Comments on: Not-So-Wise Latina

By: Gringo Malo

Gringo Malo — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:38:26 +0000

Do federal judges need to save? I believe that their salaries are the same as those of members of the House of Representatives, so they’ll certainly increase to keep pace with inflation. The Constitution says that federal judges serve “during good behavior,” but effectively a federal judgeship is a lifetime appointment. With a salary somewhere above the ninety-fifth percentile guaranteed for life, I wouldn’t worry about saving. Would you?

On the other hand, Ms. Sotomayor might have undisclosed savings offshore.

By: Myron Pauli

Myron Pauli — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:32:45 +0000

Sonia earns more $$ than me and doesn’t have a kid to raise – she should be able to save money. On the other hand, considering the BATH that my assets have taken last year, maybe it is better to just spend it! Doesn’t she have a 401k with the federal thrift plan? Well, Thomas Jefferson was a financial deadbeat so perhaps we should hope that she uses his philosophy of government and liberty when she makes her decisions.

By: Roger Chaillet

Roger Chaillet — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:08:22 +0000

Unrealized gain?

More like realized loss if she has to sell it in this lousy market, especially an overpriced one like NY City.

She’s a bimbo.

By: Dan Maguire

Dan Maguire — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:13:40 +0000

People who cannot manage their money also make significantly worse insurance risks than those who do manage their money. Reckless in one area, probably reckless in another. And now she’ll be deciding Supreme Court cases. We are so screwed.

By: michel cloutier

michel cloutier — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:43:04 +0000

I’m not sure whether any fair assessment can be made with just these cold numbers. As a prominent and well-paid Latina woman, maybe she’s victim of the ‘Big Woman’ phenomena, with a whole court of supplicants and relatives leaching off her ? So it might well be a ‘cultural thing’ that would thus be ‘good’ and off-limits to legitimate inquiry. Smile