There is no contradiction in being a Billionaire Socialist. Not if all you care about is Raw Power. Power for the Sake of Power.
You make your billions, or inherit your billions, or marry your billions (Kerry), and then you use the money to promise the stupid masses that you will fight on their side against the Evil Corporations. You spend a tiny portion of your Billions on building up this image of yourself as a Class Warrior, on the Side of the Downtrodden.
Then when you are in power, you help establish a Socialist Elite (as in Europe) in which the uppidity middle class (the real villains of the piece) are prevented from making the obscene gains in wealth that are so distressing to the Aristocratic Few. So you wreck the economy and build huge social-welfare structures, which you then administer from Olympian Heights.
You see, handled correctly, being a Billionaire isn't just a stepping stone to Aristocratic Power, it is the road to the Divine Right of Kings.
European Aristocracy and European Socialism are locked in a tight embrace. With the small-business-middle-class squeezed into submission.
This is the vision Ketchup King Kerry has for these United States.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> taken from another post, Pat Patriot. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>