2016 Postmortem

pugetres

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32. A great example

Mon Jan 18, 2016, 05:01 AM

Jan 2016

That made me laugh. Too late for my kids but hopefully my unborn grandkids will work hard and find some super-wealthy parents to give birth to them.

It could happen! And, they'll be a fine example for their generation

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Chelsea Clinton: I tried to care about money but couldn't [View all] philosslayer Jan 2016 OP

It's easy not to care about money when you have a ton of it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2016 #1

Exactly what I was thinking! Luciferous Jan 2016 #2

+1000 hobbit709 Jan 2016 #4

exactly Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #6

like George Baily said... tk2kewl Jan 2016 #8

Exactly cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #10

^^^This artislife Jan 2016 #26

Bingo. Yet another tone deaf comment. merrily Jan 2016 #34

You read my mind. nt Nay Jan 2016 #50

Ding ding ding! n/t tazkcmo Jan 2016 #51

I wish I could afford to not care about money, too. sheesh. Hiraeth Jan 2016 #3

Always interesting when those with money . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2016 #5

I know Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #7

Her salary's not so impressive. Her net worth, on the other hand..... merrily Jan 2016 #35

To be fair, it's 17 times my family of 4's household income. So, that's pretty impressive. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #57

You are not 1%. As the 1% goes, $600,000 a year is not impressive. merrily Jan 2016 #58

I get your point, merrily. I'm still disgusted. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #60

I am not trying to get you undisgusted, just giving perspective. merrily Jan 2016 #66

$600,000 is the stipend for being Clinton. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #68

So are the many millions of dollars. merrily Jan 2016 #70

+1. It is her birthright. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #73

For New York rich, $600,000 is pocket money... Human101948 Jan 2016 #75

Oh I agree. And I definitely wind up paying for my own limo rides and evening gowns. It's a real Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #82

AKA tazkcmo Jan 2016 #76

She "left" the "lucrative profession" of being a "reporter" because she sucked at it tularetom Jan 2016 #9

That may be unfair to the Bush twins who stopped acting like idiots before they left college. hedda_foil Jan 2016 #14

It's true. Chelsea, pure of heart, saltpoint Jan 2016 #11

*chortle artislife Jan 2016 #27

OK, that was good :) Kall Jan 2016 #29

She's a regular Mahatma Gandhi. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #59

Oh saltpoint. You are poetry embodied! Dr. Strange Jan 2016 #85

Bwahahaha The comments on this thread are killing me. snagglepuss Jan 2016 #89

Let's trade net worth, Chelsea. You'll care in <24 hours. DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #12

Naw, she'll just hit up mom and dad or her husband for another million jfern Jan 2016 #25

Scrooge, is that you? I *hope* you don't really expect her to get along on only one measly million. merrily Jan 2016 #36

LOL This thread is a barrel of laughs. At first sight I thought the OP snagglepuss Jan 2016 #88

Funny how those who "don't care about money"... 99Forever Jan 2016 #13

Many would say PowerToThePeople Jan 2016 #23

Or mocking their tone deafness. merrily Jan 2016 #37

Right? If you want to be rich, fine, just shut the hell up about it. Ed Suspicious Jan 2016 #64

Trying to have it both ways, tone deaf about money. merrily Jan 2016 #69

Speaking of which, this thread is active right now. merrily Jan 2016 #72

Chelsea hasn't been very successful at anything jfern Jan 2016 #93

Sure it easier to not care about money cheapdate Jan 2016 #15

Her husband is a hedge fund manager. Bohunk68 Jan 2016 #62

Just so. I would assume she's sincere. cheapdate Jan 2016 #71

I'm sure she is. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #78

I half-agree. cheapdate Jan 2016 #84

I'm with you there! tazkcmo Jan 2016 #86

Her first job straight out of Stanford was at a hedge fund. senz Jan 2016 #96

Really? It must be nice to be able to afford that. ms liberty Jan 2016 #16

What a ridiculous piece of public relations. Punkingal Jan 2016 #17

She has a 10 million apartment. Unlike average Americans she has no worries. Skwmom Jan 2016 #18

Did she say this from her new 10.5 million dollar apartment? Champion Jack Jan 2016 #19

But that's her city place. Where, oh, where does one summer? merrily Jan 2016 #38

The previous post says 10 million, and your post says 10.5. Either way, I've never had a house DisgustipatedinCA Jan 2016 #41

"I was curious if I could care about (money)" loyalsister Jan 2016 #20

Color me skeptical KentuckyWoman Jan 2016 #21

LOL RedCappedBandit Jan 2016 #22

This comes off as off-putting to me TSIAS Jan 2016 #24

Only someone with no money worries at all LibDemAlways Jan 2016 #28

wasn't there just a feature about her new apartment with 6 1/2 bathrooms? grasswire Jan 2016 #30

Bill, Hillary, Chelsea, Marc, Charlotte and one on the way. Hell, they've outgrown merrily Jan 2016 #39

kind of sounds like Bill's "tried to inhale, but couldn't" nt grasswire Jan 2016 #31

A great example pugetres Jan 2016 #32

I'll bet my kids remember her from community college. JonathanRackham Jan 2016 #33

oh Chelsea.... steve2470 Jan 2016 #40

........ marmar Jan 2016 #42

She's as out of touch with reality as her mom is davidpdx Jan 2016 #43

I tried to care about Chelsea but couldn't Donkees Jan 2016 #44

Not the Onion? raouldukelives Jan 2016 #45

I understand what she means, but it sounds tone-deaf, at minimum Fast Walker 52 Jan 2016 #46

Go away, Chelsea. And take Mom and Dad with you. bigwillq Jan 2016 #47

The poor thing. Vinca Jan 2016 #48

I don't think Chelsea is ready for public speaking. aikoaiko Jan 2016 #49

That's what a lot of people who have never had to worry a day in their lives about money say. CBGLuthier Jan 2016 #52

I tried, but had to BeyondGeography Jan 2016 #53

Psst! Puglover Jan 2016 #54

She made tens of millions of dollars working at a hedge fund firm fresh out of college. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #55

i was waiting for someone to point this out nashville_brook Jan 2016 #61

Yep. Bribery-by-proxy. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #63

same as the foundation. it's the Clinton model. nashville_brook Jan 2016 #65

+1 Iggy Knorr Jan 2016 #81

Very interestingand illuminating. This would be a great OP. snagglepuss Jan 2016 #92

I did back in November of 2014. At the time I got a lot of push-back -- Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #99

I tried not to care about money... jberryhill Jan 2016 #56

Says the privileged wife of a Wall Street capitalist parasite. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #67

Livin' in a bubble Golden Raisin Jan 2016 #74

I sure wish I didn't have to care about money. stone space Jan 2016 #77

She will probably never have to worry about it treestar Jan 2016 #79

she responded exactly as I thought she would... Stellar Jan 2016 #80

Chelsea Clinton is going to inherit millions upon millions of dollars. madaboutharry Jan 2016 #83

Wow. Clueless azmom Jan 2016 #87

What a load of steaming poop. Anyone who spends 3 million on a wedding snagglepuss Jan 2016 #90

Poor little Rich Girl.... Joe the Revelator Jan 2016 #91

Oh my silenttigersong Jan 2016 #94

I dedicate this song to Chelsea Art_from_Ark Jan 2016 #95

Well, dear, I probably wouldn't care about money either, if I were you. Blue_In_AK Jan 2016 #97

When you are fishing, they call it a float nolabels Jan 2016 #98