Bloomburg news is reporting that Al Gore is Romney rich, worth $200 million. http://www.bloomberg.com/...
The reaction is somehow jealousy and criticism that Al sold Current to Al Jazeera and Dubai oil interests and is somehow a hypocrite. Al Gore is a limousine liberal who was on boards of Apple and Google and cashed in lucrative stock options. So being a good investor and business person is bad if you are a liberal. Move over George Souros.
They are mad that Al isn't living in a solar tent by a stream somewhere and actually uses the internet to make money. The Bloomberg guy pointed out that these stock options were for early advice Al gave to companies that respect his visionary understanding of technology and future trends, including knowledge of the world's economies.
The hypocrisy of the rich boggles my mind. Even Ralph Nader has invested in technology stocks and made substantial income doing so, although he donated 80% of his money to various causes. Al was always pretty main stream and interested in Science and Technology to build America's economy. I think he could donate funds to green causes, but to be sustainable, you need to make green businesses profitable. Lots of people invest in Social Choice funds. Doing well by doing good.
So did Al do something wrong or something right? I would be interested to know what others here think.