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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm new to this thread, so I haven't read the whole thing. I came looking for a place to ask this. I saw a WSJ article comparing the finances of both VP candidates. It was just another thing about Walz that left me feeling uneasy. How is a man his age so completely incapable of taking care of his family and himself financially? And with that in mind, how could anybody feel good about him being next in line for the presidency (not that the president is actually running the country, as we now know). I ask this sincerely. I am an independent voter who almost always voted Republican until Trump. Sat out the last election. But cannot see myself voting for this Harris/Walz ticket either. I live in DC, so my vote doesn't matter either way. But of course, almost all my friends are Dems, so I don't talk politics outside the home. When others impose their feelings onto me, they seem just blindly to be so excited about Harris/Walz and I truly find it baffling. She just doesn't engender confidence. And believe me, I want a woman president![/quote]

I will answer this in good faith. Between Gwen and Tim, they have 4 pensions (army, teacher, teacher, congressman). Between that and social security, their retirement is secure.

For a very long time, they were a dual income teacher/teacher household. You know how much money they make. For a long time, they tried IVF to have children. You know how much that costs. He has put money into his children’s 529 plan. They had a house that they sold when he moved into the governor’s mansion. Until his decision to run for office, the Walz family had a perfectly middle class life.

What he has not done, is to enrich himself while in office. This is not a failure, it’s a good thing. He didn’t sell himself out and make himself beholden to special interests, which means that he could actually work on behalf of his constituents without external pressures. I think we have became so used to corruption in politics that when we see someone who is not, it seems like a bad thing. [/quote]

+10000000

My midwestern dad never made big bucks or had any investments but he did earn a pension over 35 years of hard work and that plus SS means his retirement has been more than comfortable for him.

A LOT of Americans can relate to someone who doesn’t have a million dollar investment portfolio.

I’d say Walz has done pretty good for himself and his family. I mean come on. He lives in a governor’s mansion. Sheesh. [/quote]

Pence in 2016:
Mike Pence, the Republican vice presidential candidate, filed a sparse financial disclosure, suggesting a relatively modest income and lifestyle.

That offered a sharp contrast with his running mate, Donald Trump, who has controversially refused to release his tax forms.

According to Pence’s filing with the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday, his family’s income from the beginning of 2015 through August 16 was $173,000, all from his salary as governor of Indiana.

His wife’s craft and painting business, which was closed around the time that Pence was tapped as the vice presidential candidate, was listed as having income of none or less than $1,000.

Pence’s other assets and income form included a bank account worth no more than $15,000 and two education savings plans, known as 529 plans after the portion of the tax code, each worth no more than $15,000, according to the filing.

The family, which includes three children, had seven student loans, which could range in value from $10,000 to $50,000 each.

https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/19/sparse-mike-pence-personal-finance-disclosure-offers-sharp-contrast-with-donald-trump.html
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