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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoor Heidi Cruz. She and Ted can't afford a second house.
Whatever will the neighbors think!
Heidi Cruz was mocked on Twitter for appearing to suggest that she and husband Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) couldnt afford a second home because his lawmaker salary is only $174,000 per year.
Cruz, a Goldman Sachs managing director, said in an interview with The Atlantic that she was working 70-hour weeks as the familys primary breadwinner. She said she nevertheless was supportive and mission-driven on what her spouse is accomplishing.
Cruz, a Goldman Sachs managing director, said in an interview with The Atlantic that she was working 70-hour weeks as the familys primary breadwinner. She said she nevertheless was supportive and mission-driven on what her spouse is accomplishing.
The comments at the end of this piece are priceless!
https://www.yahoo.com/news/heidi-cruz-torched-over-apos-105706569.html
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Poor Heidi Cruz. She and Ted can't afford a second house. (Original Post)
MoonRiver
Oct 2018
OP
In a just world, this would lead to a landslide rejection of her husband at the ballot box.
Dawson Leery
Oct 2018
#1
So I should be really put out that I don't have that villa on the Riviera...
Thomas Hurt
Oct 2018
#10
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)1. In a just world, this would lead to a landslide rejection of her husband at the ballot box.
IADEMO2004
(5,559 posts)2. Start a Go Fund Me for the poor poor 2nd homeless.
Not Really
msongs
(67,441 posts)3. he can always move back to canada. I hear it is less expensive there nt
Me.
(35,454 posts)4. So She Probably Earns In The Neighborhood Of 300K
he earns 174K and apparently they have a hard time financially....wow
https://qz.com/1428802/goldman-sachs-heidi-cruz-is-the-family-breadwinner/
Iggo
(47,565 posts)5. Combined net worth of about 9 million.
They'll be okay.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)6. On that thread, somebody said her salary is around $500,000!
Maybe they want the second house to be a castle in Scotland.
Me.
(35,454 posts)7. That Would've Been My Guess
but I could only find the 300K number. So approx 600,000 a year and let's not forget the free healthcare and other perks like the 3mil he gets to run his office and pay for expenses.
ck4829
(35,090 posts)8. Boo hoo, boo hoo.
ProfessorGAC
(65,168 posts)9. The Average Pay Of A Person With Her Job. . .
. . .is more than 380k per year. It's readily available information.
That makes the yearly income, excluding any investment income well over a half million a year.
They can afford a 2nd home.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)10. So I should be really put out that I don't have that villa on the Riviera...
that the world owes me.