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.
Maybe not the best idea to put people in charge that are obviously bad with money.
Wow, this is the best you got?
Love this logic. The dude is just a normal dude. He didnāt exploit his position and shake every penny he could out of his charges. So heās bad with money.
Get a grip dude.
There is a huge difference in āexploiting his positionā and being financially illiterate.
Not in the US. Thatās how people get ridiculously rich. 100% of the time. Every time.
85% of millionaires are self made, received no inheritance, average age 50ish, and accomplished this feat by investing over 25-30 years in blue chip companies. Itās basic financial literacy.
Yeah no man. That isnāt basic knowledge. That was never taught to any of us. Iām sure it was if you were born with a silver stick up your ass. Being lazy is what those people do best. Soft hands and all you know. But for the rest of us, the wage slaves. Investing is something boomers like to scream about incoherently. Not a real thing in our world. Weāre too busy paying bills and eating occasionally.
When i started learning about investing i lived in a crackhouse and am descended from a long line of poor white trash. Some people create results and others create excuses. Which are you going to be?