Launching Soon: Hunter's Political Wealth Index
Tracking U.S. Politicians' Personal Finances
Returning to What You Know
After a long sabbatical in the traditional tech space and ongoing chronic health issues, I’m getting back to what I know best: reporting on U.S. politicians’ personal financial information.
Over the last nine months, a team of experienced data editors with robust quality assurance backgrounds has manually processed all financial forms of U.S. officials: members of Congress, Supreme Court justices & President Biden & Vice President Harris.
We’ve hand-checked over 29,000 assets and liabilities to develop our exclusive and one-of-a-kind database of elected officials’ personal wealth with combined holdings worth between $2.5 billion and $8.3 billion.
What to Expect?
Each week, Hunter’s Political Wealth Index will bring you coverage of this database directly to your inboxes.
We’ll go beyond the simple “Who’s the richest politician?” to deliver in-depth reporting and analysis on the personal finances of our elected officials.
Many of our elected officials invest heavily in publicly traded companies — collectively, they hold at least $160 million of corporate stock.
Yes, these publicly traded companies directly lobby Congress and other elected officials which you can monitor via established news outlets.
However, Hunter’s Political Wealth Index will focus on how governing decisions may be shaped by what’s being held in our elected officials’ nest eggs.
Think about your own situation, would you be willing to make a decision that would cripple your financial standing and empty your wallets?
As campaign season ramps up, you’ll likely hear bipartisan messaging on issues like lowering the cost of prescription drugs or battling “shrinkflation”.
However, do you really think members of Congress are ever going to vote to cap the costs of insulin when they have invested at least $1 million in the companies that profit from the avaricious practices of insulin pricing?
If you don’t remember, Senate Republicans — including Tommy Tuberville and Pete Ricketts who had owned stock in insulin manufacturers blocked the legislation in an August 2022 vote.
Do you think members of Congress — with a $174,000 base salary — will support efforts to reign in corporate price gouging when shareholder dividends contributed significantly to their collective $168 million to $675 million in income in just one year?
If any of these questions interest you please subscribe to the Index to get weekly coverage of topics like these!
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