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THE WORLD'S GREATEST DEMOCRACY UPDATE
Seminal - Some fun facts about Michael Bloomberg and his bid for a third term as New York's mayor, courtesy of The New York Times:
1) Bloomberg's estimated total personal wealth: $16 billion
2) Amount of his personal wealth Bloomberg has invested in this campaign: $85 million (the most in United States history)
3) Amount Bloomberg will spend by Election Day: $110-140 million.
4) Amount raised by Bloomberg's non-billionaire opponent: $6 million
1) Bloomberg's estimated total personal wealth: $16 billion
2) Amount of his personal wealth Bloomberg has invested in this campaign: $85 million (the most in United States history)
3) Amount Bloomberg will spend by Election Day: $110-140 million.
4) Amount raised by Bloomberg's non-billionaire opponent: $6 million
1 Comments:
A timely comment from Butler Shaffer from his post "On the Receiving End of Democracy"
[http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer201.html]:
There have been many definitions of "democracy" – none more to the point than those offered by the likes of H.L. Mencken and Ambrose Bierce.
My own definition is that "democracy is the illusion that my wife and I, combined, have twice the political influence of David Rockefeller."
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