If you’re anything like me, you frequently ponder why someone would subject their family to the hardships of a political campaign. The annual pay of around $100,000 is undoubtedly not worth having your family tarred and feathered, is it?
Well, the truth is that a congressman’s pay is only the cherry on top. These tyrants actually profit from their connections and insider information.
How else could Liz Cheney have boosted her wealth in her five years in congress by an astounding $36 MILLION?
Consider that her net wealth has increased by at least 6 times since she joined the House. You will never persuade me that she acted morally in doing this. NEVER.
According to The Gateway Pundit,
As a member of Congress, Liz Cheney receives a salary of $174,000.
Cheney became a member of Congress in January 2017.
She was promoted to Chair of the House Republican Conference by Speaker Paul Ryan just two years later. Ryan did this with the knowledge that she shared his hatred for President Donald Trump.
Her estimated net worth in 2018 was close to $15 million, according to OpenSecrets.
In 2017, Cheney allegedly had a net worth of $7 million.
At this time, Liz Cheney is thought to be worth $44 million.
Amazing haul!
As per Breitbart.com:
According to research by the Center for Responsive Politics and her most recent financial disclosure forms, Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) net worth increased dramatically from an estimated $7 million when she first assumed office in 2017 to potentially more than $44 million in 2020.
That could represent as much as a 600 percent increase in her net worth in just a few short years in Congress, which would be a huge boom for an already independently wealthy political scion of the influential Cheney family, which includes her father, former Vice President of the United States Dick Cheney, among its most powerful members.
The Center for Responsive Politics analysis reveals that during Cheney’s first term in Congress, from 2017 to 2018, her net worth increased from the 71st ($7,036,013) to the 24th ($14,710,513) wealthiest member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cheney’s net worth has probably increased greatly since that time. Cheney stated on her 2020 Personal Financial Disclosure form that her assets ranged in value from $10,432,024 to $44,155,000, and that her net worth was assessed to be between $10,422,023 and $44,140,000. Cheney did not disclose any earnings, gifts, or transactions. The University of Wyoming trustee position, membership in a holding firm, and what appears to be her family’s trust are among the three positions Cheney claimed to hold.
Although it is now unknown how closely she comes to the top of the larger range given that the records are provided in ranges, even if her wealth is at the lower end, she nevertheless greatly boosted her net worth while in office.