The all-American working man demeanor of Tim WalzāKamala Harrisās new running mateālooks like itās not just an act.
Financial disclosures show Tim Walz barely has any assets to his name. No stocks, bonds, or even property to call his own. Together with his wife, Gwen, his net worth is $330,000, according to aĀ reportĀ by theĀ Wall Street JournalĀ citing financial disclosures from 2019, the year after he became Minnesota governor.
With that kind of meager nest egg, he would be more or less in line with theĀ median figureĀ for Americans his age (heās 60), and even poorer than the average. One in 15 Americans is a millionaire, a recent UBS wealth reportĀ discovered.
Meanwhile, the gross annual income of Walz and his wife, Gwen, amounted to $166,719 before tax in 2022, according to their joint return filed that same year. Walz is even entitled to earn more than the $127,629Ā salary he receivesĀ as state governor, but he has elected not to receive the roughly $22,000 difference.
āWalz represents the stable middle class,ā tax lawyer Megan Gorman, who authored a book on the personal finances of U.S. presidents, told the paper.
They need to fucking run with this in their programming. Itās such a powerful contrast to billion dollar baby and Peter Thielās plaything. He is demonstrably not in it for the money. Heās just a guy, trying to improve peopleās lives and thatās it.
Theyāll spin it that heās so poor that he is incompetent or just going for VP for the paycheck will ābillionaireā Trump is a good business man and doesnāt need the paycheck at all. But it will probably backfire cuz that just makes Walz relatable AF, especially to younger or more rural voters.
āHeās just a guy doing work for MONEY!!! He doesnāt care about the JOB!!! He just shows up for a paycheck!!! He hates the American people, because as vice-president theyāre his BOSS!!! He hates his BOSSES!!! Not like Donald Trump! Trump only hates people who arenāt white! But he hates people equally, regardless of their job!ā
āWhoa! This Walz guy sounds just like me! I only do my job for the money too! And I hate my boss! My company used to be so much bigger until my bosses fucked everything up! Blockbuster used to be HUGE!ā
āYou work at a Blockbuster Video? Like the video tape rental place???ā
āYeah!ā
āWhere even IS a Blockbuster anymore??? I thought they all went out of businessā¦ā
āIn Alaska. We donāt have internet up here, so nobodys heard of Netflix.ā
āYou live in Alaska? Iām not sure you even CAN vote in a USA election. Thatās part of Russia, man!ā
āWhat? No itās not.ā
āIt used to be! And that means Russia can take it back anytime Putin wants.ā
āThatāsā¦not how that worksā¦ā
āTell that to Ukraine! Theyāre invading Russia right now.ā
āI meanā¦yeah, ok, they are, but only in self defense of a war thatās been going on for 2 years prior.ā
āAnd that war started because Ukraine didnāt just hand themselves over back to Russia. As theyād previously been.ā
āYouāre an idiot.ā
āAnd you work for Blockbuster.ā
Would have thought someone his generation owned the house they bought for 50 years ago for $1,000 or something.
He sold the house when he was ejected governor.
I know itās a typo, but the mental image of him being ejected from a plane and parachuting down into his new office is just badass
Iām going to leave it because youāre right.