Posted on 06/22/2021 8:35:31 AM PDT by DFG
C'mon man...did you sleep thru the 2016 campaign?
Goldman Sachs.
Another reason not to trust him and be glad Donald J Trump made quick work of him
Heidi Cruz says she has to work a 70-hour week to support her family
In a new profile published today in the Atlantic, Heidi Cruz, a managing director at Goldman Sachs and the wife of US senator Ted Cruz, described her life as the family’s primary breadwinner.
Elaina Plott reports that Cruz is “working 70-hour weeks not only because she wants to, but also because she has to.” Seven years into her husband’s career as a politician, his public servant’s salary poses financial constraints to the Cruz family lifestyle, Cruz claims. “We’re not buying a second home anytime soon,” she told Potts.
How much do Ted and Heidi Cruz really make?
As a managing director at Goldman Sachs, Heidi Cruz likely earns over $300,000 a year—without factoring in an additional bonus. As a senator, Ted Cruz earns an annual salary of $174,000 for his work as a public servant, placing him in the top 3% of American earners.
In the past few years, Ted Cruz also had other sources of income, including royalties from his book, A Time for Truth: Reigniting the Promise of America, which in 2015 came to a minimum $318,750 in royalty payments. (He reported making between $100,001 and $1 million in royalties for the book that year.)
Together, the couple list assets ranging between $2 million and $5 million from stocks, mutual funds, and his law firm retirement plan. After liabilities, that number could be considerably lower—Roll Call estimates that the politician’s personal net worth may be as little as $200,000. Nevertheless, assuming an annual income as a household of $474,000 from their salaries alone, the Cruz family would still be in the top 0.7% of American earners. That’s eight times the median household income in their home state of Texas ($56,565 in 2016.)
With those numbers in mind, Heidi Cruz’s comment about not being able to afford a second home rings a little hollow.
I think the explanation we get will be that his wife made the big bucks
She may bring in the most money, it nothing she makes can equate to the access to information he has.
It’s about the information, who controls it and who has access to it.
Makes you wonder how many of these big companies encourage “arranged marriages”‘between their employee and members of Congress.
Bitch about Swalwell and the Chinese spy all you want. Be just as concerned about Wall St having inside access to every part of our government for decades.
It’s not like he started out in a 2M starter home.
Career military here with a few years in the defense industry.
Because of wife saving and investing smartly, we have a million dollar home in Texas and a good chunk in the bank.
If we made 300K a year for years, then easy to afford a 2M (and more) home. And if I was a lawyer that argued in front of the SCOTUS, then 300K is a paycut.
Goldman-Sachs? It’s no wonder Ted is all talk and no bite.
You can always tell by looking at the hands. None of them look like these:
The “under 25” age group is easily manipulated. Once they glom on to the words of an “elder” who’s opinion they respect, it’s difficult to turn them from it.
Somebody needs to slap these punks into next year. Perfect example of what the indoctrination centers have done.
Hey, you, get offa my lawn!
—The Rolling Stones
Global Warming PING!
Forget it, Mariner. It’s Congress.
Wife worked for Goldman-Sachs.
“Heidi Cruz’s comment about not being able to afford a second home rings a little hollow.”
Perhaps they want to pay off the home first, and besides, owning a second home is not something that all people are interested in. I read her comment that way.
I hardly take the Atlantic at their word on anything. Big dem backers.
Agree! Should have arrived on scene, arrested all for trespassing and disturbance of the peace, (as well as any other violations) and threw them all in several paddy wagons. End of discussion.
And, of course, the Build Back (Better) terminology is a globalist theme, pushed by President Ding Dong, Justin Turdeau and Boring Johnson, among others.
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