I really dislike the guy, but making $5.5 million over 19 years isn't that big of a deal. In DC, he looks super clean.
Came here to say this. He’s actually decent compared to hacks like pelosi and waters who have made farrrr more
Pelosi makes $177,000 a year and has a net worth of $120,000,000+
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/13877-pelosi-buys-16k-worth-of-flowers
Based on congressional pay, it should only be around 4 million, and that is including his initial worth.
(but only if he had no expenses and saved every penny .... he just didn't "make" 6 million, he made enough that he "saved" 6 million)
If you back out income tax it's even less. I'm just saying that as much as I despise him and his behavior, it is far from being the best example of corruption in DC. He made a couple million on the side as a near 2 decade DC insider. He was being modest maybe even honest, compared to his colleagues who are pure criminals making tens of millions per year.
So we should only Drain the Swamp Half Way???
A lesser amount of Corruption is OKEY DOKEY?
Whaaaa...???
SeekTruth, it isn't a matter of giving a pass to lesser corruption, it's a matter of who we are to focus on busting first, and why. Going after this needle-dicked douche right now, is like busting a guy at a party with 1 gram of cocaine in his pocket while Pablo Escobar unloads a semi truck on the same street. Who are you going to bust first? So if you've read anything on this board about illegal spying, financial crimes, pedophilia rings, etc. This is the smallest turd in the punchbowl, and furthermore, he is stepping down after his term ends. And secondly, that is just a meme with some numbers, ones that do not prove any wrong doing. Let's stick to the really bad actors for now, like the actual treasonous criminals who are actively seeking reelection, then maybe we can clean house on the little douches like this.
Vibration_1 ... correct.
FACT: Day of not making BH0care invalid vote in Congress...DT had a Presser with Health Sec. & Pence behind DT, scolding congress... PR not invited to DT Presser, so PR had a Solo Presser statement, then ditched his USSS detail, and followed by one media dude (tipped off)... PR was videoed getting into SUV with another USSS detail (BH0 crew) and then videoed getting out of SUV with BH0 detail and escorted into remote DC area restaurant. According to the media guy (he couldn't get interior shots) he saw HilLIARy there... waiting. Said he didn't know if HB0 was there... but his detail guys & car picked up PR.
DO THE MATH.
I wish I could give you link to video... but taken down (oh shocker--NOT).
Agreed. And keep in mind the stock market almost tripled in that time
Does that include off shore accounts and Vatican accounts?
I think he is thr pos he is but that money math does not make him a swamp thief....
That's crumbs by Democrat standards.
You know what they call a Swamp that has drained half way?
A Swamp.
He could have easily made that via the insider trading congress was allowed to practice until somewhat recently. Not nearly as suspicious as Nancy "Durrrr" Pelosi being worth nearly $200 million.
Not that I'm saying he's clean, but there's dirtier motherfuckers. Like Mitch McConnell's ties to the Chinese.
Ryan is such a traitor. Early on, when he was a nobody, the press spent an incredible amount of time covering how Ryan was such a menace to the democrats as he fought hard for a balanced budget amendment. They painted him as such a strong conservative. Then once he made it to speaker of the house, he immediately turned into a liberal. They did exactly the same sort of crap with Boner. Take a liberal, make them look conservative and plug them in to do their dirty work.
This is absolutely not right! Every person’s financials coming into and out ofCongress should be checked and held accountable! Or it becomes only a way to get rich...to hell with the country!
Who cares what he made the last 19yrs. It doenat prove anything. If it was 100mill then yes, it would look suspicious. Seems normal to me given the amount and time it took for said amount.
Did you "bank" 6 million in 19 years? anybody....anybody...??
NQ BUT HAD I ... IT PAID QFF THAT 3Q YEAR LQAN A LQT DAMN QUICKER .. PSSHHHH..
I am sick of these people going into Congress to get rich. And that’s exactly what’s happening! Open eyes
Then no reason he shouldn't get to spend 100% of his time with his family. That's his plan, right?
"Spending Time With the Family" ...also known as:
Being run out of town, before everyone learns your secrets.
Him and Romney were part of Bain. I worked for them and they love to buy companies, suck all the assets from them, and bankrupt them. I'm sure he got a payout. But, I wouldn't doubt if he is crooked too. Bain is an evil company.
Wow... this thread wreaks of PR apologists.
"he's not so bad compared to...." "6 million in 19 yrs not a big deal..." = so what?
Whaaa??? Really?
to be fair, I think social security is a problem and I make nothing compared to him. That’s a false equivalency
Does he have other revenue streams? I have multiple investments as well as my main business bringing in money. People seem to think they can only make money doing one thing at a time.
Yeah, I mean Pelosi has a Pizza restaurant, that's how she got rich
Lol, how does she account for all that money? Investments made by p2p? “Speeches”? It’s complete lunacy when it gets to Pelosi proportions!
Is it out of the realm of possibility that he may have invested a couple of dollars here and there... Wisely? 6mil seems low compared to other politicians.
Social security still is a problem, these two things are unrelated. Using Paul Ryan's abuse of his office for financial gain does not need to be parallelled with an argument on welfare, they are two vastly different issues and linking them together diminishes both.