Comments on: The Presidential Candidates’ Net Worths http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/ Joey deVilla's Personal Blog Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:35:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/comment-page-1/#comment-12640 Kate Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:18:16 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worth/#comment-12640 Rich does not automatically mean elitist, just as poor doesn't automatically mean classless. Neither is universally true. Rich does not automatically mean elitist, just as poor doesn’t automatically mean classless. Neither is universally true.

]]> By: Eli http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/comment-page-1/#comment-12633 Eli Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:48:04 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worth/#comment-12633 What's interesting is if you take the average per year: McCain - 0.569 million/yr Clinton - 0.582 million/yr Obama - 0.028 million/yr What’s interesting is if you take the average per year:
McCain – 0.569 million/yr
Clinton – 0.582 million/yr
Obama – 0.028 million/yr

]]> By: David http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/comment-page-1/#comment-12608 David Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:49:27 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worth/#comment-12608 And even more money is better. BTW: because I decided on a life of startups and contracting, I've been pathologically shoving every spare cent into paying off the house. Read what you will into that ;-) Also note that every one of the candidates are pretty close to self-made men, um, persons. And even more money is better. BTW: because I decided on a life of startups and contracting, I’ve been pathologically shoving every spare cent into paying off the house. Read what you will into that ;-)

Also note that every one of the candidates are pretty close to self-made men, um, persons.

]]> By: Joey deVilla http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/comment-page-1/#comment-12607 Joey deVilla Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:43:24 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worth/#comment-12607 <strong>@David:</strong> Glad to see that you haven't abandoned your defense of the downtrodden! If <a href="http://www.thewealthybarber.com/" rel="nofollow"><cite>The Wealthy Barber</cite></a> wasn't lying to us, a net worth of $1 million is within both yours and my reach (as computer programmers who seem not to have made any crippling financial mistakes) by age 60. (Chances are, by the time Obama reaches Clinton's age, he might also have her net worth. Money leads to more money.) However, if you went up to me and asked whose net worth I'd rather have, I'd take McCain's. <a href="http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/03/31/what-if-money-came-with-an-instruction-manual/" rel="nofollow">The First Rule of Money</a> is that in the absence of other factors, more money is better than less money. @David: Glad to see that you haven’t abandoned your defense of the downtrodden!

If The Wealthy Barber wasn’t lying to us, a net worth of $1 million is within both yours and my reach (as computer programmers who seem not to have made any crippling financial mistakes) by age 60.

(Chances are, by the time Obama reaches Clinton’s age, he might also have her net worth. Money leads to more money.)

However, if you went up to me and asked whose net worth I’d rather have, I’d take McCain’s. The First Rule of Money is that in the absence of other factors, more money is better than less money.

]]> By: David http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worths/comment-page-1/#comment-12606 David Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:27:14 +0000 http://www.joeydevilla.com/2008/04/14/the-presidential-candidates-net-worth/#comment-12606 Yeah, I was hanging down at the bar the other day with a guy only pulling in $991,000. There's no denying he had the common touch though; he explained fully why we're all so bitter an' clingin' to our shotguns an' gawd an' stuff. Yeah, I was hanging down at the bar the other day with a guy only pulling in $991,000. There’s no denying he had the common touch though; he explained fully why we’re all so bitter an’ clingin’ to our shotguns an’ gawd an’ stuff.

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