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Meldread

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16. Consider this...
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 06:37 PM
Jan 2017

...the average net worth of a member of the United States Congress is over 7 Million Dollars. This will not hurt the average member of Congress. However, take into consideration someone like Senator Bernie Sanders, whose personal net worth is around $160,000--who is going to be harmed by this policy? Someone like Representative Darrell Issa, whose personal net worth is nearly 255 million dollars, or Bernie Sanders?

This is the problem with this policy. It is simply lashing out at members of Congress, with no regard for the implications of such actions, and the consequences it may cause. Darrell Issa is not going to care that Bernie Sanders dies because he lacks health care--he is going to celebrate this fact, and remain very, very, rich while thanking everyone who helped him kill off a political enemy.

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