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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMargaret 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.
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,987 posts)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)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.
BeyondGeography
(41,201 posts)Not that I wondered.
senseandsensibility
(25,580 posts)threw that out there at the end with no details, I wondered if anyone had heard who was doing this.
BeyondGeography
(41,201 posts)because he doesnt 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 doesnt need any stocks because his cumulative pension income when he retires is projected to be $167k per year and thats not counting whatever Gwen has accumulated. I would take those guarantees over a raft of speculative investments any day.
Orangepeel
(13,981 posts)say that he doesn't understand capitalism because he doesn't have investments. I didn't notice what particular flavor of moron
Polly Hennessey
(8,982 posts)even remotely relevant.
pat_k
(13,918 posts). . .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/