"Bloomberg is paying 23yo field organizers $6000/month & rallies have free food & swag"

[Dennis Donovan]

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Matt Grossmann ✔@MattGrossmann

Bloomberg is paying 23yo field organizers $6000/month & rallies have free food & swag; he’s spending just as extravagantly on field as TV

Conventional wisdom is $ doesn’t buy elections, especially at the prez level, but no one has tested this price point

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/us/politics/bloomberg-campaign-cash.html …
Michael R. Bloomberg at a campaign event in Miami on Jan. 26. After a late start to the presidential race, he has used his vast financial resources to produce polished events and offer compelling benefits to new hires.
The Bloomberg Campaign Is a Waterfall of Cash
The billionaire has deployed his corporation in service of his presidential bid, producing slick events and recruiting staff members with unusually high pay and other perks.

7:53 AM - Feb 13, 2020

$6000/mo will buy some fervent supporters...

[Squinch]

1. But I thought I read here that he was really selfish with his money.

[CentralMass]

2. While the article might certainly be correct doing the math:

$6000 x 23 = $138,000
$138,000 / $61,700,000,000 X 100 = 0.0022% of Bloombergs wealth.

[CentralMass]

4. +1

[redqueen]

19. Yep.

The numbers behind this election should be a lesson to us all.

[honest.abe]

5. I think the "23" refers to the age of the staffer.

No telling how many he has.

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. That seems quite clear to me.

[honest.abe]

6. Sounds fun... and worthwhile!

How do I apply?

[Mosby]

12. +1

[femmedem]

7. I am not voting for him in the primary but I applaud high pay for field organizers.

It's temporary work with long hours, evenings and weekends included. It probably doesn't work out to an astronomically high hourly rate.

[bucolic_frolic]

9. I suspect Trump was doing something similar in 2016

I always wondered how he roused up uneducated people who were not politically active in obscure small cities and towns to turn out for rallies. A lot of cash and field organization?

[democrattotheend]

10. I'm glad he is paying staff well

Too many campaign staff are paid way too little or not at all, although that seems to be better this year than it was when I was in/right out of college.

[LanternWaste]

13. Payed well? Or paid excessive?

[USALiberal]

15. LOL, so who decides that? Silly post! Nt

[MineralMan]

11. You can't buy a Bloomberg yard sign.

But stop by any Bloomberg event or campaign office and they'll give you one, along with other campaign paraphernalia. Offer a donation to the campaign, and they just say, "The candidate is not accepting campaign donations at this time."

Stop in another candidate's field office and ask for a yard sign. They'll hand you a donation form. Guaranteed.

Bloomberg is doing it differently. In the end, he will not be beholden to anyone on financial grounds. Anyone.

[dalton99a]

14. Money can buy a lot of talent.

[dsc]

16. I have basically maxed out on my states teacher scale

and I make around 5200 a month.

[gollygee]

17. Smart campaign strategies

Is this supposed to make me think less of him? The biggest imperative this time around is winning. He's playing to win.

[mathematic]

18. Plenty of skilled people earn far more than that straight out of college

Get a tech degree at a good school and you can make twice that a month at 23.

So what's the objection? That people are getting paid well for their skills or that it's a 23 year old?

[xmas74]

20. I've met a couple working for him.

They're getting the opportunity of a lifetime and socking away money. Most know they'll never get paid that well in the future.

[Garrett78]

21. Buying people off is what he's always done.

https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/02/a-republican-plutocrat-tries-to-buy-the-democratic-nomination