[scooby321]

John Kennedy had a family Trust worth 10 Million at death in 1963

I wonder how that is 1 Billion Dollars?

[TomGuy]

John Kennedy had a family Trust worth 10 Million at death in 1963

I wonder how that is 1 Billion Dollars?

I wonder the same about Kennedy and Clinton. Those figures must be '2015 dollars' or some such. That also makes the list somewhat irrelevant.

Washington was wealthy before becoming president. Clinton was flat broke when he left the presidency (according to Hillary), so BJ's wealth apparently came from post-presidency speeches.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

John Kennedy had a family Trust worth 10 Million at death in 1963

I wonder how that is 1 Billion Dollars?

Inflation is a huge joker in this deck. IMHO $10 in 1963 would be well over $100 today. Big chunk of that was Carterflation . . .

In the 1930s or so, someone said that “if you have a million dollars your are as well off as if you were rich.” $1M today doesn’t put you in that category. Except by biblical standards, of course . . .