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Topic: OT-Politics Thread: please TRY to keep it civil, you damned dirty apes

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38500 on: October 28, 2024, 01:27:16 PM »
Like if you're in the house for eight years, I expect you to become considerably more wealthy. But I also assume everyone I know with a stable job is going to become considerably more wealthy. I assume any couple where one member makes $174,000 per year should build wealth.
hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth?
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« Reply #38501 on: October 28, 2024, 01:28:59 PM »
I spent as little time at school and with classmates as possible. Most of my HS experience after school hours (when not doing homework/etc) was spent either at the karate school, work, or the golf course.
work, motorcycles, cars, hunting, fishing, parties
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« Reply #38502 on: October 28, 2024, 01:44:44 PM »
CNN Speaker of the House
Fox News Senate Majority Leader

Heh. Would not shock me at all with all the boobs in charge.
I meant some thing even dumber, like Mitch McConnell, pushing vitamin water at the end of some speech

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« Reply #38503 on: October 28, 2024, 01:47:43 PM »

hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth?
If you accrue hundreds of million dollars over a short period without some ties to something that should gain hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth, that does sound dicey. 

Is there an example you had in mind?

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Re: OT-Catch all thread - Personal attacks will result in a time out
« Reply #38504 on: October 28, 2024, 01:52:00 PM »
hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth?
I don't think there is an example of a person going into the House of R and making hundreds of millions in however many years without something else happening, like a book deal, marriage, etc.

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« Reply #38505 on: October 28, 2024, 01:56:02 PM »
Insider trading is a problem.
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« Reply #38506 on: October 28, 2024, 01:56:36 PM »
I meant some thing even dumber, like Mitch McConnell, pushing vitamin water Chivas Regal at the end of some speech
Fixed.
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« Reply #38507 on: October 28, 2024, 01:57:08 PM »
It probably is, or could be, but I'm trying to think of an actual example of someone in Congress coming out with a sizeable fortune without some kind of explanation for how they got it.

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« Reply #38508 on: October 28, 2024, 02:00:49 PM »
In other news, I'm  trying to get a visa to South Korea.  I've tried two web sites that look official, but are not.  They want $159 to process the application.  I fill out all the crap and at the END discover this scam.

And yes, I know I wouldn't need one prior to 12/2024.

The actual visa costs $9.

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« Reply #38509 on: October 28, 2024, 02:01:45 PM »
I don't think there is an example of a person going into the House of R and making hundreds of millions in however many years without something else happening, like a book deal, marriage, etc.
a book deal?

I see why you tried that, now.
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« Reply #38510 on: October 28, 2024, 02:07:15 PM »
Some of these book deals are pretty remunerative, but $10-15 million or so a shot.

Is there an example extant of someone in Congress making more than that?

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« Reply #38512 on: October 28, 2024, 02:17:23 PM »
Some of these book deals are pretty remunerative, but $10-15 million or so a shot.

Is there an example extant of someone in Congress making more than that?
Probably many, and you'd need to follow the actual money. A publisher is going to randomly pay some jerk $5 Million for a book that nobody will buy to buy influence. What influence would a publisher need?

I believe the publishers are simply the money laundries here. Congress will not investigate that, for obvious reasons.
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« Reply #38513 on: October 28, 2024, 02:19:01 PM »
If there are many, how about one example?

 

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