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And Bloomberg can afford it by spending a small fraction of his wealth. Standard fare for modern inequality
by shmageggy 7y ago
And Bloomberg can afford it by spending a small fraction of his wealth. Standard fare for modern inequality
- thedance 7y agoBloomberg taking the most practical approach to wealth inequality. All the other candidates just talk about it but Bloomberg is sending billions hurling down the wealth gradient!
- dreae 7y agoRealistically tens of millions at best. Assuming the Bloomberg campaign hires 200 people for this strategy (the article states "hundreds") it would take 167 years for him to spend $1 billion on it.
- shmageggy 7y agoHe's already spent $460 million.
- w4 7y agoWhy is this being downvoted? It’s accurate: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/bloomberg-spends-about-7-million-day-his-campaign-latest-filing-n1140001 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/bloomberg-spe...
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoThat figure is for his entire campaign, not just for salaried internet trolls.
- jjeaff 7y agoPresumably, the astroturfers are not the only money that is making its way to regular employees.
- ska 7y agoPresumably the vast majority of that on conventional ads and campaign infrastructure though, which hardly has the same effect.
- 3fe9a03ccd14ca5 7y agoTrickle down shilling.