What's Peter Schiff's net worth?

[brandon]

Is this public information? Anyone have any idea?

I'd imagine it would be somewhere between $5 mil and $50 mil

I'm just trying to get an idea of how much he would be able to self fund his campaign.

 

[TCE]

Is this public information? Anyone have any idea?

I'd imagine it would be somewhere between $5 mil and $50 mil

I'm just trying to get an idea of how much he would be able to self fund his campaign.

A bunch of his formerly liquid assets are now in gold. He can't self-fund nearly enough. He can provide MAYBE 10 percent.

 

[ctiger2]

I'd bet he'd be willing to put $50-100K on the line up to the primary. After that I'd see a limit of $500K. I just don't see him shelling out tons of money to win a job he doesn't even really want. He's already stated that he'd only serve 1 term.

 

[brandon]

It might end up being a good investment for him, even if he doesn't win. All the publicity would most likely bring europac a bunch of new clients.

 

[MRoCkEd]

I don't know the exact number but I do know this:
$1,000 fell out of his pocket as he was boarding his private jet set to fly to Dubai. He noticed, but didn't bother picking it up.

 

[brandon]

lol, is that a true story? Where did you hear that?

 

[MRoCkEd]

It came to me in a dream last night.

 

[brandon]

Just did a google search and found that this was discussed before on RPF. No one had an answer though...


http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=169664&page=2

 

[dannno]

I don't know the exact number but I do know this:
$1,000 fell out of his pocket as he was boarding his private jet set to fly to Dubai. He noticed, but didn't bother picking it up.

Youtube or it didn't happen

 

[Chase]

I don't know the exact number but I do know this:
$1,000 fell out of his pocket as he was boarding his private jet set to fly to Dubai. He noticed, but didn't bother picking it up.

By the time the bill made it to the floor of the jet, it had already lost its purchasing power due to inflation.

 

[JasonC]

call his show and ask.

tomorrow 8 eastern www.europac.net

 

[LibertyEagle]

I don't know the exact number but I do know this:
$1,000 fell out of his pocket as he was boarding his private jet set to fly to Dubai. He noticed, but didn't bother picking it up.

If that is true, and I doubt it, it would make him a dumbass and someone I would not donate a dime to.

 

[MRoCkEd]

come on now

If that is true, and I doubt it, it would make him a dumbass and someone I would not donate a dime to.

The other day he didn't feel like waiting for one of his servants to go get some toilet paper, so he just used a stack of 100's.

 

[bander87]

I don't know the exact number but I do know this:
$1,000 fell out of his pocket as he was boarding his private jet set to fly to Dubai. He noticed, but didn't bother picking it up.

Nonsense! Peter doesn't carry cash.

 

[Jeremy]

Nonsense! Peter doesn't carry cash.

oh right he used some silver bars

 

[Danke]

The other day he didn't feel like waiting for one of his servants to go get some toilet paper, so he just used a stack of 100's.

Stop with all this shit!

 

[Brassmouth]

a job he doesn't even really want. He's already stated that he'd only serve 1 term.

Oh please. If he didn't want it, he wouldn't even entertain the notion. Altruism is a fantasy.

If he does get in, I'd bet everything I own that he'll try to stay in as long as he possibly can. Power corrupts. So do gigantic pensions, political favors, and false prestige.

 

[MCockerill08]

Oh please. If he didn't want it, he wouldn't even entertain the notion. Altruism is a fantasy.

If he does get in, I'd bet everything I own that he'll try to stay in as long as he possibly can. Power corrupts. So do gigantic pensions, political favors, and false prestige.

I don't think it's that he doesn't desire power. I think he just would find it boring, because he's smarter than most of these bureaucrats.

And altruism DOES exist. People are primarily motivated by self-interest, but ALL OF US (other than the occasional sociopath, most of whom enter politics anyway) have done selfless acts in our lives!

 

[Mitt Romneys sideburns]

He has stated before his personal assets are only 2 million.

 

[Brassmouth]

I don't think it's that he doesn't desire power. I think he just would find it boring, because he's smarter than most of these bureaucrats.

Most of the top dogs in politics (Rockefeller, Cheney, etc) are very intelligent. Of course they're intelligent. They've made themselves wildly wealthy exploiting others. Ethical bankruptcy does not imply stupidity, not by any means.

That said, being revered as a politician, gaining special interest favor, and taking advantage of the litany of other government privileges will more than cancel out any "boredom" he may experience.

And altruism DOES exist. People are primarily motivated by self-interest, but ALL OF US (other than the occasional sociopath, most of whom enter politics anyway) have done selfless acts in our lives!

Upon reflection, you'll find that humans engage in your so-called selfless acts primarily for emotional or psychological profit. That is the motivation. There is no such thing as a selfless act.

Regardless, you're dreaming if you think anyone enters the State apparatus for so-called selfless reasons. The system is such that corruption is inherent.