Are any of these people worth less than $1,000,000?

Stinky The Clown

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:22 PM
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Are any of these people worth less than $1,000,000?

H R Clinton
Barack Obama
John Edwards
Bill Richardson
Chris Dodd
Joe Biden
Dennis Kucinich
Mike Gravel

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northzax

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:23 PM
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1. i don't know

why don't you go read their financial disclosure forms?

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Adelante

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:23 PM
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2. Mike Gravel nt

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napi21

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:24 PM
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3. As far as I've heard, the poorest is Biden. I believe his NW is

Edited on Fri Jul-13-07 03:31 PM by napi21

about $1.5 Mill.

EDIT! I was wrong. Here's a clip from CNN

The least wealthy candidates in the race, among those who have reported, are Sen. Joe Biden, D-Delaware, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a Republican, and former Sen.Mike Gravel, D-Alaska.

While Huckabee and Gravel reported assets into the six figures, Biden, who has been serving in the Senate since he was 30, told the FEC that his assets were only between $62,000 and $405,000, with liabilities of between $140,000 and $365,000.

His only reported income in 2006, in addition to his $165,000 Senate salary, interests and dividends, was $28,700 for teaching at Widener University in Pennsylvania.

The only candidate in the race who had not filed a report with the FEC or received an extension as of Thursday was Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. His 2005 report showed assets between $196,000 and $352,000.

In the FEC reports, candidates are not required to list certain assets, such as primary residences and other property owned for non-investment purposes. The reports include personal financial information for candidates, spouses and dependent children.

CNN's Robert Yoon, Candy Crowley and Mary Snow contributed to this report

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jsamuel

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:24 PM
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4. Only one of them has gotten less than 100,000 in donations, Gravel.

from what I understand

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maxanne

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:40 PM
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10. Gravel

Declared bankruptcy in 2004 because of medical expenses. He claims to have a net worth of about zero.

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Fresh_Start

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:25 PM
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5. so?

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flamin lib

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:28 PM
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6. The thing about Edwards is he has lived in both of the two Americas.

Grew up in a middle class home with a blue collar dad and then made it big. He, beyond all others, knows the rule of the shit sandwich: The more bread you have the less shit you have to eat.

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maxanne

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:37 PM
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8. Edwards isn't the only one

Dennis Kucinich's dad was a Teamster. His family moved all the time. He lived in 21 different places by the time he was 17 - including spending some nights in cars.

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Mass

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:38 PM
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9. The thing about Biden and Kucinich is that, though they were born in modest families

(a lot more modest for Kucinich than Biden or Edwards), they decided to become public servant of one kind or another rather than making big money.

I may not always see eye to eye with Biden, but this is something I respect.

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Totally Committed

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:34 PM
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7. Gravel and Kucinich might be...

Edited on Fri Jul-13-07 03:34 PM by Totally Committed

but none of the others are.

It is the American "Ruling Class" doncha know.

TC

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Colobo

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Fri Jul-13-07 03:42 PM
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11. Obama was middle class.

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