• Rakonat@lemmy.world
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          Cheaper to put Grandpa in congress than a nursing home… If you have connections.

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        Although it looks like he took the cash and either put it in a boring bank or payed off debt. He didn’t put the money in some sort of fund for retirement or the kids. He’s clearly not rolling in dough.

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          What I’ve heard suggested is he has a few pensions from his time in the military, and as a teacher.

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      I don’t know about this particular form, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they exempt their personal house, and this form only lists investment properties.

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        This is most likely correct. Anytime you apply for e.g. welfare they don’t make you list your home, car, etc. But if you have a second car you have to list that.

        Someone else said he sold his house when he got elected though, so maybe he actually doesn’t own one.

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      He has a wife, so maybe stuff in her name be excluded?

      Also, what happened that race horse ownership is specifically named on this list.

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    Reminds me of OG Biden. Iirc he was the lowest net worth senator before he was Obama’s VP pick. Or at least one of lowest, even if it’s a good paycheck.

    (Oh and now that I think it it, was roughly the same age when picked in 2008, at least by a couple years).

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    He’s got all his money tied up in dope, union-made cars.

    (I know he only has the one car, relax.)

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      He’s got all his money tied up in dope

      HELL YEA

      union-made cars.

      oh, that’s nice too I guess

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    It’s so fucked up that Americans consider it suspicious when their politicians aren’t financial leeches on the working class. You want them to be corrupt or what?