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The post claims Pelosi has been in office for 28 years, during which she earned $193,400 per year. That math adds up to about $5.4 million, according to the post, which goes on to claim that Pelosi’s net worth is $196,299,990

Pelosi entered Congress in 1987 — 34 years ago, not 28 — and the meme has the wrong current salary for the House speaker. A review of Pelosi’s most recent financial disclosure shows that it got her net worth wrong, as well.

Because Congress members are required only to disclose a range of values for their assets and liabilities, the Center for Responsive Politics provides a minimum and a maximum net worth for each member. It calculates an average of those two numbers to determine an estimated net worth.

While the meme uses Pelosi’s maximum net worth from 2010, the average is nearly half that: about $100 million.

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The Facebook user who shared the meme did not respond to a request for comment.

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The claim that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is worth more than $196 million while working on a $193,000 salary is FALSE. Financial disclosures show that Pelosi’s net worth isn’t close to $196 million, and the salary used in the post is wrong. Pelosi earns $223,500 a year as speaker and is worth about $106 million

  • RedArmor [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Well either way she gets the wall so in the end does it really matter?

    • DengXixian [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Well we’re going to line them all up in order of income so we know where to start.

      • JuneFall [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        You don't have to. You could just threaten the riches person with lifetime jail till they give up their wealth and passwords freely, they have the option to give away their wealth though and be free (as then they have little to no economic power). Then you go to the next person and so on. If one goes to jail you still go to the next person.

        And since equality feels for privileged like injustice you could just give them standard meals, standard housing and they would feel as if they are the most tormented souls on Earth.