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.
Ok?
So you understand why the framing is valuable but want to be a pisser about it anyway?
The discussion is about net worth and the article explicitly states their annual income which includes the pension. I donāt understand the issue. Whatās not being included? Whatās being omitted? What is the problem? What do you want to see differently?
The article talks about nest eggs and compares him to people in his age group while obliquely talking about his income. Itās relatable to retirement planning and thatās why pensions are important. Theyāre explicitly income you donāt have to work for and a form of building a nest eggs. Itās important to talk about them in this context.
This has shifted to a clearly bad faith or at least wildly stubborn argument. All of the info is presentend clear as day including income. There is nothing nefarious happening. You are being ridiculous.
Nobody said it was nefarious. Youāre the one injecting the tone.
Then what the fuck is the problem? Jesus Christ dude. Iām out.