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Well, she is married to a venture capitalist who got rich off oracle or some other company.
Not to say her position didn't help the husband make all that money, this is just a dishonest meme by not explicitly pointing out almost all of her wealth is her husband's earnings.
Out of the top 50 wealthiest politicians, only 18 are Dem, the other 32 are Republican. Memes like this are 100% fronted by conservative smoothbrains.
Not to mention the most successful traders in congress are almost exclusively Republicans. I think Pelosi even reported a loss in 2022? She should be back on the list in 2023 though, because of an nVidia investment late last year.
I think there is a lot of honest leftist discussion about banning stock trading for congressmen, but anybody who points out Nancy specifically is a conservative parrot.
We can't be critical across the board?
I invite criticism towards all political and social leaders. What I don't like to see are the same 4 right wing talking points parroted endlessly in a disingenuous display of both-sides-ism.
That's more or less 2/5 and 3/5. Not a big difference and not something I'd like to brush off. That's verging on "sure the dems are crooked, but what about the republicans?" Nah, put the pressure on all of them.
Way to round the numbers in favor of your argument. 64% vs 36% isn't a big difference?
There is probably a point among that partisan BS - maybe it would be useful to list politicians by their public salary and net worth. I’m sure most started as wealthy, since it’s kind of required to be politician at national level, but let’s see the numbers
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_wealth
There's your list.
I should have known Wikipedia would have it. Thanks.
I find it unexpected Mitt Romney is only sixth, but he made his money outside politics. Never thought a culture capitalist would be the “good guy”
There, fixed it for you.
The people downvoting this didn’t read about the trades made by congress people right before we declared a pan.
Or visited one of the many sites advising how to get rich by investing in the Nancy Pelosi index
Of course, since she only has to disclose her trades at a significant delay, you won't get in on it before the profit potential is significantly decreased compared to her mysteriously perfect timing, THE hallmark of insider trading.
My understanding is that all of the venture capitalists who invested in oracle became successful, not just the one who was married to a congressperson.
Capitalism itself is the conspiracy, I'm not sure capitalism+marriage makes it an extra level of evil, lol.
Sure, but this one then became much richer than he already was through marrying a congresperson who consistently outperforms the market herself in spite of having no background in stock trading prior to achieving various political posts that inherently bring inside information.
Capatilism+exploiting your marriage with a corrupt politician for unfair financial gain or BEING that endlessly corrupt politician, on the other hand..