Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: How sad is it when your own long time co-workers just don't feel the bern? [View all]in2herbs
(2,945 posts)My homework states that Biden is worth $9 million.
Biden is finally seeing the benefits of limitless earning. Today Forbes estimates Biden, 76, and his wife Jill are worth $9 million. Their fortune includes two Delaware homes valued at $4 million combined, cash and investments worth another $4 million or so, and a federal pension worth more than $1 million.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michelatindera/2019/08/28/joe-bidens-net-worth-how-the-2020-presidential-candidate-built-a-9-million-fortune/#d61568b104dd
More homework also states: Bidens Earned $15 Million After Leaving White House (3:40 p.m.)
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden and his wife Jill earned more than $15 million during their first two years out of the White House, according to a financial disclosure filed Tuesday.
The bulk of the Bidens income came from payments for the memoirs theyve each written since the former vice president left office in January 2017. The couples total income in 2017 was $11 million and nearly $4.6 million in 2018.
Joe Bidens income in both years included about $400,000 from the University of Pennsylvania for his role as Benjamin Franklin Presidential Practice Professor. Jill Biden took in slightly more than $90,000 each year for her professorship at Northern Virginia Community College.
Excluding retirement plans, the Bidens hold between $500,000 and $1.2 million in cash and have S-corpoprations with between $1 million and $5 million, and $500,000 and $1 million.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-09/how-middle-class-joe-biden-made-millions-campaign-update
Average Income in the U.S.: Recently, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released their report on the Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers. Using information from the fourth fiscal quarter of 2018, the BLS claims that in that quarter, the median income for a full-time wage or salary worker on a weekly basis was $900. For a 40-hour work week, this translates to a yearly income of approximately $46,800. This is a 5% increase on the previous year.
When seasonal adjustments (holidays, severe weather, etc.) are taken into account by the BLS, the median weekly earnings are $897, or about $46,644 per year.
https://www.thestreet.com/personal-finance/average-income-in-us-14852178
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden