Ann Romney: \u2018I Don\u2019t Even Consider Myself Wealthy\u2019<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApparently \u201cRomneying\u201d \u2014 defined as \u201caccidentally bragging about your place high up in the economic stratosphere\u201d \u2014 runs in the family. His wife, Ann Romney, inexplicably talked about her wealth this …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pity Ann Romney … forever in fear that her $250MM net worth could be "here today and gone tomorrow" … Perhaps she needs a safety net. "Most people imagine that the rich are in heaven, but, as a rule, it is only a gilded hell. There is not a man in the city of New … Continue reading “Ah, the insecurity of living dividend to dividend”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,77,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economy","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133868,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/07\/16\/when-snake-oil-becomes-a-big-money-making-mainstream-scam.html","url_meta":{"origin":26856,"position":0},"title":"When snake oil becomes a big money-making mainstream scam","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 16-Jul-17 1:36pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, of course, let's not kid ourselves -- that's been true for a long time. 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