If there’s one thing Democrats hate hate hate, it’s those evil, greedy billionaires ruining the country for everybody else!
Just witness socialist screecher Bernie Sanders railing against them at the DNC, with a heavy-breathing speech about how we need an economy that works for everyone, something that Donald Trump — himself an evil billionaire — can’t deliver.
Except that, right after Bernie, hard-left Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker came out to brag about how rich he was — flashing his inherited wealth (about $3.5 billion worth, specifically) with a claim he’s richer than Trump.
Huh?
And it’s not like billionaires were absent on other nights, either.
Media magnate Oprah Winfrey came out to rail against Trump — and Oprah’s worth around $3 billion (though she’s self-made, unlike Pritzker).
We thought Dems were supposed to stand up for the little guy, not rep fat cats totally insulated by their wealth from the everyday problems afflicting everyday Americans.
Like the crushing inflation Joe Biden’s economic policies caused, for example.
Michelle Obama took a similar line to Comrade Bernie, claiming nominee Kamala Harris understands people who will “never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.”
This from a woman worth in combination with her husband an estimated $70 million.
Mighty odd, considering she also said in her speech how “suspicious” her parents were of “folks who took more than they needed.”
Is owning four luxury homes, including a nearly $12 million Martha’s Vineyard mansion, taking more than you need?
And of course the Obama daughters are set up with $10 million or so each in “generational wealth.”
Look, there’s nothing wrong with being rich.
It’s a goal many Americans aspire to, and more people here end up rolling in it than anywhere else in the world.
An astonishing 22 million people in our nation are worth seven figures or more, vastly more than anywhere else and close to 10% of the adult population.
So we don’t fault Pritzker for being born into a hotel dynasty, Michelle for marrying well or Oprah for fighting her way to the top.
Democrats, however, lecture about the evils of wealth with the fury of St. Paul in the Epistles.
Even though they can’t help letting the rich hog the stage and stuff their campaign chests.