Looks like President Bush has profited from the war...

[Army_of_One]

Bush May Have Lost Wealth During Presidency

President Bush's financial fortunes appear to have declined over the past seven years, with his family assets dropping as low as $6.5 million, according to disclosure forms released yesterday.

Bush and his wife, Laura, were worth at least $9 million and as much as $24 million at the start of his term. The Bushes could still be worth as much as $20 million now, according to the financial documents filed with the Office of Government Ethics, which requires assets to be reported only within broad ranges.

Vice President Cheney and his wife, Lynne, have fared better, reporting assets of at least $21 million and as much as $99 million, the forms show. The Cheneys are at least as wealthy as they were when the vice president entered office, and may have added as much as $29 million to their net worth during his tenure.

President Bush's biggest asset is a 1,600-acre family ranch near Crawford, Tex., which is listed as being worth between $1 million and $5 million. Most of the Bush family holdings are in real estate and a blind trust.

Last year, Bush reported assets of a minimum of $7.5 million.

The forms show that Bush and Cheney both received a variety of gifts last year, mostly related to outdoor activities. Among the gifts Bush kept were a $6,160 bicycle given to him by a Wisconsin bike manufacturer, custom Hawaiian shirts and fly-fishing equipment.

Cheney received a two-day vacation and a book on duck calls from the Greenbriar Lodge of Carlisle, Ark., valued at $1,600. He also received an $801 gift package from the Fox television show "24," including director's chairs, coffee mugs and DVDs.

The annual financial disclosure forms filed with the ethics office report assets and income figures in wide categories, making it impossible to determine exact figures on wealth. Tax forms released last month, however, showed 2007 income of $924,000 for the Bushes and $3 million for the Cheneys.








Bush May Have Lost Wealth During Presidency

[Army_of_One]

Where is Bush hiding all the money everyone claims he's making from the war?

[spike52]

Looking at his past business ventures...
It's amazing the guy has any money at all.

Nice propaganda....

Bush May Have ....
..were worth at least $9 million..
..could still be worth..
..much as $20 million..



"Oh noes, look, even Dumbya's broke..."

[jeezeweeze]

Army You ever heard of "off shore accounts" ?

Probably in Dubai or another Saudi location...after all the Saudi's owe his administration a debt of gratitude for not attacking the actual 9/11 terrorists.

How the hell would anyone know???

[wordsmythe]

Let's see what his accounts show in about 2 years.

[Tee]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

Let's see what his accounts show in about 2 years.

Most of us wont still have a fixation for him in 2 years, and wont care.

most of us..

[jeezeweeze]

Dont say that this is some liberal media hogwash, because if someone wants to take the time it can be checked out in other venues.

"The point in making this reference is not to suggest that Prescott Bush or his partner, George Herbert Walker, were Nazi sympathizers, although they may have been, but rather to demonstrate that when it comes to building and increasing the Bush family fortune, profit trumps principles – no matter what. It’s in their blood so to speak. To call the entire multi-generational Bush clan, unscrupulous profiteers, is factually creditable."

Dubai Ports Deal and Neal Bush


CNN.com - Bush, Congress clash over ports sale - Feb 22, 2006

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Tee

Most of us wont still have a fixation for him in 2 years, and wont care.

most of us..

I'm sure some people's attentions spans are pretty limited. But that's OK. I'll bring him up every chance I get.

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by Tee

Most of us wont still have a fixation for him in 2 years, and wont care.
most of us..

Oh Tee I think he will be used as a reference point for years and years.....Sorta like some folks use Clinton........LOL

[Tee]

Yeah, you're right. They did it to Reagon for nearly a decade before things settled down and he bacame the aspiration of most presidents, still quoted and modeled after today.