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  • His disclosures, both from his final year in Congress and his time as Minnesota governor, also show no mutual funds, bonds, private equities, or other securities.
  • No book deals or speaking fees or crypto or racehorse interests.
  • Not even real estate. The couple sold their Mankato, Minnesota, home after moving into the governor's mansion, for below the $315k asking price).
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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

I like the guy but isn't the Occams Razor answer that the guy making $127k/year with no mortgage DOES have investments of some kind, they're just in his wife's name or not reported for some reason?

[–] Cyteseer@lemmy.world 28 points 3 months ago

You could have literally looked a bit into to see that neither him or his wife have any investments of any kind aside from pensions, instead of writing something like this.

[–] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gonna need some evidence to suggest that there might be unreported items instead of just assuming that there must be something just because.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

It's the Trumpy way to try to argue or make a point. Just throw shit against the wall and see what sticks.

[–] _bcron@midwest.social 11 points 3 months ago

Most of it's probably landing in a high yield savings account. Some people want money for the sake of wanting more money, other people just wanna pay off their mortgage early, throw everything on autopay, and never stress about that aspect ever again