She has certainly already been able to divert to herself a good chunk of her investors' money. And it's unlikely that she will ever have to face personal consequences for her decisions.
Maybe she will run for president in a few years. She certainly has what it takes for a successful political career.
To paraphrase Bo Burnham, and she still will but it’s not as fun now.
If she has $50 million squirreled away somewhere she won’t be able to spend it openly. She can be sneaky and keep a slightly comfortable life but she’ll never again have an opportunity to be openly decadent.
Debts handled, excellent health care, a little bribery perhaps, and an occasionally get away to somewhere remote, but no conspicuous consumption, which for these people seems to be more than half of the fun.
As someone already pointed out, she filled her bank and made her friends rich as well. It will be enough for her, her family, her children, grandchildren and all their friends.
It is not like she'll need to quickly look for a job and will be ruined if nobody hires her afterwards. She could retire any second and do nothing for the rest of her life, which she might as well do.
She could buy her parents a condo in some nice retirement city for well under $200k, set them up with an annuity to pay for their food/clothing/etc, and easily have $1M left in the bank. But to each their own.
How exactly is she screwed? She owns an apartment building. She can likely liquidate for multiple millions even in a down market and live in luxury for the remainder of her life AND pass on a ton of money to her heirs.
If she can afford payments on a $400k mortgage (around $3k/month or so?), then yes, she is (or was) wealthy by the standards of the vast majority of America.
She reaped the benefits from the money a for a good period of time. Not having the full sum of cash can't discredit the lifestyle and things she did during that time frame.
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