"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%."
Are you saying that the wealthiest 1/3 of lawmakers are in the top 10% of the wealthy or top 10% of Americans? Depending on what numbers you look at, the top 1% (the Bane of the occupy movement) start at 300 - 500k. Just take the average and say 400k. I'd say our congressmen are well into the 1%. "So it is not a 'legislator' thing, but a 'rich people' thing." I'd say you're close. It's an elitist thing. There are rich people who earned their money by hard work and who are not elitists. I read the results of a survey and it said that of the top 1%, 70% is Republican. The survey then broke it down even further and said that the top 40% of the 1%, that is, the .4% is 70% Democrat. If the survey is correct, it would seem that the closer one is to the 400k mark, the more one wants lower taxes and less government interference. The closer one is to the top, the more one wants taxes (which can easily be avoided through trust funds and such) and more government interference (to protect their wealth). The elites. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:362005 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
