• chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Not a million a year of HBOs money. Of his OWN FUCKING MONEY. Oliver is a maniac, and I love him to death. He could set up a gofundme for this and I would gladly contribute.

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    9 months ago

    Plus, as a retired Justice, he could keep raking in the bucks from speaking and book tours.

    This seems like a pretty sweet deal.

    https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/supreme-court-salary-clarence-thomas-b2466768.html

    “Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson made $274,200 in 2023.”

    3.65x pay increase to step down and drive a bus?

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    9 months ago

    The problem is he likes the status of power and influence more, he just wants to also be rich. But honestly, this is actually a good deal for him if he were thinking about retiring.

    And the guy is 75. His maternal grandfather lived to be 76. John probably wouldn’t be on the hook for very long.

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      9 months ago

      Wasn’t one of his corruption scandals that somebody bought his mother’s home and she continued to live there rent free? How old is his mother?

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      9 months ago

      I think it has its own merits helping the common folk to understand that even $1 million a year for literally nothing is still not a sweet deal as what Clarence Thomas has now despite his entire tenure of bellyaching about his responsibilities.