The Truth-O-Meter Says: Conservative group says Jeanne Shaheen's wealth has 'surged' since '08 elect

[unhappycamper]

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/sep/02/ending-spending-action-fund/conservative-group-says-jeanne-shaheens-wealth-has/

Conservative group says Jeanne Shaheen's wealth has 'surged' since '08 election
Ending Spending Action Fund on Monday, August 25th, 2014 in a campaign ad

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., insists an ad running against her is so blatantly false that her campaign asked a station to take it down. Meanwhile, the makers of the ad, the conservative group Ending Spending Action Fund, told us the ad is "100 percent accurate."

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Brian Baker, president of Ending Spending, emailed us the backup for the ad. He also told us that the despite Shaheen's protests, the ad continues to run in New Hamsphire, though it was tweaked to add a citation at the request of one television station.

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According to OpenSecrets.org, in 2008 when Shaheen was elected to the U.S. Senate, her net worth was $3.4 million. This is calculated by finding the mean of her total assets, which ranged from $2.94 million and $6.08 million, and subtracting the mean of her total liabilities, ranging from $650,000 to $1.5 million. Many of her assets are listed as shared with her husband, Bill Shaheen, with whom she files taxes jointly.

Using the same methodology, OpenSecrets.org estimated Shaheen’s networth in 2012 was $5.4 million. Ending Spending compared the 2008 numbers with 2012 and came up with a $2 million increase.

[djean111]

1. So what? That meme of the GOP that Dems should of course hate anyone with money is so tiresome.

I got an email from a new acquaintance a few months ago, listing all of Elizabeth's Warren's assets and asking why Democrats would believe a word she says. Never answered the ad hominem email, never bothered with the acquaintance again.

I would say the GOP is just obtuse, but then again, they play to the most base and ignorant instincts of their own base, and it works well for them.

And some days I believe the whole political game is just that - a game and a farce and a way to distribute money without paying taxes on it and a way to let the corporations run the country.

[unhappycamper]

2. Many, many, many moons ago

I would equate Democrat = good, Republican = bad.

Politics is all about money: who has it, who can get and who can keep it.

Of the 535 congresscritters currently in office, over 500 are in it for the money or the power.

"And some days I believe the whole political game is just that - a game and a farce and a way to distribute money without paying taxes on it and a way to let the corporations run the country. "

Sadly, I must agree with you.