That Would be the Metaphorical “Broke”

Today’s reflection:

SAWYER: You’ve made five million making speeches? The president’s made more than a hundred million dollars?

CLINTON: Well, you have no reason to remember, but we came out of the White House not only dead broke but in debt. We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses, for Chelsea’s education. You know, it was not easy. Bill has worked really hard and it’s been amazing to me. He’s worked very hard. First of all, we had to pay off all our debts. You know, you had to make double the money because of, obviously, taxes, and then pay off the debts and get us houses and take care of family members.

“Because, you know, taxes.”

“And, you know, houses.”

Well, there’s “broke,” there’s “dead broke” and then there’s the moral equivalency “broke” of the cognoscenti 1%.  The Clinton’s “broke” clearly falls under the latter category and might more accurately be described as “moral bankruptcy.”

“Because, you know, income Inequality for me butt not for thee.”

 

“Because, you know, what difference at this point does it make?”

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