24/7 Wall Street has identified the presidents with the most wealth and it’s an interesting list. Look for yourself and tell me if the number of Democrats to Republicans is what you would expect.
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Poor Barack, always the under performer.
is this assumed in today’s $?
Harrison had a net worth of $6 mill, but died penniless? … so I am assuming that this is lifetime worth …. quite a variance
Washington was a huuuuuuge land speculator …. might have been worth even more if his holdings in the Carolina swamplands were brought to fruition
(btw, I hate click-bait)
^^^^ … me
The Man from Hope did well for himself and made the list, pretty good for an Arkansas Traveler.
How much of their worth was gained by government contracts, graft, kick backs, speaking fees, book deals and patronage?
I suppose the $Billion dollar Clinton Foundation wasn’t counted in the mix.
Barry came in under Truman!?! What a looooooser!
One important element of the equation is the manner in which their gain was appropriated as pointed out by Cato.
funny … even though JFK was worth over a billion, his gold-digger wife ran through that so fast she had to marry that crusty old Greek Billionaire from ‘Thunderball’
#13 Millard Fillmore looks just like Alec Baldwin!
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So Obama still owes on his mortgage????
As deplorables, we paid our mortgage off five years ago.