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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:49 PM Oct 2018

Poor 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) couldn’t 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 family’s “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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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)
6. On that thread, somebody said her salary is around $500,000!
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 02:06 PM
Oct 2018

Maybe they want the second house to be a castle in Scotland.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
7. That Would've Been My Guess
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 02:10 PM
Oct 2018

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.

ProfessorGAC

(65,168 posts)
9. The Average Pay Of A Person With Her Job. . .
Fri Oct 19, 2018, 02:13 PM
Oct 2018

. . .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.

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