Mayor Bloomberg officially announces candidacy for the Presidency

[Perd Hapley]

I just heard audio from a Bloomberg ad, and it actually said that people who like their health coverage can keep it. Not saying he's going to lose, but his billions seem to have bought him tone-deaf ad guys.

[dogmush]

I heard an interesting assessment on the news this morning: He has spent something like $150 million to prop up and get dems elected and/or appointed to various positions in many states, and the talk was that it's now time for all those people to pay the godfather and use their positions to push his candidacy. Or else.

How would you describe that position in latin terms?

Asking for a friend.

[230RN]

^
Squid professional quote?

"One day I may ask a favor from you in return.  Until then it is just a gift"  (Paraquote from "The Godfather.")

[230RN]

double post

[brimic]

Oh good, I can't wait for the sweeping gun and high capacity assault soda bans.

[Perd Hapley]

How would you describe that position in latin terms?

Asking for a friend.

 

[WLJ]

I need to make a Costco run and stock up on large* capacity cups.

*Holds more than 10oz

[Ben]

How would you describe that position in latin terms?

Asking for a friend.

 

[gunsmith]

a lot of my drunk ny friends who think they are conservative because they recognize how
dumb AOC is, actually like bloomberg - support his stop and frisk laws.

but outside of friends/family of NY L.E/ F.D, i doubt he will get much traction.

I'm glad he is way more arrogant than Trump, Trump has a great sense of humor
and knew that he needed a TV show to learn how to communicate to a national sized audience.
Bloomberg knows that people are stupid at the national level but doesn't know he can't telegraph that and win an election.

it will be like the bush/gore debate ... Gore, nominally smarter than Bush, came off as Gore, rude , condescending , arrogant and bloomberg will do the same

[WLJ]

Tax the poor and they'll live longer

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, however, took a very different approach to the subject. During the International Monetary Fund's 2018 Spring Meeting he actually argued that taxing the poor is a good thing.

"[Some] say, well, 'taxes are regressive.' But in this case, yes they are, that's the good thing about them because the problem is in people that don't have a lot of money," Bloomberg said. "And so higher taxes should have a bigger impact on their behavior and how they deal with themselves."

"So I listen to people saying, 'Oh, we don't want to tax the poor.' Well, we want the poor to live longer so that they can get an education and enjoy life and that's why you do want to do exactly what a lot of people say you don't want to do," he explained. "The question is: do you want to pander to those people or do you want to get them to live longer?"

FLASHBACK: Remember When Bloomberg Said Taxing the Poor Helps Them Live Longer?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/11/30/huh-bloomberg-believes-taxing-the-poor-helps-them-live-longer-n2557259

[Ben]

Tax the poor and they'll live longer

FLASHBACK: Remember When Bloomberg Said Taxing the Poor Helps Them Live Longer?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/11/30/huh-bloomberg-believes-taxing-the-poor-helps-them-live-longer-n2557259

I suppose there is a somewhat weird intersection of his venn diagram and mine. I want to tax the poor so they have some skin in the game. When you get to slide on taxes plus get free stuff, it only makes you want more free stuff because you have no responsibilities nor any negative consequences. If you have to write a check to the gov, you begin to understand that free stuff isn't free.

[WLJ]

"Unknowingly"

   Billionaire Mike Bloomberg says his presidential campaign unknowingly used prison workers to make telephone calls on his behalf. https://t.co/OsuYFEVtwY pic.twitter.com/UnwX502N3d

    — Jim Roberts (@nycjim) December 24, 2019

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2019/12/24/michael-bloomberg-admits-his-campaign-was-using-prison-labor-to-make-campaign-phone-calls/