The Schumer Shutdown is imminent, and we can anticipate a lot of complaints from Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who designed the whole scenario. He and his Democratic colleagues will complain about the shutdown – that they triggered – and the impact it will have on everyday Americans.
Even though the impact may be exaggerated – especially with Democrats contributing to global warming through their excessive talk about it – it is crucial to realize that Chuck Schumer is capable of causing such consequences. While they may harm ordinary Americans in various ways, Schumer himself remains unaffected.
Why? Because he is stinking and suspiciously rich.
Chuck Schumer’s wealth is estimated to exceed $60 million, with a significant portion of his earnings coming from ventures beyond his Senate income.
Instead, that money comes from savvy real estate investments that he made early in his career, some of which he was afforded because of his political connections.
Savvy real estate investments? What kind of real estate investments? But it’s the second part, vague yet revealing, that speaks more loudly: “Some of which (money) he was afforded because of his political connections.”
For his work in the Senate, Schumer is paid $174,000 per year, which is certainly not a small salary, but doesn’t account for his massive net worth.
Over the more than 25 years since he was first elected to the Senate, Schumer has seen plenty of change and upheaval in Washington. His long term in office is part of why he has risen up the ranks to become the minority leader, but it also means that he is now 74 years old and likely approaching the end of his political career.
Either Chuck Schumer is the present-day equivalent of King Midas and everything he touches turns to gold, or some shenanigans are going on here. There are few people in the world with enough business and financial acumen to turn a $174,000 annual salary into a net worth of $60 million, but if one’s last name is Schumer (or Biden, or Pelosi, or others we could name) it seems almost impossible not to accumulate huge piles of cash while supposedly doing the people’s business.
This is how we arrive here, with Chuck Schumer piously intoning his concern for ordinary Americans while forcing a shutdown, the effects of which he is shielded from by his inexplicable wealth.
