Posted on 10/01/2008 3:57:15 PM PDT by nobama08
Sarah Palin and her husband have pieced together a uniquely Alaskan income that reached comfortably into six figures even before she became governor, capitalizing on valuable fishing rights, a series of land deals and a patchwork of other ventures to build an above-average lifestyle.
Add up the couple's 2007 income and the estimated value of their property and investments and they appear to be worth at least $1.2 million. That would make the Palins, like Democratic vice presidential rival Joe Biden and his wife Jill, well-off but not nearly as wealthy as multimillionaire couples John and Cindy McCain and, to a lesser extent, Barack and Michelle Obama.
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They also have 5 kids.
The point of it was “to paint the Palin’s as “not your average Americans”
I would agree..........the Palins worked for it!
So, in a round about way, the Palin’s are the poorest of the bunch.
One million in assets isn’t exactly “rich”. Here on the west coast its hardly worth noting.
Showing that the Palins didn’t need a criminal to get them a nice house and a sweetheart mortgage. Don’t you think that was the point?
MSM has no point.
They are trying to make her out so that she doesn’t look like the normal joe sixpack family.
It won’t work. Everything they described details people that work hard and invest in their futures.
Yes. But unlike Mr. & Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama, they EARNED their money the hard way.
Class envy. The Democrats at ABC Disney aren’t trumpeting how much $$$ Obama, Biden, Reid, or Pelosi have.
When Democrats get to live the high life (like the Kennedy Klan), they become American “royalty” even though they insist that you pay estate taxes when you die.
That’s what I was thinking. These days a million dollars in assets is really middle class. Looks like the Palins have worked very hard, are smart, probably frugal and have a wonderful family. We should all be so fortunate.
How many cars does Kerry have?
Don’t those guys on “The Deadliest Catch” make some good money??
Millions of American have worth of more than a million dollars when you add up the value of their property(s), 401K, income, dividends and assets like boats, RV's, cars
ABC is just trying to paint the Palins as not your average American
LOL - that never entered my mind.
This is a ridiculous story. The main “asset” is their $500,000 home, and the author of this piece acknowledges not knowing what the Palins’ own on the mortgage!
And how many chauffeurs?
This proves that Sarah Palin is not nearly as smart as John Kerry. Palin had to work for what she has. Kerry’s a lot smarter than that, he just marries into money.
And how about Obama? He funnels taxpayer money to a guy who, in turn, get’s him a great sweetheart deal on a house in Chicago. Obama ain’t no dummy/s
Yeah, and they did it without going to Washington and stealing it from the taxpayers.
This is a concept unknown to 99% of politicians. They see Washingon, DC as the destination where they will find the pot of personal gold ... and most do.
To show that SP is richer than Biden. I read the article but not sure that it supports the theme that she is worth more than $1 million. I couldn't get there with their numbers.
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