Today I’m going to talk about how Plunkett made his money and why he was so open about where his money came from and the sources of his income while he was in politics.
Why was Plunkett so open about how he made his money? Plunkett was very keen on trying to dispel the theories that politicians would steal lots of money from the treasury of whichever sector of the government they worked for and get wealthy on it. The reason Plunkett was open about this was to show that this concept was not true for all politicians buy default.
Plunkett made the majority of his money in ways that most people can. The main thing he profited off of was real estate. He would buy and sell land for a profit. Plunkett didn’t need to hide how he made his money; why should he? He was making money just like anybody else. All he was trying to do was to prove the public opinion incorrect, and hopefully help his political party.