[Vision2020] The 1% in Congress

Sat Nov 12 09:49:12 PST 2011

Paul, Paul, Paul . . .

Ron Force lists a bunch of rich congressmen, as conceivable members of the one-percenters, and you're all over it like Sitler on an alter boy.

If you take the time to listen and/or read, Paul, you just may attain a fundamental understanding of the 99-percenters' concept.  It is my substantiated opinion that the "one-percenters" are (as I explained twice before) the unimaginably, filthy rich corporations seeking to get filthier and richer off the backs of middle-income and low-income Americans.

Jeesh!

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

- Unknown

On Nov 12, 2011, at 9:09 AM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> This kind of thing is a good illustration of what concerns me about this whole 1% / 99% metric.  Here is a list of people who are in Congress who have a lot of money.  So what?  There is no indication as to how these people got their money.  No condemnation of certain Congressmen because they passed legislation that directly helped their bottom line.  No effort to separate the wheat from the chaff.  How many of these people came into their wealth and decided they     wanted to do something good with it but also understand the idea behind the phrase "free milk and a cow"?  The only thing we can say is that they are doing well.
> 
> it looks vaguely like a target list, frankly.  What ever happened to the good old American Dream(tm)?  
> 
> What we should be focused on is unmitigated greed.  It exists in all levels of society, not just in the most wealthy.  Condemn the laws that encourage it, such as the ability of shareholders to sue if a company is making a decision that affects short-term profits in favor of long-term growth or the various tax dodges written into the tax code to benefit specific companies over their competition (making for a non-free trade market).  There are plenty other examples of outright greed that we could be focusing on.  Instead, we are focusing on net wealth as some kind of metric of Good vs. Evil.  Sure, the wealthy could be doing more to help the poor, but so could each one of us.  
> 
> While we're on the subject of the seven deadly sins, why not take a close look at "envy" while we're at it?  
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 11/11/2011 04:34 PM, Ron Force wrote:
>> 
>> Table 2: All members of Congress with average net worth above $9 million, from 2009
>> Name	Minimum Wealth	Maximum Wealth	Average	Chamber
>> Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)	$156,050,022	$451,100,000	$303,575,011	House
>> John Kerry (D-Mass.)	$182,755,534	$294,869,059	$238,812,296	Senate
>> Mark Warner (D-Va.)	$65,692,210	$283,077,995	$174,385,102	Senate
>> Jared Polis (D-Colo.)	$36,694,140	$285,123,996	$160,909,068	House
>> Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)	$89,358,027	$231,245,995	$160,302,011	Senate
>> Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.)	-$69,434,661	$366,180,982	$148,373,160	House
>> Michael McCaul (R-Texas)	$73,685,086	$201,537,000	$137,611,043	House
>> James E. Risch (R-Idaho)	$38,936,114	$179,131,990	$109,034,052	Senate
>> Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)	$61,446,018	$136,218,002	$98,832,010	Senate
>> Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)	$64,210,256	$125,529,976	$94,870,116	Senate
>> Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)	$46,055,250	$108,109,018	$77,082,134	Senate
>> Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)	$49,083,204	$104,690,018	$76,886,611	Senate
>> Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)	-$7,356,915	$124,229,990	$58,436,537	House
>> Gary Miller (R-Calif.)	$19,365,053	$84,302,000	$51,833,526	House
>> Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)	$9,778,047	$91,656,998	$50,717,522	Senate
>> Diane Lynn Black (R-Tenn.)	$14,673,049	$84,145,990	$49,409,519	House
>> Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)	$19,898,179	$67,697,000	$43,797,589	House
>> Rick Berg (R-N.D.)	$19,347,579	$58,981,451	$39,164,515	House
>> Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)	$14,900,036	$63,125,000	$39,012,518	House
>> Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)	$13,303,385	$63,106,351	$38,204,868	House
>> Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.)	$6,598,014	$56,244,997	$31,421,505	House
>> Scott Rigell (R-Va.)	$11,618,078	$48,200,000	$29,909,039	House
>> Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)	$12,556,055	$44,669,000	$28,612,527	Senate
>> James B. Renacci (R-Ohio)	$17,571,131	$39,297,044	$28,434,087	House
>> Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)	$11,522,909	$44,209,871	$27,866,390	Senate
>> Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)	$7,045,017	$41,899,994	$24,472,505	House
>> Tom Petri (R-Wis.)	$5,111,026	$43,765,999	$24,438,512	House
>> John Campbell (R-Calif.)	$9,227,063	$37,282,000	$23,254,531	House
>> Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)	$8,368,014	$37,945,000	$23,156,507	House
>> Richard L Hanna (R-N.Y.)	$10,960,117	$33,276,000	$22,118,058	House
>> Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)	$15,681,206	$27,543,006	$21,612,106	Senate
>> Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)	$10,359,086	$31,381,997	$20,870,541	House
>> John Hoeven (R-N.D.)	-$12,829,960	$52,851,999	$20,011,019	Senate
>> Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)	$7,102,036	$32,756,000	$19,929,018	Senate
>> Kay R. Hagan (D-N.C.)	$3,549,596	$33,149,981	$18,349,788	Senate
>> F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.)	$14,990,621	$20,923,567	$17,957,094	House
>> Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)	$1,056,768	$34,566,596	$17,811,682	Senate
>> Michael F Bennet (D-Colo.)	$6,217,020	$27,780,000	$16,998,510	Senate
>> Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)	$10,447,125	$23,082,001	$16,764,563	Senate
>> Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.)	$9,542,219	$23,259,000	$16,400,609	House
>> Fred Upton (R-Mich.)	$7,010,173	$25,651,000	$16,330,586	House
>> Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.)	$5,429,018	$26,697,997	$16,063,507	House
>> John McCain (R-Ariz.)	$9,769,247	$22,072,994	$15,921,120	Senate
>> Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)	$7,790,095	$20,949,999	$14,370,047	House
>> Cynthia Marie Lummis (R-Wyo.)	$4,939,028	$23,591,999	$14,265,513	House
>> Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)	$6,393,295	$20,874,000	$13,633,647	Senate
>> Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)	$6,593,088	$20,654,033	$13,623,560	House
>> Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)	$4,561,077	$20,503,000	$12,532,038	House
>> Tom Price (R-Ga.)	$7,653,606	$17,121,588	$12,387,597	House
>> Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)	$8,010,107	$16,623,001	$12,316,554	Senate
>> Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)	$4,100,005	$20,250,000	$12,175,002	House
>> Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)	$6,126,070	$18,078,998	$12,102,534	House
>> Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)	$6,407,085	$17,427,999	$11,917,542	Senate
>> Rob Portman (R-Ohio)	$5,544,075	$17,468,999	$11,506,537	Senate
>> David Dreier (R-Calif.)	$5,264,092	$17,715,000	$11,489,546	House
>> David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.)	$5,216,060	$14,316,000	$9,766,030	House
>> John A. Yarmuth (D-Ky.)	$2,850,009	$16,349,999	$9,600,004	House
>> John Fleming (R-La.)	$2,153,834	$16,797,770	$9,475,802	House
>> Jon Runyan (R-N.J.)	$5,000,034	$13,674,999	$9,337,516	House
>> Source: Center for Responsive Politics
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