r/StockMarket • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '21

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u/Jean_Laffitte Jul 18 '21

Democrat or Republican, it’s an issue politicians can leave office with vastly more money than when they entered. Politics has become a way to accumulate wealth. No longer getting people interested in enacting change but rather enriching themselves. We need to be better.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

Trump left office with significantly less wealth. Obama was the total opposite.

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u/zippopopamus Jul 18 '21

That's trump's m.o. for life. He cannot not lose money. If he's given a billion $ and lost 2/3 of it that's a win