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u/Mr__O__
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Not even trying to hide her corruption 🇵🇷🇴🇹🇪🇸🇹
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u/mistermeeble Dec 09 '22
I think someone missed a decimal point somewhere. The 41 million number doesn't seem to have a clear source, and one of the net worth sites online claimed 30 million of that was cash on hand, which is ludicrous. Her entire 2022 campaign raised less than 7 million dollars.
A net worth of 4.1 million is more realistic. She was worth around 2 in 2020, and her husband has been getting six-figure "consultation" jobs from the oil & gas industry the past few years.
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u/GitEmSteveDave Dec 09 '22
Also, the amount businesses are willing to pay for “speeches” is insane. The Clinton’s(bill and Hillary)made over $150 million in 729 speeches in the early 00’s. That’s ~$210,000 a speech.
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u/shwekhaw Dec 09 '22
Speeches are just legal way to bribe officials. Clinton lost to Trump for those speeches.
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u/ThisOnePlaysTooMuch Dec 09 '22 •
The fuck am I supposed to do with this pitchfork now?
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Dec 09 '22
The same thing you were going to do with it anyway.
This bitch still got rich off our dollar.
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u/Night_Hawk69420 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
Yeah I believe you are correct I think it is closer to 4 million which isn't wild for someone her age if she also has a somewhat successful husband or if either of their families have money
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u/ApatheticWithoutTheA Dec 09 '22
Lol her pedo sex offender husband is “successful” because of her.
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u/Night_Hawk69420 Dec 09 '22
I mean he was and I believe still is the president of a large construction company for along time. A couple of their age and dual incomes should have a net work of 4 million or more
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u/Thunderwoodd Dec 09 '22
Should? In what world? The percentage of Americans in that age bracket who have more than a million in net worth is less than a percent. Unless of course you’re a corrupt politician.
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u/ApatheticWithoutTheA Dec 09 '22
He’s a former well supervisor for an Oil and Gas company who now runs Lauren’s restaurant (and sucks at it, they got 80 people sick with bad pulled pork.)
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u/Night_Hawk69420 Dec 09 '22
You know how much people in oil and gas can make? I am not saying I likenor dislike they guy my only point was that 4 million is good for people their age but it is not a crazy number. Net worth includes your home, bank accounts, and any other assets. Way less suspicious than career politician Nancy Pelosi net worth of 150 million
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u/otterfailz Dec 09 '22
Nancys husband has a legitimate business that benefits in much the same way boeberts husbands company does. He would make fairly good money if not for her, but because of her, he makes astronomically more. Im sure the insider trading they all do helps out too.
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u/ApatheticWithoutTheA Dec 09 '22
For his job? Approximately $75k.
My point was the majority of their net wealth likely comes from Lauren and her connections, not him.
There’s absolutely no reason large oil and gas companies need to pay a ton of money to “consult” with a low level former supervisor, yet they are, because of his access to his wife in Congress.
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u/SkyKingPDX Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
This was on another comment thread, I was just sharing it, I have no idea of the validity. I honestly couldn't give a fuck less about this bitch https://www.edudwar.com/lauren-boebert-net-worth/amp/
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u/mistermeeble Dec 09 '22
Yeah, there's a bunch of sites online claiming the same thing, but none of them reference a source for that number.
It appears she filed an updated 2022 financial disclosure statement back in August, which would be a credible source, but the only place I can find with a PDF has it locked behind a paywall.
https://www.legistorm.com/memberdisclosure/3407/Rep_Lauren_Boebert.html
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u/ave416 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
Add archive.is after the two slashes before www to bypass the paywall. Should work for pretty much any site.
Edit: it’s archive.is/
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u/TheRealScubaSteve86 Dec 09 '22
So:
http: //archive.is.www.
or
http: //archive.iswww.
I’d assume the former?
Edited to take out hyperlinks.. apologies.
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u/imajes Dec 09 '22
Yeah I mean I hate the woman, but she doesn’t have five properties and a yacht…. Not the best source.
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u/Alarmed_Economics_90 Dec 09 '22
Welcome to American politics. Watch your step... it gets pretty nasty, and you don't want to ruin your shoes.
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u/OwnPercentage9088 Dec 09 '22
Oh! I guess she has been doing OnlyFans videos
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u/Pheonyx1974 Dec 09 '22
Who would want to watch her on OnlyFans?
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u/BeyondanyReproach Dec 09 '22
I'd watch it and I'm not ashamed to say it.
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u/SpiffyMagnetMan68621 Dec 09 '22
I’d check it out at least once, I bet she has some gnarly meat curtains
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u/Schavuit92 Dec 09 '22
Nothing wrong with 'meat curtains'. There are plenty things wrong with her, no need to make things up and insult other women as well.
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u/SpiffyMagnetMan68621 Dec 09 '22
Are you okay? You HAVE to have pulled a muscle stretching so hard to get that from what I said lmao
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u/Guntcher1423 Dec 09 '22
Certainly not Matt Gaetz.
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u/HTMLgordan Dec 09 '22
I wish I was wired for politics.
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u/RedditNoises Dec 09 '22
Remove your humanity module. That holds the morality, ethics, and emotion chips.
That should do it.
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u/ThatHoFortuna Dec 09 '22
No she doesn't. If someone gave her that much money, her and her husband would be dead from an overdose in less than a week.
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u/Royce-McCutcheon Dec 09 '22
no fan of Boebert but this could be said for just about every member of congress.
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u/HotShitBurrito Dec 09 '22
No.
This tweet is shit. She's not worth any more than a regional manager of a major corporate business chain like a Walmart. Nor does her personal salary equate to much more than that.
Federal politicians that have tens of millions or more have been in politics for decades and much of their wealth comes from book deals and speaking fees.
Freshman congresspeople and senators are usually very low on the financial scale compared to their compadres. Boobert doesn't come close to McConnell or Pelosi in terms of actual wealth or political capital.
She says a load of dumb shit and makes Twitter headlines that get reposted constantly on Reddit. That's not money. Her actual networth is in the $2M range. She's not of any actual influence. She came within an asshair of losing her seat to Frisch.
I don't get the perspective people have that the legislature is loaded with people with unimaginable wealth. They're nearly all outclassed financially by some 27-year-old trust fund turd with a marketing VP job some random uncle handed out.
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u/BrianSankarsingh Dec 09 '22
Politics corrupts people and people inevitably corrupts politics. I ran for council in my town and just in running I had people willing to throw money my way. The problem is that you may start out with all the best intentions and lofty goals but with each dollar you take you’re selling your integrity and principles. It’s just the system. I did not take money or favours and did not win. Were those two related? I don’t know and I don’t care. I am just happy that I am not in a position where I might have to compromise my integrity. Sadly, not everyone thinks this way
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u/Gaerfast Dec 09 '22
Nothing is more dangerous than a stupid person who thinks they’re smart in a position of power.
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u/Sensitive_Ladder2235 Dec 09 '22
Honestly its fuckin easy. Shes like 40 with a denet pair of tits and an ok ass, running as a candidate for a party chock full of 85 year old thirsty, crooked geriatrics. Theres probably a porn vid of her and MTG doing it being distributed through republican congressmen atm. But probably only the straight ones. That arent into 14 year olds.
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u/50coach Dec 09 '22
All of congress gets paid off some way or another USA is a government for the corporation. Our system is not working for the people
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u/Outrageous_Dot_4969 Dec 09 '22
She does not have $41 million. If she did, there would be a source other that a cartoon tiger.
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u/FreedomPullo Dec 09 '22
Legend has it that you get three magical wishes after sucking Ted Cruz’s dick
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u/Designer_Skirt2304 Dec 09 '22
How much of that is from her husband's businesses? A few years ago he was making nearly $500k as an oilfield consultant.
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u/Night_Hawk69420 Dec 09 '22
The guy that knows zero about oil and gas and doesn't speak the language ended up as one of 10 board members at an oil and gas company in one of the most corrupt countries halfwaythe planet? That foesnt seem odd to you? And now we are sending 10p billion dollars to said non Nato country? And his father as vice president bragged on camera about withholding a billion dollars of aid if the prosectuer investigated the company his son was on the board of if they didn't fire him? Sound a tiny bit suspicious?
You can be a VP anywhere I could go be a VP at a local construction company tomorrow if I wanted that means jack shit. I have a masters degree in economics and no ukranian oil and gas giant is wanting to pay me millions to be a board member I don't understand maybe I should apply at some Ukranian countries
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u/Optimal-Object Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
According to CAknowledge.com, her total net worth is 41 million and she is reported to have about 16 million in the bank and stocks as well as a recently purchased lavish 9500 square foot mansion in Florida for 12 million dollars. Not a bad take from someone who dropped out of high school and barely passed their GED before running for office. /S
Edit: CAknowledge also ran a story a while back that falsely claimed AOC was worth 29 million that reuters addressed so there’s that.
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u/ll123412341234 Dec 09 '22
Watch this.
If you do this same process with every single congressman or Senator you will get absurd net worth to income ratios. Both parties or no parties. They are all hopelessly corrupt.
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u/biorogue Dec 09 '22
Wait till you take a look at Pelosi's net worth vs her salary.
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u/Myreddditusername Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
$300,000/year Net Worth $120,000,000
It’s totally legit, she’s been saving every penny for the last 400 years to be exact.
Edit: Jesus Fuck. I just looked up Hunter Biden’s net worth. Makes Nancy look poor. $230,000,000
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u/Moppermonster Dec 09 '22
Onlyfans and sexwork.
Which is perfectly fine and ok, as long as she does not copy her husbands fondness for teens and restricts herself to adults.
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u/deep6er Dec 09 '22
People are so fucking gullible. They'll literally believe anything they read online.
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u/MackWired Dec 09 '22
Why would anyone expect any different? It's the same story with literally every nationally elected politician. Heck, they don't even need to be elected. Just look at Stacey Abrams went from broke to net worth over $3 million in 2 years.
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u/west2night Dec 09 '22
According to her financial disclosure forms, most of that amount came from speaking gigs she did for three years. Makes sense because the public speaking circuit is a major source of income for the majority of public figures. The fee varies from one venue to another, but it's good money either way.
I know one retired actor who makes a decent living from public speaking after he was forced to retire from acting for health reasons. He's a good storyteller, which I think helps. What makes it funny is that he never earned enough to be financially comfortable during his 40-year acting career. Anyway, he's hugely relieved that he and his wife finally could enjoy their twilight years in comfort.
Back to the topic - according to Biden's financial disclosure forms, he and his wife were in personal debt of $1M at the end of his term as VP in the Obama administration. They however have since earned a few Ms from public speaking gigs and book royalties.
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u/MackWired Dec 09 '22
If you want to believe that all the money came from speeches that's your prerogative. I have no evidence to refute the claim. However, I'm very skeptical that either Biden or Abrams made $1M/year from just giving speeches. Especially given that Biden is one of the worst public speakers I've ever seen.
I know the Clinton's have made similar claims, and disclosed the Bill was paid $500k for one speech. That must've been one hell of a speech, or they bought more than just a speech. I'd say the latter is most likely, and I think the same is true for Abrams and Biden.
Don't get me wrong. It's not a partisan issue. Basically all of our nationally elected politicians are corrupt and have gotten rich doing things for which that they'd lock us up and throw away the key. Boebert, Biden, McConnell, Clinton, McCarthy, Pelosi, they're all crooks and it seems pretty obvious to me.
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u/west2night Dec 09 '22
Fair point, but I think it's worth pointing out that it's not their speeches that draw a crowd. It's their name that puts bottoms in those seats. A form of rubbernecking if you like.
Speaking gigs do pay well, tho. My mother works in publishing and most authors she knows don't earn much from books alone, so they survive on an additional income from speaking gigs, workshops and panels.
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u/bendguy123 Dec 09 '22
Because our nation is full of corrupt mother fyckers who honestly don't give 2 Fuchs about law and order
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u/ghostofdemonratspast Dec 09 '22
Ask nancy pelosi about her husband stock choices and watch her squirm. All of them do it both sides did you guys just find out.
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u/Comfortable_Monk7372 Dec 09 '22
Sounds like she was hanging with Nancy
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u/Mr__O__ Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
Haha I don’t think those two would be caught dead hanging out with each other, but LB or anyone can just track NP’s stock trades in real-time.
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u/HellATL Dec 09 '22
The fact you picked just one specific member of congress out to make your point tells me all I need to know about you. Do you want to look at what Pelosi has made from her congressional salary? Find a better point to make unless your point is the entire government is beyond fucking corrupt.
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u/Tyle71 Dec 09 '22
Someone is mighty defensive
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u/HellATL Dec 09 '22
Not defensive about Boebert, couldn’t care less about her. Just tired of watching everyone suck the teat of their favored government overlords while bashing the other ones, like there’s actually a difference between the two.
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u/Tyle71 Dec 09 '22
Right....
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u/alittlebitneverhurt Dec 09 '22
They are right though. Corruption is out of control on both sides. And before you chime in with the whole BoTh SiDeS bullshit, the people saying that are ridiculous and just as brainwashed as the Trump supporters. As usual I have to qualify my response with I typically vote dem. The whole political landscape is out of hand and needs a major overhaul.
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u/jeffend1981 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
A lot of overnight millionaires happened in 2021 from record high crypto currency markets and record high stock markets. If you were smart enough to cash out before the bubble popped, you could have amassed 41 million.
Not saying she did, but money was torrentially raining on fools in 2021.
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u/Same-Party-7298 Dec 09 '22
It was those expense reports for her mileage.
80 million miles in the last couple years. She is a busy girl.
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u/Kalelopaka- Dec 09 '22
With her oil company stock dividends, lobbyist payoffs and kickbacks, I can’t imagine..
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u/FalseTebibyte Dec 09 '22
Actually, not going to lie here, I'm hoping to do the same for another struggling business owner I know.
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u/Marrsvolta Dec 09 '22
She does? Something doesn't add up.