Not a single share of Biden stock

[Bernardo de La Paz]

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Andrew Weinstein
@Weinsteinlaw

Seems like a good time for a reminder that when @JoeBiden first ran for office in 1972 he pledged not to own a single share of stock so long as he held public office. He kept that promise for his entire political career. Honesty and ethics matter.

[soothsayer]

1. Yep

[Cha]

2. KR!

[Walleye]

3. About time somebody mentioned that

[PatSeg]

16. I brought it up several times

during the primary, but somehow no one paid much attention. To me, this is a big deal or as Joe would say, "a BFD".

[Walleye]

20. 👏😎

[MFGsunny]

4. K & R for visibility n/t

[Mr.Bill]

5. Probably why his net worth

is not hundreds of millions of dollars like some Senators.

[IronLionZion]

6. Yeah but he was selling Biden steaks out of Biden tower

to purchase all sorts of Biden casinos and the Biden-A-lago resort.

[KS Toronado]

12. Careful, before the republiCONs start promoting Biden's hidden wealth.

[Hortensis]

7. Yup. It's cost him fortunes as planetary wealth as exploded

over that time, but wealth accumulation just wasn't as important as his work to him.

Biden also used to enjoy fixing up an old house or two they'd bought for themselves, and some days he'd take that train home and get busy with a different kind of work.

(Money's Trump's thing of course, and he would be many times wealthier than whatever he is if he'd just put half of what his father gave him in index funds over this period and gone off and played with the rest.)

[ProfessorGAC]

19. And Even Moreso, If...

...he'd have indexed the whole thing and did the golfer/playboy thing.
He could have done nothing(!) and had more money than he even lied about having.

[Hortensis]

21. Yup, though expecting even a tiny bit of sense and discipline

from Trump would be ridiculous. A couple or few hundred million just for playing and losing would have sufficed if, for instance, his father had tied a good bulk of it up in an investment trust.

I like Biden's story much better. The image of a congressman and then senator coming home to sand woodwork and add supports under sagging floors because he enjoyed it is a very nice one for me.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I'm Tired Of Silverspoon Twits

Just sick of these entitled, socially arrested brats.
No more of this!
My dad was a truck driver. I retired wealthy. Stepped on nobody along the way*, cheated nobody, saved and donated, treated others with respect,...
Gee, a liberal who grew up in a middle class home that turned out financially solid.
I guess being born rich and being a small-minded prig isn't the only path!
Who knew?
* I admit to stomping on some jerks who tried to step on me and did to others when I passed them on the ladder.
Call me vengeful!

[Hortensis]

23. Yes, be vengeful and I'll be committed. Good trouble. :)

[tecelote]

8. This should be an advertisement

[LiberalFighter]

9. Joe Biden: Obama offered money to help support my ailing son's family

Joe Biden: Obama offered money to help support my ailing son's family

The vice-president revealed that Obama offered financial assistance when Biden planned to sell his house to support son Beau, who died of brain cancer in May

[cstanleytech]

10. I assume he has his investments controlled by a type of blind trust then as that

is really the smart and ethical thing to do which is probably why Trump refused to do it as he is neither smart nor ethical.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

15. Surely. It would I be fair not to. I tells me he's consistent and a man of

His word. Means a lot after Turd.

[ehrnst]

11. Has any other Senator or Rep done this? (nt)

[PatrickforO]

13. I did not know this.

Biden is a good guy.

[Thekaspervote]

14. A smart, politically savvy, experienced leader that is honest to the core.

The perfect cure for what allies our country under the crooked idiot squatters in the WH

[brer cat]

17. K&R

[BobsYourUncle]

18. Joe Biden has integrity. NT

[Sloumeau]

24. It will be like this:

1. No Drama Obama.....ahhhhhh
2. Clusterfrak Trump....YOW!!!
3. No Drama Biden......ahhhhhh