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Anonymous wrote:The debt thing is so weird. My DH and I are both public servants and have way more money than that and no debt exxcpet mortgage. If you don’t have the money why would you put 60k on a credit card for baseball tix? That’s just so dumb. Their HH income is $260k and they have less than 65k saved?? Something doesn’t add up.

This. It’s especially weird since by all accounts he has been gunning for this his whole life. Odd that someone who has been so careful in every other aspect would be so reckless about debt.

Im liberal but yes he seems like an overall decent pick. Someone is working overtime to get feel good stories about him coaching and carpooling into the WaPo. But why would a smart person make such stupid financial decisions. Its not like there are medical bills. Also, how can they have less than 65k in retirement at this age?

Doesn't he get pension as a federal judge? Retirement is more of a concern to those who have to rely on SS and 401k. Judges may get SS, TSP, and pension. People with pension may not need a huge TSP retirement fund.

TSP, SS, and annuity are like 3 legs to a stool. You need all 3 if you're going to maintain your lifestyle in retirement. We're two feds (GS, not SES, so less HHI than Kavanagh) in our 40's w/ 3 kids including one in FT daycare and one with SN that has led to almost $20k in direct expenses in one year. We have around $400k in retirement savings right now plus 3x 529's (with not nearly enough) and some additional savings (that have mostly been wiped out due to SN). Our only debt is our mortgage and a car loan. Kavanagh's financial state doesn't speak well of his judgement.

Anonymous wrote:This whole “baseball tickets” line sounds fishy. It reminds me of the “the meeting was just about Russian adoption.” Something isn’t adding up. He’s so much of a Nats fan that he went into debt to support the team. Ya, not buying it.

Buying baseball tickets by going into debt is a serious character flaw, the kind which should disqualify him from this position.

I’d prefer Kavanaugh to the other people Trump was considering so I hope he is confirmed. But I think something is seriously off with regard to his financial issues. We will see.

This whole “baseball tickets” line sounds fishy. It reminds me of the “the meeting was just about Russian adoption.” Something isn’t adding up. He’s so much of a Nats fan that he went into debt to support the team. Ya, not buying it.

The problem with the debt and his overall financial picture is what it shows us about his decision making, his seriousness of thought and action. At Supreme Court level, a judge is expected to be deliberate, serious, measured, responsible in his decision making. His financial picture screams reckless decision making and that to me is a huge character flaw for a Supreme Court judge. For those who are saying he is like majority of Americans, well those Americans are not on the Supreme Court, he will be and we expect more and better from him.

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Anonymous wrote:The debt thing is so weird. My DH and I are both public servants and have way more money than that and no debt exxcpet mortgage. If you don’t have the money why would you put 60k on a credit card for baseball tix? That’s just so dumb. Their HH income is $260k and they have less than 65k saved?? Something doesn’t add up.

This. It’s especially weird since by all accounts he has been gunning for this his whole life. Odd that someone who has been so careful in every other aspect would be so reckless about debt.

Im liberal but yes he seems like an overall decent pick. Someone is working overtime to get feel good stories about him coaching and carpooling into the WaPo. But why would a smart person make such stupid financial decisions. Its not like there are medical bills. Also, how can they have less than 65k in retirement at this age?

Doesn't he get pension as a federal judge? Retirement is more of a concern to those who have to rely on SS and 401k. Judges may get SS, TSP, and pension. People with pension may not need a huge TSP retirement fund.

Federal government pension are not what they were. And does he 20 years federal service? Nowadays pensions don’t replace salaries (they are just “one leg” of your retirement stool”) and your tsp is like a 401k plus you have ss

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Anonymous wrote:The debt thing is so weird. My DH and I are both public servants and have way more money than that and no debt exxcpet mortgage. If you don’t have the money why would you put 60k on a credit card for baseball tix? That’s just so dumb. Their HH income is $260k and they have less than 65k saved?? Something doesn’t add up.

This. It’s especially weird since by all accounts he has been gunning for this his whole life. Odd that someone who has been so careful in every other aspect would be so reckless about debt.

Im liberal but yes he seems like an overall decent pick. Someone is working overtime to get feel good stories about him coaching and carpooling into the WaPo. But why would a smart person make such stupid financial decisions. Its not like there are medical bills. Also, how can they have less than 65k in retirement at this age?

Doesn't he get pension as a federal judge? Retirement is more of a concern to those who have to rely on SS and 401k. Judges may get SS, TSP, and pension. People with pension may not need a huge TSP retirement fund.

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Anonymous wrote:I am looking forward to learning more about Kavanaugh’s role in the torture related decisions by the Bush administration. He was belatedly caught misrepresenting it ( i.e. lying) after his last hearing.

How did he get caught?

unless it convinces rand to vote no, it won't matter

and he wont vote no. he chickkens out all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:I am looking forward to learning more about Kavanaugh’s role in the torture related decisions by the Bush administration. He was belatedly caught misrepresenting it ( i.e. lying) after his last hearing.

How did he get caught?

unless it convinces rand to vote no, it won't matter

and he wont vote no. he kucks out all the time.

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Anonymous wrote:The extent to which the troll networks are fighting back against this on twitter, FB, and the WaPo comment section tells me there's more to this. Stay tuned.

Fake issue. Shows there's no real issue with this nominee.

PP. The real issue why the Dems fear Karavanough is the the roll backs under the new SCOTUS: abortion, prison and capital punishment, gay rights, affirmative action...

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Anonymous wrote:The debt thing is so weird. My DH and I are both public servants and have way more money than that and no debt exxcpet mortgage. If you don’t have the money why would you put 60k on a credit card for baseball tix? That’s just so dumb. Their HH income is $260k and they have less than 65k saved?? Something doesn’t add up.

This. It’s especially weird since by all accounts he has been gunning for this his whole life. Odd that someone who has been so careful in every other aspect would be so reckless about debt.

Im liberal but yes he seems like an overall decent pick. Someone is working overtime to get feel good stories about him coaching and carpooling into the WaPo. But why would a smart person make such stupid financial decisions. Its not like there are medical bills. Also, how can they have less than 65k in retirement at this age?

Anonymous wrote:I am looking forward to learning more about Kavanaugh’s role in the torture related decisions by the Bush administration. He was belatedly caught misrepresenting it ( i.e. lying) after his last hearing.

How did he get caught?

Anonymous wrote:The extent to which the troll networks are fighting back against this on twitter, FB, and the WaPo comment section tells me there's more to this. Stay tuned.

Fake issue. Shows there's no real issue with this nominee.

The extent to which the troll networks are fighting back against this on twitter, FB, and the WaPo comment section tells me there's more to this. Stay tuned.

Anonymous wrote:The debt thing is so weird. My DH and I are both public servants and have way more money than that and no debt exxcpet mortgage. If you don’t have the money why would you put 60k on a credit card for baseball tix? That’s just so dumb. Their HH income is $260k and they have less than 65k saved?? Something doesn’t add up.

This. It’s especially weird since by all accounts he has been gunning for this his whole life. Odd that someone who has been so careful in every other aspect would be so reckless about debt.