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Moms Demand Action merges with Bloomberg
- Thread starter Tom Servo
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Am I the only one considering this could be more about MOMS petering out than Bloomberg getting legitimacy? I wonder if the Moms in charge of the Demanding ran out of steam juggling soccer and facebook - So to speak. These women probably all have kids, PTA, homework, jobs, and so on in full and busy lives. And as was pointed out earlier, their million moms march fell a couple orders of magnitude short of the halfway point.
I would imagine folding in the "soldiers" with a group with more staying power could have been a palatable way to retire with dignity.
Actually, I was wondering if it was just the opposite. While Bloomberg has indeed spent vast amounts of money and resources on MAIG, a good part of it was not his own but the money and resources of NYC taxpayers. Since he's leaving office and not able to tap that well, or at least not as easily, I'm wondering if this merger is more about replacing some of the resources that Bloomberg will be losing.
While Bloomberg has indeed spent vast amounts of money and resources on MAIG, a good part of it was not his own but the money and resources of NYC taxpayers. Since he's leaving office and not able to tap that well, or at least not as easily, I'm wondering if this merger is more about replacing some of the resources that Bloomberg will be losing
Good point Webleymkv.
Interesting idea, but the man's a billionaire, so he's probably expending a very small percentage of his own money.I'm wondering if this merger is more about replacing some of the resources that Bloomberg will be losing
On top of that, groups like MDA tend to barely run an operating budget. This is probably more about making sure they present a unified front with the same strategies and rhetoric.
Exactly right.Tom Servo said:Interesting idea, but the man's a billionaire, so he's probably expending a very small percentage of his own money.
He's worth $31 billion. That's 31,000 million dollars. To put that in perspective, if he spends $1,000,000 on a cause, that's equivalent to the average Joe buying a candy bar or a cold drink at the service station. He doesn't need any financial support.
He's worth $31 billion. That's 31,000 million dollars. To put that in perspective, if he spends $1,000,000 on a cause, that's equivalent to the average Joe buying a candy bar or a cold drink at the service station. He doesn't need any financial support.
Which raises the question about why he used NYC resources for the MAIG website. In terms of cost, that really wouldn't cost anymore than it costs for this forum to be hosted, but why even risk that kind of exposure to criticism?
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carguychris
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The mega-rich generally don't get that way by accident. They get that way by taking calculated risks, sometimes huge ones, but only where it counts.Ben Towe said:To put that in perspective, if [Bloomberg] spends $1,000,000 on a cause, that's equivalent to the average Joe buying a candy bar or a cold drink at the service station. He doesn't need any financial support.GJSchulze said:Which raises the question about why he used NYC resources for the MAIG website. In terms of cost, that really wouldn't cost anymore than it costs for this forum to be hosted, but why even risk that kind of exposure to criticism?
Bloomberg had a resource- NYC staffers- at his disposal. I presume that he used it because it was available, and he felt the risks to him were low; in his mind, he evidently thought he was getting a good return on his "investment".
Wreck-n-Crew
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Good point. People with his talent know how to get the most bang for the buck. Even Gangsters like Capone knew they didn't have to pay off everyone to get by, he used the people with more effect than his guys on payroll. Unable to stay below the federal radar was a bigger problem than he could overcome.The mega-rich generally don't get that way by accident. They get that way by taking calculated risks, sometimes huge ones, but only where it counts.
Bloomberg had a resource- NYC staffers- at his disposal. I presume that he used it because it was available, and he felt the risks to him were low; in his mind, he evidently thought he was getting a good return on his "investment".