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Sandpiper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 12:51 AM
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Just how much is the Bush family worth?
It's common knowledge that the Bush family is rich, but just how rich are they? I've never actually seen any figures. Can anyone help out with a link?
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 12:54 AM
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1. there's no way to know how much in offshore accounts
But I remember when Bush Sr. gave more than his stated net worth to Yale or Harvard. Forget which.

I'd say in the billions. Probably richer than Bill Gates.
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 12:59 AM
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2. Not much. Bad fishing in that gene pool.
Oh, you meant money.

Hekate
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 01:14 AM
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3. All of It
Since they can raid the treasury at will,
All Our Bux are Belong to them :-(
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 09:36 AM
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8. LOL
Nice reference :D
Bad context to have to make it though, since you're right...
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 08:50 AM
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4. Probably richer than Bill Gates. The real elite have their money hidden.
The Bushes were on the forefront of money hiding for many decades. When Bush took office he pushed back the Clinton era target date of July 2001 to open up all offshore banking to govt. scrutiny in the effort to track terror funding and stolen pension funds. BushInc pushed it back to 2005. Does that soundlike an honest move by an honest administration or a way to give themselves and their cronies time to move their money?

John Kerry wrote legislation signed by Cinton to trace the funding of terror by international governments and groups and the Bush administration refused to enforce the law until AFTER 9/11.

Kerry's 1997 book, The New War was all about the funding of terrorism and the tracking of those funds.

BCCI and IranContra opened the doors. Bush family turned to Riggs bank when BCCI became too hot. Then they developed the Carlyle Group. I would say the best guess is that UBS in Switzerland is also hiding billions for BushInc.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 09:37 AM
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9. Switzerland gave a real helping hand to Hitler too!
I guess it's nice to have friends.
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 09:01 AM
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5. about 800 American servicemen's lives. eom
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Mr.Green93 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 09:18 AM
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6. a bucket of spit
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 09:22 AM
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7. As much material wealth
as they can haul away to the afterlife.

That is, nothing.
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