The wealthiest 1/3 of lawmakers are well into the wealthiest 10% of Americans
And for the most part the wealthiest 10%'s wealth increased at well above 5%. So it is not a "legislator" thing, but a "rich people" thing. On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > They put Martha Stewart in jail. > > > On 20 March 2013 15:59, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > > > According to a new report in The Washington Post, the median net worth of > > the current Congress rose 5% during the recession while it fell 39% for > the > > average American. The wealthiest one-third of lawmakers saw their net > worth > > rise 14%. > > > > > http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/wealth-gap-between-congress-average-americans-164000800.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362003 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
