The Problem With Michael Bloomberg
Why he’s not right for 2020-or the presidency
By Melody Hernandez
The Progressive Teen Staff Writer
The term “Eat the Rich”, coined by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, has become a popular saying by young Americans who witness billionaires acting, well, like billionaires. The anti-capitalist twitter memes that constantly flood one’s timeline may make the average user chuckle, but to young voters gearing up to vote for their next Democratic presidential candidate, it’s serious business.
It’s pretty simple: Young voters just hate billionaires. “Eat the Rich”, they say.
But it makes sense. Seeing as how minimum wage has not increased, people are struggling to pay their monthly rent or even their college textbooks while billionaires like Jeff Bezos spend 80 million dollars for three New York City condos. So when the former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 presidential election, he was not met with open arms.
With high-polling moderates like Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg the question arises to the public: Do moderates want another candidate? And do they want a billionaire on the presidential ticket with the likes of Donald Trump…
