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brush

(53,765 posts)
4. His family owns coal companies and he himself pockets 500k a year.
Sun Oct 3, 2021, 07:57 PM
Oct 2021

His son runs the companies and also makes big money from coal. His brothers also are involved, which is one reason why he's against green energy and climate change initiatives in the infrastructure bills.

Oh, and his daughter helped the outrageous price bump for the Epi Pen and squashed the competing company of Epi Pen.

Scrivener7

(50,949 posts)
7. Thank you. I thought it might be. But I was wondering if there was something new in the
Sun Oct 3, 2021, 08:47 PM
Oct 2021

video. You saved me from having to watch it.

Mr. Evil

(2,839 posts)
8. So, without watching the video,
Sun Oct 3, 2021, 11:31 PM
Oct 2021

I can guess Joe Manchin is putting his fortune and his family's fortune ahead of the progress of this country. Also, ahead of progress of this planet. Every person in this country and this planet comes in a very distant second to Joe Manchin and his family's fortune. Coal. Dirty, deadly coal.

Joe Manchin needs to resign.

rhiannon55

(2,671 posts)
9. Means testing requires a lot more bureaucracy
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 11:46 AM
Oct 2021

than giving services to Americans as rights. Many people are required to determine eligibility and enforce compliance with its rules.

Since Manchin apparently thinks like a Republican, why would he want to actually GROW the government?

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