Some perspective on Warren's earnings

[redqueen]

Just for reference in case anyone's interested

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[George II]

1. I honestly don't care about how much any candidate earned...

...(except the one complaining about others being millionaires) as long as it was earned legally, nor do I care how much any of them have.

I care about their policies and ability to effectively get them addressed in Congress and bill passed.

[redqueen]

2. I care if they're using that wealth to try to buy their way in.

Otherwise, same.

[George II]

4. The only way any candidate can buy their way in is if they pay voters to vote for him/her.

[redqueen]

7. Read Manufacturing Consent. nt

[appalachiablue]

3. Many of members of the US Senate are wealthy, 'millionaires.'

Warren is minor league in view of many other political figures.

[George II]

5. Forbes put together a page with the net worth of all the candidates:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/08/14/heres-the-net-worth-of-every-2020-presidential-candidate/#24fb19d537c5

(some have dropped out)

Bloomberg 53.4B
trump 3.1B
Steyer 1.6B
Delaney 200M
Benner 15M
Warren 12M
Biden 9M
Harris 6M
Sestak 6M
O'Rourke 4M
de Blasio 2.5M
Sanders 2.5M
Insley 2M
Booker 1.5M
Bullock 1.5M
Willimason 1.5M
Moulton 1.0M
Yang 1.0M
Castro 700K
Gabbard 500K
Ryan 500K
Buttigieg 100K

[appalachiablue]

6. Interesting, surprising that some others aren't higher, Booker,

Yang. I don't know the others' backgrounds so well.

[George II]

8. I was surprised, too. Some of those were amazingly low.

[appalachiablue]

9. They are low, all things considered- age, occupation, etc.

starting at about Inslee and on down..

[George II]

10. I'm 70 years old, worked for 45+ years, never more than $90K per year, and I have more than some....

...(and I consider my net worth "middle class&quot

The one that really jumps off the page is Sanders, who has been in DC for almost 30 years, had made more than $150K for those 30 years not even including Jane's salary at Burlington College, between them more than $6M, but three years ago claimed $500K net worth, now up to $2.5M after almost $2M in book royalties.

[appalachiablue]

12. So much is management in addition to wages, you've handled

yours well, something to be proud of for sure. I don't know about Sanders matters, what the funds from his salary could have gone to unless helping some of the kids perhaps. Their lifestyle was never lavish god knows!

[myohmy2]

11. isn't it strange...

...we need people with wealth to champion and represent people without wealth?

...could this be a major systemic flaw and a big part of our inability to solve the never-ending problems of the 99%?

...does the 1% truly care about the 99%?

...IMO, a system that's built to exclude the majority from representing themselves is bogus...

...lots of bogus...