I Had Been Wondering About This

Henry Blodget correctly notes that Harriet Miers' net worth looks oddly low given what she is - a successful corporate attorney with 30 years of experience. When she left her firm she was making $624,000 a year, yet now has a net worth of only $675,000.

"Absent the Supreme Court boost, the retirement of this well-educated, hardworking, self-reliant, and frugal American would be funded primarily by a liberal government program that some of her conservative colleagues would love to abolish: Social Security."