jerks.

[CharlotteVale]

29. Yes, because they put money first.

[frazzled]

31. Here's a list of the top 10 wealthiest US presidents (adjusted to today's dollars)

You'll be surprised (George Washington beats them all by a mile, and yes, both Roosevelts, LBJ, the populist Andrew Jackson, etc. are on the list):

http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/02/18/Who-were-the-10-wealthiest-US-presidents/8051361203821/

[Dreadpirate]

32. I am in 1% not .1% though

It is disgusting here in this percentage. Unless ur a startup/tech guy, it is not about brains anymore. It's who you know and how much of your soul you are willing to sell to go deep into the 1%. You will get cut off at the knees if you don't play ball. I'm good at the edges, money ain't worth it.

Yes, I'm saying the Clinton's have sold out.

[Hydra]

40. Interesting peers up there, aren't they?

I spent a day up there once. An entirely different world, IMO.

[Dreadpirate]

42. It is and

it reinforced my ideals more to see this side.

[Skwmom]

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

[merrily]

35. And, what you do with it once you have it.

[Skwmom]

37. True! n/t

[merrily]

34. Things they've done and said "bother" me.

[JackRiddler]

36. Nope. That they are aggressively FOR the top 0.1% should bother everyone.

[Hydra]

38. I have a problem with them being there and how they got there

They got there by increasing the power and wealth of the 1% at the expense of everyone else. They were adopted into that club for doing so.

We can't pretend that Hillary's proposed presidency will not be more of the same. We don't need richer 1%ers, we need economic reform.

[6chars]

41. Other rich candidates:

Obamas (two Harvard Law grads, though not quite so rich, but they will become richer by the time they are the Clinton's age), John Kerry (richer, if you count Heinz money), Al Gore (now richer than the Clintons). Even Carter was fairly rich.

That leaves recent outliers of Michael Dukakis, Walter Mondale, and George McGovern. That is not a promising lineup for Dems to emulate in trying to take the White House.

[Betty Karlson]

45. What matters to me are the policies they espouse. Those are WRONG. eom

[Dems to Win]

46. They cashed in on their public service. Legal, but sleazy and greedy, imo.

I sure don't want them back in the White House.