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Originally Posted by Rochard
I want someone who represents the average American. I want someone who struggles every now and then to pay the mortgage, someone who has to plan out their vacation because they can't drop $10k next week on a trip. The problem is the way it's set up is only the people who can afford to run for office are the runs who run. People like "us" cannot take the next year off to campaign AND afford hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so.
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Joe Biden was a example of this.. He was one of the "poorest" Senators and commuted to work via public transportation everyday (the train).
Republicans attacked him over it because they said he was a failure if he wasnt rich..