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| Sen. Harry Reid / Source: leftofthemark.com |
By Betsy Woodroff, Aug. 2012, National Review
Try
this thought experiment. Imagine that someone grows up in poverty, works his
way through law school by holding the night shift as a Capitol Hill policeman,
and spends all but two years of his career as a public servant. Now imagine
that this person’s current salary — and he’s at the top of his game — is $193,400.
You probably wouldn’t expect him to have millions in stocks, bonds, and real
estate.
But,
surprise, he does, if he’s our Senate majority leader, whose net worth is between 3 and 10 million dollars, according
to OpenSecrets.org. When Harry Reid entered the Nevada legislature in 1982, his
net worth was listed as between $1 million and $1.5 million “or more,”
according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. So, since inquiring minds
inquire, let’s try to figure out how Reid’s career in public service ended up
being so lucrative. He hasn’t released his tax returns, which makes this an
imperfect science, but looking at a few of his investments helps to show how he
amassed his wealth.
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