Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, $12K

Since her 2021 appearance at the Met Gala was in a gown that read “TAX THE RICH,” USAtoday.com has been doing quite a bit of research to fact-check her finances. An article about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez determines that most of the news circulating about her net worth being over a million dollars is false. The actual figures are estimated to be around $12K.

That largely owes to her student loan debt, which was still about $19K in 2019. Ocasio-Cortez lives in a rented pad in Washington. As of 2022, she is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 14th district of New York.