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The "candidate X is wealthy, so he or she is a hypocrite in arguing for lower inequality" genre is deeply stupid, applied to Bernie Sanders or anyone else. 1/ nytimes.com/2019/04/14/us/…
If anything, politicians who argue for policies that would reduce their own income deserve a bit of extra praise. It's actually the opposite of hypocrisy. In this case, I'm pretty sure that this was just a bad editorial decision, not a Clintonite plot. But anyway, stop it 2/
Now, there are real criticisms to be made of Sanders policy ideas. And of course he should release his taxes; if he's been foot-dragging because he's afraid people will learn that he's affluent, that's stupid too. But this line of criticism should be left to right-wing hacks 3/
