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Who Better Represents You, an Uber-Millionaire Who Inherited His Wealth from His Dad Or a Middle-Class Dad with Two Jobs

Post by teodroseIII » 09 May 2022, 15:59

Virginians in the 8th Congressional District will be faced with a stark choice this coming election that will, in many ways, be a referendum on our Federal governance and our political process writ large. As it stands, the number one qualifier of whether someone is fit to serve in elected office is not merit but the accumulation of money. This exact scenario is playing out in the 8th Congressional District as wealth supremacy paved the way for a career politician to become a fixture in our nation’s capital

Who I am referring to is my opponent and incumbent Donald Beyer. For those who don’t know, Representative Beyer is one of the wealthiest politicians in DC with a net-worth well north of $123,0000,000. If the name sounds familiar, that is because he is the principal owner of Beyer Volvo, a company his father started after coming back from World War II.

Just like our previous president Trump, Rep. Beyer was lucky enough to be born into a family that amassed large fortunes. What Donald S. Beyer Sr. built with his own hands, Rep. Beyer grew into an empire by leveraging the 2009 Car Allowance Rebate System, otherwise known as the Cash for Clunkers boondoggle, to reap a huge financial windfall for his estate....continued...continued....

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