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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is fake news.  There's no law that says a federal employe can't have credit card debts.  The only issue I am aware is whether the employee took care of his or her just obligations.  There's nothing in this thread that suggests that Kavanaugh didn't.  [/quote]
Mystery money. Where did the mystery money come from to pay off his debts? That’s not “fake news.” That’s a big dang deal.[/quote]

Generally, the problem is if Kavanaugh didn't disclose his debt and someone, somehow discovered he lied on the disclosure form.  No one's suggesting he lied.  And if you can't imagine how someone could pay off a $200,000 cc debt legitimately, it's probably due to your lack of imagination, wishful thinking - or more likely your politics getting in the way of critical thinking.  I can imagine many ways in which someone could pay down his or he rdebt, so this is a non-issue until someone on the left can be more specific about what Kavanaugh did that is so illegal.  [/quote]

And no one is saying he did anything illegal - yet. It’s just eyebrow raising, and not the judgment you want to see in a current federal judge and Supreme Court nominee, for him to have only mid-five figures in assets outside of his retirement and personal residence, and with all the past debt, and with all the debt suddenly paid off. [b]Bad things happen when judges are broke[/b].[/quote]

He's been a judge for a long time, been in public service even longer.  If this is all you've got, if this is all Washington Post has got - that he took care of his just legal obligations - I think he'll be fine.  [/quote]

This was day 2. You think everything is out already? OK.[/quote]

He's not "broke."  He never went to work for private sector even with his Yale degrees.  Instead, he's been in public service all his life.  Unless and until someone can explain what it is that's so illegal about having debt, including cc debt - and taking care of his just legal obligations - this is sounding more like a witch hunt.  Washington Post's article seems to suggest his crime is that he's not as rich as other justices.  This is a proof that you don't become a millionaire by being in gov't all your life.  Kavanaugh's modest financial picture, including debt, is pretty consistent with a $300,000/year income.  [/quote]
What? I like him, but you're acting as if $300,000 is a modest income, and that it's to be expected that a lawyer in his 50s earning more than 98% of people has virtually nothing in savings.

I am slightly older than he is, but never quite broke the $100,000 barrier. (I'm very close.) Yet, I lived within my means and now have a net worth of nearly $1 million, including $500,000 in retirement funds. Sorry, but someone with a $300,000 income should be setting aside at least $30,000 of that, or live more modestly. After 10 years, with a return, that would approach $400,000 in savings.

It does speak to bad decisions. [/quote]

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