naturegirl
Gold Member
Why it's our elected officials, they just keep getting richer all the time. Funny how that works.
Rest of the story here: And Congress’ Rich Get Richer : Roll Call News
Now where were we on why they spend so much money for a $174,000 per year job??
Members of Congress had a collective net worth of more than $2 billion in 2010, a nearly 25 percent increase over the 2008 total, according to a Roll Call analysis of Members' financial disclosure forms.
Nearly 90 percent of that increase is concentrated in the 50 richest Members of Congress.
Two years ago, Roll Call found that the minimum net worth of House Members was slightly more than $1 billion; Senators had a combined minimum worth of $651 million for a Congressional total of $1.65 billion. Roll Call calculates minimum net worth by adding the minimum values of all reported assets and subtracting the minimum values of all reported liabilities.
According to financial disclosure forms filed by Members of Congress this year, the minimum net worth in the House has jumped to $1.26 billion, and Senate net worth has climbed to at least $784 million, for a Congressional total of $2.04 billion.
Rest of the story here: And Congress’ Rich Get Richer : Roll Call News
Now where were we on why they spend so much money for a $174,000 per year job??