January 27, 2012
theweekmagazine: Mitt Romney isn’t the first über rich presidential candidate. George Washington, who owned 8,000 acres of prime farmland, was “spectacularly wealthy,” says Dan Ackman at Forbes, and “would have made the Forbes 400 of his day.” His marriage to a wealth widow accounted for much of his fortune — estimated by 24/7 Wall Street at more than $500 million in today’s dollars. Incredible but true: “His salary was 2 percent of the total U.S. budget in 1789.” Super-wealthy presidential candidates: A slideshow George Washington’s state department had three employees, including the Secretary, Jefferson. Only Hamilton at Treasury was trying to spend money.

theweekmagazine:

Mitt Romney isn’t the first über rich presidential candidate. George Washington, who owned 8,000 acres of prime farmland, was “spectacularly wealthy,” says Dan Ackman at Forbes, and “would have made the Forbes 400 of his day.” His marriage to a wealth widow accounted for much of his fortune — estimated by 24/7 Wall Street at more than $500 million in today’s dollars. Incredible but true: “His salary was 2 percent of the total U.S. budget in 1789.” Super-wealthy presidential candidates: A slideshow

George Washington’s state department had three employees, including the Secretary, Jefferson. Only Hamilton at Treasury was trying to spend money.

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    Difference: Washington fucking lead the revolution of this country. I think he earned it lol
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    Huh. Aren’t presidents usually a lot wealthier than most people?
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