Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Net Worth of Poorest Republican Candidate for President is 10 X More Than 75 Percent of America

Here's the minimum net worth of the Republican candidates for president:

Sen. Rick Santorum: $880,000
Gov. Rick Perry: $1.1 million
Rep. Michele Bachmann: $1.8 million (Congressional disclosure is average of minimum and maximum)
Rep. Ron Paul: $3.6 million (Congressional disclosure)
Newt: $6.7 million
Gov. Jon Huntsman: $16 million
Gov. Mitt Romney: $190 million

Discussed here (link).

75 percent of the American people have a net worth in 2007 of $80,000 or less.