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  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    As bad as that debt is, it would be worse if it just up and mysteriously disappeared one day.

    I hope folks are watching it like hawks.

    I like Doctor West as a person, he’s a fascinating guy, and a great speaker, but nobody in that much debt should be anywhere near elected office.

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      I work in the finance/baking sector. I literally couldn’t get a job like this. Every bank or financial institutions HR departments would disqualify you on a background check.

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          Ya, but the entire reason I wouldn’t be able to get a job is they view you as too vulnurable to manipulation and bribery. Sounds like things you want to avoid in a president or any political office holder…

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              For president? I guess it’s geriatric number 1 who isn’t getting anything I want done. Geriatric sideshow clown who will grift as much as he can while letting his party fuck us, or possibly one of his disciples. Being better than a huge steaming load of dog poo isn’t really much to brag about. Thus is the state of American politics.

          • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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            If the debt mysteriously vanished? No way to know unless you subpoened the banks or something.

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                1 year ago

                The point is any political candidate with massive debt needs to have their finances watched carefully just in case that debt disappears.

                Then there needs to be an investigation into who, exactly, just bought that candidate.

                See:

                https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-supreme-court-judge-brett-kavanaughs-100k-debt-disappear-1785043

                “In 2016, Kavanaugh reported in a financial disclosure owing between $60,004 and $200,000 in credit card and loan debt. But, as reported by Mother Jones, when he was nominated to the Supreme Court that debt had gone.”

                Who paid it? ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

                • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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                  1 year ago

                  but the biden/obama/clinton/pelosi/schiff family wealth needs no investigation?

                  it’s not just debts. it’s any money.

                  maybe i’m naive, but i don’t believe you could buy cornel west. i would doubt mysef if he wins the green nomination, drops out, and backs biden. i don’t know anything else that might shake my faith is his character.

                  • Jordan Lund@lemmy.one
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                    1 year ago

                    I never said family wealth needs no investigation, I said massive debt which is mysteriously paid off needs investigation.