For the first time in history, the majority of members of Congress are millionaires.
We’re also witnessing the the most corrupt US government we’ve ever seen.
Gee, think there could be a connection?
For the first time in history, a majority of lawmakers in Congress are millionaires at a time when Americans feel that Congress and those in the “Boomtown” that is Washington, D.C. are becoming more removed from their everyday lives.
According to a Center for Responsive Politics’s analysis of “the personal financial disclosure data from 2012 of the 534 current members,” 268 lawmakers in Congress had an average net worth of at least $1 million. That was up from 257 from the year before.The Center for Responsive Politics found that the “median net worth for all House members was $896,000 (Democrats averaged $929,000 to Republicans’ $884,000) and, for Senators, $2.5 million.” In the Senate, “the median net worth for Senate Democrats was $1.7 million, down from $2.4 million in 2011; for Republicans: $2.9 million, up from $2.5 million in 2011.” According to the report, “the median for congressional Democrats was $1.04 million and, for Republicans, $1 million.”
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) is the wealthiest lawmaker in Congress with a reported average net worth of $464 million in 2012 and the “least-wealthy member was Rep. David Valadao (R-Calif.), who reported an average net worth of negative $12.1 million.” According to the Center, Valadao is in debt “due to loans for his family’s dairy farm.”
To calculate the net worth of members of Congress, “the Center added together members’ significant assets, such as corporate bonds and stocks, then subtracted major liabilities such as loans, credit card debt and property mortgages.” The average net worth of each lawmaker in Congress can be found here.
this face is enough to make me puke..looks like her face was stretched and stapled in place
Is it possible for this THING to get any uglier or more disgusting ???
No Incumbents. Vote all the liars and parasites out. Barrack Obama and Eric Holder are still in office.
NOT that they were at the START of their Congressional careers.
Smells really fishey to me!!
$#%&!@* LOSI IS A RETARD,,,BORN RETARDED
That’s right, John Adams thought that government could protect people, and help them prosper. Unfortunately, too often those In Charge of Making the Laws are a class of people that are interested in sticking around as long as they can, pulling in a “salary” that is more than what most Americans make — even though they are already millionaires in their own right. Too often, what we see in government now is the result of individuals catering to their friends, and working to maintain their own power, influence, and wealth. The interests of the majority of the governed, and the business of the people, are rarely of concern.
THAT IS SO SICK IF. YOU HAVE ALL THIS MONEY GIVE SOME OF IT TO OUR POOOR HOMLESS FAMILYS WHERE THERE CAN HAVE A ROOF OVER THERE HEADS+HAVE A BED TO SLEEP. IN++GIVE THEM FOOD,,,,
ITS A SHAME YOU SEND FOOD FOR FREE ALL THESE OTHER COUNTRYS+ LOOK AT OUR USA.
HUNGRY+HOMLESS+NO MEDICIN+ NO INSURANSE….SO WHEN YOU GO TO BED TONIGHT A CHILD WILL DEI OF HUNGER IN THE USA
http://progressivemormonmom.com/founding-fathers-favorite-quotes-government-corporations/
Dude we bitch about corruption but still no one dose anything about it.we need a new system.