Recently I read an article that pointed out how hypocritical liberals can be, and while it is true that conservatives are also often hypocritical, the examples cited in this article were mind-boggling:
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is a multi-millionaire, allowing him to pursue many social causes, one of which is amnesty for illegal immigrants. His millions also allow him to pursue a luxurious lifestyle, and he recently spent $30 million buying up houses surrounding his mansion in Palo Alto, California, so that — presumably — he doesn’t have to suffer the inconvenience of neighbors. One would think that there were more socially enlightened causes to which that $30 million might have gone.
In the run-up to the mid-term elections, President Obama sent out an email alleging that Republicans were “in the pockets of billionaires.” They very next day he attended a $32,000-a-plate fundraiser at the estate of liberal billionaire Rich Richman (his real name).
Also during the run-up to the midterm elections, Vice President Joe Biden campaigned for fellow Democrats by condemning “corporate profits” and “guys running hedge funds in New York,” which both Biden and President Obama claim are largely responsible for the dreaded plague of “income inequality.” One wonders how the Wall Street crowd felt about that, having given more money to the Obama-Biden presidential ticket than any other presidential ticket in history. Also, is Biden aware that his son Hunter was a top hedge fund operator in a hedge fund co-founded by his brother James?
Hillary Clinton charges more than $200,000 to give 40 – 45 minutes speeches (plus, sometimes, 10 minutes of Q&A). In a recent speech she gave at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV) she complained about the ever-rising costs of a college education. “Higher education,” she insisted, “shouldn’t be a privilege for those able to afford it.”
Leave aside the fact that paying six-figure fees to speakers such as Hillary Clinton undoubtedly contributes to the rising costs of a college education — and UNLV’s tuition is going up around 17 percent in 2015. Rather, ask yourself this: Given that Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill have earned more than $100 million in speaker’s fees since they left the White House, how much of that money have they contributed to a college tuition fund? For just one $200,000 speech Hillary could have paid the tuition of more than 300 needy students at UNLV.
Again, hypocrisy is bipartisan, but I find the above examples are particularly striking because, after six years of Obama, Biden and Clinton at the government helm — a position they achieved thanks to large campaign contributions from millionaires like Zuckerberg — income inequality, college tuition costs, and the illegal immigration problem have all gotten far worse.
