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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA daily reminder that Trump, his family, and their cronies continue to profit off of the Presidency.
If that in and of itself is not grounds for impeachment....
at140
(6,110 posts)who became poor as a result of federal elective office (President, VP, Senators, Congress Representatives).
Many became more wealthy by orders of magnitude at end of a long political career in DC.
ArtTownsend
(439 posts)The difference is that Trump and his family arent waiting for the end. Theyre enriching themselves now, while Trump is President and his daughter and son-in-law are senior advisers in the White House. Thats new, at least in recent memory...
at140
(6,110 posts)They don't make those any more.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)They lost family when Truman okayed the bombing of of Hiroshima.
Sanity Claws
(21,847 posts)Obama is now wealthy, due to his many well written books. Absolutely no corruption there.
A big distinction should be drawn between those that became wealthy due to corruption, not talent in a different field.
at140
(6,110 posts)and position of power and authority.
Main point I was making remains, which is, I can't think of any federal elected politician to have sacrificed his/her regular job/business, went to serve in congress or presidency and came out suffering financial setback. Many like Jimmy Carter and Harry Truman did not cash in, but still did not end up any worse off than when they first got elected. But I am not Google encyclopedia so there might be 1% of politicians who actually became financially poorer after serving in congress or presidency. But most are far richer than when first elected.
spanone
(135,831 posts)at140
(6,110 posts)But I don't think he left White House any poorer than when he entered.
He probably stayed even. I don't know much about Biden or his son's wealth situation.
Very seldom there is much talk about any Vice President and his wealth.
Have we ever had a female VP?
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,342 posts)He didn't take campaign contributions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Natcher
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1953 from the Kentucky's 2nd congressional district. He cast 18,401 consecutive roll-call votes between 1953 and 1994, never missing a single roll call vote over his forty-one-year Congressional career until his last days in office, the all-time record for both the House of Representatives and Congress as a whole.[3] Natcher refused to accept campaign contributions. He was also chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1993 to 1994. His knowledge of House rules in debate led House Speaker Tip O'Neill to employ him as presiding officer during crucial debates.
On March 4, 1994, Natcher was presented with the Presidential Citizens Medal by President of the United States Bill Clinton.[4] He continued to serve in Congress until his death on March 29, 1994, in Bethesda, Maryland.
at140
(6,110 posts)worth noticing ONLY because it is probably a rare exception.