Yeah. I can hear you gasp from wherever you are. Because you can be sure a) we’d be rid of him long ago, and b) we’d have the answer to Betsy Woodroff’s question from 2012: How DID Harry Reid get so rich, anyway?
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.
Paging any investigative journalists – we know they’re out there, reporting on those evil Koch brothers! But reporting on one of their own? HA!