Land of the free, home of the … rich Congress. Just as Congress is set to take on long-term unemployment benefits, the minimum wage, and food stamp...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will reap a $153,000 pension/annuity and an estimated $1MM lump sum when she retires from Congress.
For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Members of Congress make $174,000 per year – not counting a host of other benefits and perks that come with the job. “The speaker of the house only is struggling on $223,000,” Glenn Beck pointed out sarcastically on Tuesday’s “The Glenn Beck Radio Program.” Glenn, Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere went thr...
For the first time ever, more than half of current members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new report from the non-profit Center for Responsive Politics.
It's not a coincidence that most people who are elected to public office are incredibly wealthy.
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A new report has found that for the first time ever, more than half of the members of Congress had a net worth of $1 million or more in 2012.
It shows at least 268 current Congress members had a net worth of more than $1 million in 2012.
Dozens of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle reported owing money on student loans in 2012.
Now, as a student of Austrian economics and as a firm believer in the free markets, I am not opposed at all to leveraging one's talents and abilities to increase wealth. However, doesn't it seem that our modern day "public servants" may be getting the better end of the deal? After all, they are sent to Washington with a mandate to promote the will of the people. However, America's politicians often end up serving the wishes of their corporate masters as well as other special interest groups.
The government shutdown that occurred on October 1st is still looming. So what does this mean for you?
