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(17,493 posts)Almost one half of the members of Congress are part of the 1% and many of the the remainder are bought and owned by the 1%.
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47% of Congress Members Millionaires a Status Shared by Only 1% of Americans
Nov 16, 2011 8:45am
Its no secret that many members of the U.S. House and Senate are millionaires 47 percent of them their salaries paid in part by the American taxpayers.
The Center for Responsive Politics has crunched the numbers and released the results on its Open Secrets blog:
About 47 percent of Congress, or 249 current members are millionaires.
In 2010, the estimated median net worth of a current U.S. senator stood at an average of $2.56 million, according to the Centers research.
Despite the global economic meltdown in 2008 and the sluggish recovery that followed, thats up about 7.6 percent from an estimated median net worth of $2.38 million in 2009
and up 13 percent from a median net worth of $2.27 million in 2008.
Fully 36 Senate Democrats, and 30 Senate Republicans reported an average net worth in excess of $1 million in 2010. The same was true for 110 House Republicans and 73 House Democrats.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/47-of-congress-members-millionaires-a-status-shared-by-only-1-of-americans/