As Elizabeth has gained traction in the Democratic primary, there's even more urgency. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg's billionaire friend Leon Cooperman literally cried on television a couple of...
We already have a historically huge and diverse Democratic primary field, but get this:
If non-billionaires in America were running for the Democratic nomination at the same rate as billionaires are, we’d have more than 1.5 million candidates.
What does that tell us? It tells us that the system is so rigged in favor of the ultra-rich that they’d rather try to buy our democracy than see our economy work for everybody.
As Elizabeth has gained traction in the Democratic primary, there’s even more urgency. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s billionaire friend Leon Cooperman literally cried on television a couple of weeks ago while discussing the prospect of a President Warren making billionaires’ pay their fair share.
So what’s Michael Bloomberg’s plan? Spend money to convince the many to keep enriching the few.
He’s spending $36 million (and counting!) this week on television ads. We will be outspent, this week — by a lot.
But what we can do is keep hiring organizers to have real conversations with people about what needs to change in America to expand the middle class — real conversations between neighbors, friends, and family about how to make our country finally work for everybody.
It’s not a billion-dollar business idea — but it is how we can win, no matter how much he spends.