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hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Thu Jul 24, 2014, 09:52 AM Jul 2014

Yesterday's thread on Theresa Roemer's closet [View all]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5279565

brought these two comments from my husband:

1. At least she isn't using her money to buy our government like the Koch brothers.

2. How does her personal wealth stack up against others in the 1%? I doubt anyone here can really comprehend the kind of money that allows for a "closet" like this; but is she really wealthy compared to some others like the Koch Brothers, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, the Walton family?

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Yesterday's thread on Theresa Roemer's closet [View all] hedgehog Jul 2014 OP

The ugly hate in that thread was mind boggling Beaverhausen Jul 2014 #1

I agree. bigwillq Jul 2014 #2

Frankly Hedgehog ... GeorgeGist Jul 2014 #3

Exactly. Wealth is good. Using wealth to JaneyVee Jul 2014 #4

If you read her story, you'd learn she's pretty much self-made Dreamer Tatum Jul 2014 #5

She contributed to Romney. hobbit709 Jul 2014 #6

Shocker! SammyWinstonJack Jul 2014 #7

OOPS! conservaphobe Jul 2014 #9

That was a very sexist thread. Nye Bevan Jul 2014 #8

I don't care how she spends her money, but it's not how I roll frazzled Jul 2014 #10