{"id":23920,"date":"2023-05-13T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/?p=23920"},"modified":"2023-05-13T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T14:04:56","slug":"how-do-politicians-that-make-100k-suddenly-become-multimillionaires-here-is-the-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkyeremunews.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/13\/how-do-politicians-that-make-100k-suddenly-become-multimillionaires-here-is-the-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do Politicians That Make $100k Suddenly Become Multimillionaires \u2014 Here Is The Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Grant Cardone knows all about being rich \u2014 and poor. The sales trainer, speaker, and entrepreneur are worth an estimated $600 million, but part of his childhood was spent in poverty. When Cardone graduated from college in 1981, he was $40,000 in debt.<\/p>\n

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Given his experience on both sides of the wealth spectrum, Cardone probably has a natural curiosity about why some people become rich and others don\u2019t. That curiosity was shared on Twitter this week when Cardone issued the following\u00a0May 4 tweet: \u201cCan someone explain to me how public servants (politicians) are becoming multi-millionaires on $100,000 salaries?\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardone didn\u2019t provide further details on which public servants (and millionaires) he was referring to. Presumably, his tweet was mainly meant for members of the U.S. Congress. According to a 2020 report from Open Secrets, more than half of the 535 members of Congress are millionaires.<\/p>\n

It is also unclear where Cardone got his $100,000 figure. The average annual salary of a rank-and-file Congressional member is $174,000, according to a 2019 report from the Congressional Institute. That lines up with more recent estimates reported by the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

The Speaker of the House earns $223,500 a year, the Congressional Institute noted, while the Senate President pro tempore and Majority and Minority leaders each earn $193,400.<\/p>\n

Those are excellent salaries \u2014 and much higher than the figure Cardone tweeted \u2014 but they don\u2019t necessarily turn you into a millionaire. What they do offer is a nice base to build upon if you plan to supplement your income while serving in Congress.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing preventing Congressional members from earning incomes outside their official duties, according to Open Secrets. However, there are restrictions. For example, they can\u2019t earn more than 15% of the Level II of the Executive Schedule, which determines the pay scale of political appointees in the Executive branch. Members must also file disclosures detailing the source of both earned or passive income, such as stock dividends.<\/p>\n

Stock investments are a likely source of income for many members of Congress, just as they are with the public. But as The New York Times reported last year, economist Serkan Karadas found a \u201csuspicious pattern\u201d of Congressional members earning higher-than-average returns on their stock investments.<\/p>\n

Karadas\u2019 findings \u201csuggested that at least some Congress members were profiting off their jobs,\u201d according to the NYT. This could come in the form of insider knowledge about upcoming policy changes or economic shifts that can potentially impact stock performance.<\/p>\n

In some cases, members of Congress were simply born rich. An example is U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), whose\u00a0father George was CEO of American Motors\u00a0before becoming governor of Michigan. Others married rich \u2014 including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-California).<\/p>\n

Having personal wealth before you enter politics can go a long way toward financing successful campaigns \u2014 especially for those with no previous legislative experience.<\/p>\n

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Other members of Congress amassed wealth in the business world before entering government. For example, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) It built\u00a0a net worth of $300 million, mainly by founding Columbia Hospital Corp., which used a series of buyouts to evolve into Columbia\/HCA, the world\u2019s largest healthcare provider.<\/p>\n

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