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senseandsensibility

(25,580 posts)
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 06:49 PM Aug 2024

Margaret Carlson just said on Ari

that Walz is being criticized for not having enough money on his financial disclosure forms. By who? If it's the R's, talk about tone deaf.

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Margaret Carlson just said on Ari (Original Post) senseandsensibility Aug 2024 OP
Tim is unfazed by rich people. ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2024 #1
Teachers... 2naSalit Aug 2024 #2
I didn't know Margaret Carlson was still out there BeyondGeography Aug 2024 #3
Yeah, usually not worth commenting on, but when she senseandsensibility Aug 2024 #4
I've heard why doesn't he invest in America BeyondGeography Aug 2024 #6
I saw some moron on twitter Orangepeel Aug 2024 #8
I was in the car when she came on. Surprised she is Polly Hennessey Aug 2024 #7
Don't know where. . . pat_k Aug 2024 #5

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,987 posts)
1. Tim is unfazed by rich people.
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 06:53 PM
Aug 2024

Because of his humble roots, his idea of values and principles are very strong with him.

Tim may not be a rich man(with millions in the bank), but he has been enriched by the people he has met, the people he has inspired, his life experiences, and his desire to serve. That to me is wealth money cannot buy.

2naSalit

(103,831 posts)
2. Teachers...
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 06:53 PM
Aug 2024

National Guard personnel and clean House Reps don't have a lot of money because they don't make a lot of money. People at nonprofits earn more than most in those careers.

See, he's not one of the $well$ so he can't be in the oval office. Same shit they pulled on Bill Clinton. Well, too bad for the $well$, we've got this and we're not going back.

senseandsensibility

(25,580 posts)
4. Yeah, usually not worth commenting on, but when she
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 06:59 PM
Aug 2024

threw that out there at the end with no details, I wondered if anyone had heard who was doing this.

BeyondGeography

(41,201 posts)
6. I've heard why doesn't he invest in America
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 07:03 PM
Aug 2024

because he doesn’t own any securities. Which kind of overlooks the fact that his whole life has been an investment in America.

The other glaring oversight is that he doesn’t need any stocks because his cumulative pension income when he retires is projected to be $167k per year and that’s not counting whatever Gwen has accumulated. I would take those guarantees over a raft of speculative investments any day.

Orangepeel

(13,981 posts)
8. I saw some moron on twitter
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 07:48 PM
Aug 2024

say that he doesn't understand capitalism because he doesn't have investments. I didn't notice what particular flavor of moron

pat_k

(13,918 posts)
5. Don't know where. . .
Tue Aug 13, 2024, 07:03 PM
Aug 2024

. . .but it wouldn't surprise me if some FOX people and financial industry folk were tone deaf enough to point to the absence of stocks and bonds and 61 percentile net worth as evidence that Watz is a failure.

Source of percentile estimate of 330,000 net worth
https://apps.urban.org/features/wealth-inequality-charts/

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