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Showing Original Post only (View all)Is it okay that Joe Biden paid family members from campaign? [View all]
YES. It's legal!
This article is bullshit:
Biden has a sister and son whose companies received large contracts from his last presidential campaign; about one-fifth of the $11.1 million raised by that campaign went to companies that employed close relatives.
It is perfectly legal to pay family members with campaign funds or put them on the payroll as long as they provide a bona fide service and their salary is fair. Dozens of members of Congress, from both sides of the aisle, have employed family members on their campaigns.
It is perfectly legal to pay family members with campaign funds or put them on the payroll as long as they provide a bona fide service and their salary is fair. Dozens of members of Congress, from both sides of the aisle, have employed family members on their campaigns.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-enriched-their-families/607159/
Politicians have family working for campaigns or contracting for campaigns.
Bernie had family members working for his campaign. That's in the article, too! And so what?
It's only a big deal when the money changing hands doesn't represent the actual work...like paying someone a gazillion dollars for being unqualified and a national security risk...like say Jared Kushner...and those guys are working for the government, not merely a campaign.
Biden and Sanders are a million times better than Trump. There is ZERO reason to attack either of them for paying the market value for services or actual work from qualified persons.
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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I think it's perfectly fine as long as they did the work. Presumably he trusts them more than he
napi21
Apr 2020
#1
Your Article Says That No Biden Family Members Are Working On The Current Campaign
TomCADem
Apr 2020
#4
The Only Cause Of Division, Sir, Is Sanders' Being Bull-Headed In A Lost Cause
The Magistrate
Apr 2020
#21
This is mudslinging...and Sanders has lost...he needs to go back to the Senate and earn his salary.
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#24
I read the article and it is completely devastating for Sanders They didn't lay a glove
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#23
Also, you left off the date. March 2nd...this article is very old...you must have searched
Demsrule86
Apr 2020
#25
Is it ok that Bernie's wife was being prosecuted for a bad land deal, but Trump made it go away?
PubliusEnigma
Apr 2020
#29