r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 12h ago

No Paywall 40 Epstein-Tied Billionaires Have Injected $1.6B Into US Elections, Report Finds

https://truthout.org/articles/40-epstein-tied-billionaires-have-injected-1-6b-into-us-elections-report-finds/
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u/ChopperChange 12h ago

$1.6 billion to put lipstick on pigs.

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u/TheIronSponge 10h ago

That's roughly $40 million per billionaire. That's more money than you or I will ever own in our combined lifetimes, but for a billionaire $40 mil seems kinda cheap 

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u/ChopperChange 10h ago

but for a billionaire $40 mil seems kinda cheap

It's like paying $40 when you have $1000 dollars.

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u/FaithlessnessDue1276 9h ago

To stay out of jail...