"Former Vice President Joe Biden told a room of affluent New York donors on Tuesday night that he doesnāt think itās appropriate to 'demonize' the rich.
"'You know, what Iāve found is rich people are just as patriotic as poor people. Not a joke. I mean, we may not want to demonize anybody who has made money,' Biden told about 100 donors at the Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side, multiple media outlets reported.
"We can disagree in the margins, but the truth of the matter is itās all within our wheelhouse and
nobody has to be punished. No oneās standard of living will change,' he continued, addressing a well-heeled group, including former Clinton Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, former Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, and Goldman Sachs Chief Financial Officer Stephen Scherr, according to reports."
Biden promises wealthy donors he would not 'demonize' the rich