For 67 years, the Oval Office is only for millionaires
When adjusted for inflation to compare in current U.S. dollars,
George Washington is the wealthiest President in American history at $525
million.
Next is John F. Kennedy at $125 to $1,000 million, depending on
whose figures you go by.
Thomas Jefferson is at $212 million. Andrew Jackson is at $119
million.
Theodore Roosevelt is at $125 million. Cousin Franklin Roosevelt
had $60 million.
James Madison is at $101 million.
Lyndon Johnson is at only $98 million.
Since Harry Truman (less than $1 million), Dwight Eisenhower is at
$8 million, Richard Nixon at $15 million, Jimmy Carter at $7 million, Barack
Obama at $8 million, Ronald Reagan at $13 million, Gerald Ford at $7 million,
George Bush at $20 million, George H.W. Bush at $23 million. So America hasn’t
elected a non-millionaire since 1948.
When the President tells you he feels your pain at trying to pay
your mortgage or rent, he only means symbolically.
Abraham Lincoln, among the less than $1 million crowd in the Oval
Office, wouldn’t stand a chance today.
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