“”It tarnishes his fine Kennedy image. Being a millionaire, he doesn’t need the money. He is one of the richest men in Congress.””
Read the whole article and find the writer is really speaking “tongue in cheek” - doesn’t make any apologies for the double standard of liberals.
I would like to know how he became a millionaire - exclusive of the Kennedy money. I doubt that he is one of the richest men in Congress. Well, I guess if it’s “men” and not “person”, it could be true. He worked in the Peace Corps and was an assistant DA so where’s the big money coming from? His father? Where did he get that kind of money as he was only a politician also? His grandfather had a big family so how much money did his estate have to spread among what - 10-11 kids? Those Kennedys really can stretch a million dollars into BIG MONEY, can’t they?
“”But the 36-year-old congressman from Brookline says he can’t get rid of the stock because the majority of his assets are held in shared family trusts.
His own personal investments are managed by an independent adviser, and he has no decision-making authority over what stocks are bought and sold, he says. But he is reviewing that policy.””
I say he can’t have it both ways - the stocks are either tied up in (ahem!) family trusts OR he has no decision making authority. Gads! How many more generations of Kennedys is there going to be where we are going to have to listen to this nonsense? Well, I won’t have to but my kids and grandkids will surely have to put up with them.
Not to fret. Soon there will be more rabbits than carrots.