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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:31 PM Apr 2015

Christie doesn't consider himself wealthy

Photo of out of touch, overbearing, bombastic ass taken on April 15, 2015:



While in New Hampshire seeking to boost his presidential prospects, Gov. Christie said Friday that he did not consider himself wealthy.

“No, I don’t,” he told a reporter. The remarks were broadcast and posted online by NJ.com. “I don’t consider myself a wealthy man. Wealth is defined in a whole bunch of different ways.”

Christie and his wife, Mary Pat Christie, reported nearly $698,838 in income in 2013. About $475,000 of that income came from Angelo, Gordon & Co., an investment firm where Mary Pat Christie is a managing director.

Christie said in New Hampshire that “Mary Pat and I have worked really hard, we’ve done well over the course of our lives. But you know we have four children to raise, a lot of things to do.” He also said that “most people don’t think of me” as wealthy.

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/christie_chronicles/Christie-doesnt-consider-himself-wealthy.html

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yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. Compared to other politicians that is pretty low
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:33 PM
Apr 2015

Higher then average wage though. He made 6 times what I made. Ugh!

 

NET

(61 posts)
4. In NJ where your property tax on a 150,000 home can be $20,000
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:44 PM
Apr 2015

I guess he's not that wealthy considering

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
5. 'Tax bills have increased 12 percent since Gov. Chris Christie took office...'
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 10:52 PM
Apr 2015

'...less than under his predecessor, Democrat Jon Corzine. A spokesman for Christie did not respond to a request for comment.'

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/02/nj_property_taxes_rose_22_percent_last_year.html

Another Republican Governor screwing the people of his own state.

 

NET

(61 posts)
6. NJ is out of control with property taxes
Sat Apr 18, 2015, 11:29 PM
Apr 2015

The worst is the seniors who thought they could live out their lives
in a paid for home. Taxes forced many of them out of the state with fixed incomes

fishwax

(29,149 posts)
8. nah, he's wealthy
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 12:39 AM
Apr 2015

700,000 per year easily puts one in the top 1% of earners, even in New Jersey.

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
7. I suspect that most of the candidates running this year are not wealthy compared to the
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 12:22 AM
Apr 2015

billionaires.

MiniMe

(21,717 posts)
9. He, or more his wife, has a very nice income. But Wealth is measured by how much of that you save
Sun Apr 19, 2015, 01:17 AM
Apr 2015

And I have no idea how much they are saving.

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