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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Roth IRA: Can only put in $6,000 per year by law.

A congressional representatives I can't remember the name of: Has over 2 million in Roth IRA.

Some law was broken at some point.

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Peter Thiel also. As far as I know, he legally contributed to the IRA and then invested the money in his own businesses, which grew several thousand percent.

[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

That's not necessarily the case. Wasn't it a big issue recently saying that high tech earners had been putting shares of startups into their Roth IRA then it was worth way more than intended later?

[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 1 points 7 months ago

Backdoor Roth conversions + outsized gains like mentioned in the image would pretty easily explain that, which is all "perfectly legal"

[–] DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

In 2012, Mitt Romney had over $100 million in a Roth IRA.