Report : 237 millionares in Congress, page 1

Report : 237 millionares in Congress

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Talk about bad timing.


As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

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These are the people that are now about to vote on a healcare bill that will impose higher taxes and government oversite on healthcare. Quoting the Center for Responsive Politics spokesman Dave Levinthal " What we see through these figures is that many of them have riches well beyond that salary, supplemented with securities, stock holdings, property and other investments.” Not to mention their guaranteed salaries along with the best medical care for life ; all on the backs ot the American taxpayer. I wonder how fast things would change if their 'golden parachute and carpet' were to be pulled from under their feet. Congress has lost touch with the Amercan people and oblivious to the economic dilema this country is in.

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reply to post by Ahabstar

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I was just going to say, what are the rest billionaires?Seriously though how can these people have my best interest at heart ?They are so far removed from my world it's silly,And I'm pretty sure their salary's didn't make them millionaires their criminal activities did.

reply to post by L.HAMILTON

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Wow, I just saw Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, today and this kind of backs up what he talks about. What I think is that these congressmen have made their choice on which side they are on. What sides are there anyway? The poor/middle class versus the rich. The corrupt rich obviously run many things in Washington.

The only thing that we, the poor/middle class of America have over them is numbers. The numbers come in handy when we vote, because according to the constitution we are all equal poltically. They don't want to interfere with the constitution, otherwise we would likely respond. Maybe they will try in the future, when certain events occur.

But like I have stated, we have the power of voting over them. Also something that needs to be said, is that not all politicans are corrupt. Some are there to actually do what they are suppose to, and ensure our happiness and well-being.

Star and Flag, there is obviously something going on, for almost have of House are millionares.

reply to post by j2000

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He owns a large part of a company called Derivion which got major funding for startup from GE Capitol. And he voted several times this year which majorly benefits them in the pocket book.

What you describes sounds unethical. But since Congress investigates its own ethics cases, I guess they have no problem with such deals.

reply to post by Ahabstar

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Silly ahabstar! Dont you know that they know the secrets to immortality

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Honestly I would have thought that every single one of them were millionaires.

I am surprised that there are that many non-millionaires in congress.

reply to post by downtown436

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Those ones are billionaires!

reply to post by Trams

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I disagree, the elections are rig by both parties, and the winner is the side that pays the most money out to rig the most Diebold election machines with illegal corrupt software to swing all their votes.

It is not the voters that count; it is the counter who counts the vote that counts.
There are no free uncorrupt election anymore it has been proven it is corrupt to the core.
Both parties are corrupt to the core.

How many times do I have to tell everyone, it’s about the money.

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As far as 237 members being millionaires I am not surprised, how else are they going to make their millions. Passing votes for the corporations that paid there way in offices, one hand washes the other. Some of the biggest corporations in the world lobby to congress to get laws past to benefit them. Let’s not forget that congress has friends in the banking cartel and Wall Street. Let’s not forget that all these people want something, that something to benefit them.

It would be impossible to not to get rich while holding office.

Also remember the medical insurance company were shelling out 113 million a day to try and stop the Health care bill from passing, nothing but bubble gum change to these people. Don’t think for one minute there is no bribery to congressmen to get laws past,. The fact is they just aren’t caught and too many of them in my opinion are on the take.
A lot of these congressmen have their own special interest and that is their bank roll.

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