An in-depth review of “independent” presidential candidate Cornel West’s finances by Forbes finds that his assets equity in a home co-owned with Princeton University and a retirement account worth roughly a combined $505,000 versus $465,000 in outstanding tax liens leaves his net worth at about $40,000, which Forbes describes as “leaving West little breathing room if other debts pop up.”
And they “popped up” quite a bit over the years given his five marriages and habit of knocking up women then not paying child support. Doesn’t seem like the kind of guy who would handle the “managing the world’s largest economy” part of the job he supposedly seeks very well at all.
But absolutely perfect for the actual job he’s in all probability been hired to do, unwittingly or otherwise, by certain actors with a vested interest in seeing West on the ballot in a number of key states where he could help swing the 2024 presidential election a certain way. A guy who’s for all intents and purposes broke will happily accept a bargain price in exchange for such a service.