Posted on 08/04/2015 5:38:33 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
He really likes his job, but it only pays $21,700 a year. Last year he tried to maintain a budget, but spent $16,500 over his income, running up his cards on his past debt.
He now owes over $165,000 on his credit cards.
But he is trying and has a new austere budget, where he has cut $40.00 from his budget for next year.
Damn, you mean Scott Walker can relate to many Americans under Obamanomics?
Really?
Horror of horrors.
Wtf is a cpf
Who cares?
Paying over 20% on a credit card? Not impressed by the personal financial acumen.
I think Scott could get a better card and do a balance transfer. As long as he is paying his bills on time - this really is his business. Maybe his wife likes to live beyond their means - who knows? I’m surprised he doesn’t have a Kohl’s credit card, but maybe he is using one of his credit cards to shop there. Has he written a book yet? He needs to do that asap - it would bring in some additional, well-needed funds for the Walker household. He could write about his fight with the public unions.
Just a WAG, but Close Personal Friend?
I wonder what the liberals think about Walker giving a big chunk of his governor’s salary back to the State of Wisconsin?
I know his wife wasn’t happy...
I checked by the way, and the salary Walker gets is $144,423 a year. That does not include all the perks that go with the job, the expense accounts and whatnot.
OK, it's not a king's ransom but plenty enough to live a solid middle class lifestyle in Wisconsin.
It would be like hiring a 400 pound out-of-shape slob to be your weight loss coach.
In response to the greed and corruption prevalent in the Milwaukee County Executives office prior to his election Walker promised during his campaign to return $60,000.00 a year of his salary back to Milwaukee County. And he did.
“Walker has foregone $375,070 in salary since being elected county executive in 2002 — $5,070 more than what he has claimed during the gubernatorial campaign.”
Walker is also in debt for his two son’s student loans to the tune of over $100,000.00. That debt would have an effect on the interest rate charged by the credit card companies. Walker took on his two son’s education as a personal obligation without looking for a government handout.
CPF = Close Personal Friend
Liberals want it both ways. Either way, a conservative Pubbie is going to be criticized
If he was as brilliant as Hillary Clinton, he’d be able to turn a $3,000 investment into $100,000.
If he was as brilliant as Terry McAwful, he’d be able to turn $100,000 into $17,000,000.
Very often someone can stink in one realm, same area, and shine in another.
Ronald Reagan was an awful parent, but a fantastic president. One of the best, in fact. There's only so much of "us" to go around, and he gave himself to the people.
Likewise, Walker may not be the best at his home financial budget, but look at the State of Wisconsin.
To make the tie here is, I believe, simplistic in the extreme and at odds with the facts.
Is that the Democrat side talking? Our candidates must be defect free while the Dems get to be wasteful, walking killers.
Yes, but Ronald Reagan wasn’t running to be our national parent. So his parenting skills were irrelevant..
He did great with Wisconsin and his elections, re-elections.
His personal financial issues actually lead me to trust him more. He hasn’t looked for all the creative ways many politicians (all Democrat/Socialist/Communist and RINOs) use to build personal wealth. i.e. corruption
Has Scott Walker’s influence on Wisconin’s budget and economy been a net positive or negative? Ergo, Scott Walker’s personal finances are completely irrelevant to his stewardship of a large economy.
“Paying over 20% on a credit card? Not impressed by the personal financial acumen.”
Neither am I.
My concern here is that Walker has apparently mismanaged his own finances - owing that much, and at that interest rate, while earning almost three times the average household income in his state.
Anyone who can’t manage their own money shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near mine.
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