If you haven’t seen a political ad promoting mega-billionaire Michael Bloomberg yet, just hold on — you will. Bloomberg suddenly prefers to be called “Mike,” perhaps to appeal to the working class.

Bloomberg’s campaign proclaimed last month he would spend up to $2 billion to highlight his ideas so he can be the Democratic presidential candidate, or to support whoever receives the nomination. For us non-billionaires who try to make ends meet on monthly checks, that seems like an enormous amount of money, and it is. For “Mike,” it’s about 4% of his estimated wealth.

So you can call him Mike, maybe Mikey, perhaps even Mikey-Mike, anti-gun advocate, environmentalist, social equality candidate — but don’t call him super- capitalist Michael Bloomberg.

Can money really buy love?

Ed Klein

Shanksville

Copyright ©2025— Trib Total Media, LLC (TribLIVE.com)