WITH A NET WORTH OF LESS THAN
$100,000.
JOINING US NOW, DAN ALEXANDER.
WHAT TO MAKE OF THIS?
>> EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE HAS
THEIR OWN STORY.
YOU CAN LEARN A LOT BY LOOKING
AT HOW SOMEBODY MADE HIS MONEY.
BETO O'ROURKE, MOST OF IT CAME
FROM HIS FAMILY.
JOHN DELANEY, HE MADE A LOT OF
MONEY IN THE BUSINESS WORLD.
EACH OF THEM TELLS THEIR OWN
THING.
DAGEN: JAMES?
>> WELL, I AM ALWAYS DISTURBED
BY HOW MANY PEOPLE SEEM TO GET
VERY WEALTHY IN POLITICS AND
ALSO WE SEE ELIZABETH WARREN,
SHE AND HER HUSBAND ARE HARVARD
PROFESSORS, NET WORTH,
$12 MILLION.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE TAX
BENEFITS THIS INSTITUTION GETS.
YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE KIDS
PILING UP DEBT TO GO TO THESE
SCHOOLS.
IT MAKES YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD.
$12 MILLION.
THAT'S THE NET WORTH FOR A FEW
PROFESSORS?
>> I THINK THAT THAT WAS
SURPRISING, TO SEE HER UP THERE
TOWARD THE TOP OF THE LIST.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS
SURPRISING, ESPECIALLY THE
BOTTOM OF THE LIST, IS HOW
VALUABLE GOVERNMENT PENSIONS
ARE.
YOU CAN STAY IN GOVERNMENT FOR
YEARS AND JUST BECOME A
MILLIONAIRE BASED ON THAT.
SO THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN MOST
OTHER CAREERS THAT YOU MIGHT
ENTER BUT IN GOVERNMENT IT CAN.
DAGEN: GO AHEAD, LINDSEY.
>> WHAT I FOUND INTERESTING
ABOUT THIS REPORT IS YOU HAVE A
TRANSPARENCY SCORE FOR EACH OF
THESE CANDIDATES AND YOU NOTE
THAT NOT ONE OF THEM HAS
ANSWERED EVERY ONE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS.
SO WHO WAS THE MOST TRANSPARENT?
WHO WAS THE LEAST TRANSPARENT
WITH YOU WITH REGARDS TO --
>> IF YOU PUT AT THE TOP OF THE
CLASS, THE PEOPLE WHO DID THE
BASIC THINGS, SO THAT'S
ELIZABETH WARREN, PETE
BUTTIGIEG, JOE BIDEN, THESE ARE
PEOPLE THAT RELEASED THEIR TAX
RETURNS, FILED FINANCIAL
DISCLOSURES, THAT SORT OF THING.
IN EVERY ONE OF THOSE CASES, WE
CAME BACK AND SAID THERE'S THIS
MAJOR QUESTION.
FOR BUTTIGIEG, HOW MUCH STUDENT
DEBT DO YOU HAVE, THAT'S A BIG
THING DEMOCRATS TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THEY'LL DO WITH STUDENT
DEBT.
THIS COULD AFFECT HIS PERSONAL
FORTUNE.
HE WOULDN'T ANSWER IT.
ELIZABETH WARREN, ON HER
DISCLOSURE SHE LISTS THE THREE
LARGEST ASSETS AS A MILLION
DOLLARS PLUS, SHE WOULDN'T
SPECIFY HOW MANY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS THEY ARE.
WHEN WE STARTED I THOUGHT THAT
IN ORDER TO CONTRAST THEMSELVES
FROM TRUMP, A LOT OF THE
CANDIDATES WOULD TRY TO BE AS
OPEN AS POSSIBLE.
AT THE END OF IT, WE FOUND THEY
WERE MORE TRANSPARENT THAN TRUMP
ABOUT FINANCES BUT NONE OF THEM
WERE TOTALLY OPEN BOOKS.
DAGEN: IF YOU'RE RUNNING OF N A
SOCIALIST PLATFORM, YOU CAN'T
APPEAR TO BE THE CAPITALIST THAT
YOU ARE.
AGAIN, IT WAS LIKE BERNIE
SANDERS, HE FINALLY MAKES A BUCK
IN HIS LIFE AND HE RUNS OUT AND
BUYS -- WHAT IS IT A LAKE HOUSE
THAT WAS WORTH WELL INTO THE SIX
FIGURES.
I'LL JUST POINT THAT OUT.
>> WHAT'S I THINK BOTHERSOME,
NOT JUST BERNIE'S CAPITALISM HIP
NOT JUST BERNIE'S CAPITALISM HIH
NOT JUST BERNIE'S CAPITALISM HIP
CONSIDER
CANSIDER
CAPIIDER
CAPITAER
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MENI
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MENN
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MEND
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MENJ
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MENH
CAPITALISM,HYPOCRISY -- YOU MENN
HE DELANEY STARTED TWO PUBLIC
COMPANIES, BY FAR THE
WEALTHIEST, $200 MILLION OF NET
WORTH, COMPARED TO SOME OTHERS
THOSE LOOK LIKE HONEST DOLLARS
THAT HE'S EARNED BUT THAT ALSO
SUGGESTS HE MIGHT BE ABLE TO
STAY AROUND FOR A WHILE, UNLIKE
SOME OTHERS WHO ARE BUMPING
AROUND WITH LOW POLL RATINGS,
BECAUSE HE'S GOT THE ABILITY TO
SELF-FUND.
>> YOU SEE THAT ALREADY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF
MONEY THAT HE'S RAISED AND THE
PERCENTAGES PUT IN PERSONALLY,
FAR HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE
CANDIDATES AND DONALD TRUMP
HASN'T PUT IN ANYTHING.
HE'S USING HIS MONEY TO PUT IN
REAL MONEY TO SUPPORT HIS
CANDIDACY IN WAYS NOBODY ELSE
REALLY IS.
WE'LL SEE TOM STEYER, WHEN HIS
NUMBERS COME OUT --
>> I PUT DELANEY AT THE TOP.
BUT STEYER NOW ENTERING THE RACE
IS WEALTHIER.
DAGEN: PART OF IT IS THEIR
MESSAGE KIND OF CAREFULLY
CRAFTED AS IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOWIEVILLE
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOW EVILLE
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOW VILLE
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOW ELLE
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOW EVIE
MONEY YOU'RE SOMEHOW EVIL,
BECAUSE MAYBE IT LOOKS BAD IF
YOU MADE MONEY IN YOUR LIFE,
WHETHER A GOVERNMENT JOB OR
CAPITALIST ENDEAVORS.
THE EVIL RICH ARE THE ONES WHO
ARE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THESE
PROGRAMS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.