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Paul,<br><br>You say, '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).'<br><br>Do you think those laws are somehow disconnected from the institutions that pass and sign them? Did they just spring up, somehow disconnected from their beneficiaries and sponsors?<br><br>Of course there's a direct connection between a ruling class this wealthy, and legislation that benefits others in their group, and in whose pockets they so comfortably dwell.<br><br>How come that's not class warfare? How come it's only class warfare when someone says, 'Those guys are screwing us?'<br><br>Sunil<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 09:09:18 -0800<br>From: godshatter@yahoo.com<br>To: rforce2003@yahoo.com<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The 1% in Congress<br><br>
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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.<br>
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it looks vaguely like a target list, frankly. What ever happened to
the good old American Dream(tm)? <br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
While we're on the subject of the seven deadly sins, why not take a
close look at "envy" while we're at it? <br>
<br>
Paul<br>
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On 11/11/2011 04:34 PM, Ron Force wrote:
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<div><strong>Table 2: All members of Congress with average net
worth above $9 million, from 2009</strong></div>
<table class="ecxtableizer-table">
<tbody>
<tr class="ecxtableizer-firstrow">
<th>Name</th>
<th>Minimum Wealth</th>
<th>Maximum Wealth</th>
<th>Average</th>
<th>Chamber</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$156,050,022</td>
<td>$451,100,000</td>
<td>$303,575,011</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Kerry (D-Mass.)</td>
<td>$182,755,534</td>
<td>$294,869,059</td>
<td>$238,812,296</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mark Warner (D-Va.)</td>
<td>$65,692,210</td>
<td>$283,077,995</td>
<td>$174,385,102</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jared Polis (D-Colo.)</td>
<td>$36,694,140</td>
<td>$285,123,996</td>
<td>$160,909,068</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)</td>
<td>$89,358,027</td>
<td>$231,245,995</td>
<td>$160,302,011</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla.)</td>
<td>-$69,434,661</td>
<td>$366,180,982</td>
<td>$148,373,160</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael McCaul (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$73,685,086</td>
<td>$201,537,000</td>
<td>$137,611,043</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James E. Risch (R-Idaho)</td>
<td>$38,936,114</td>
<td>$179,131,990</td>
<td>$109,034,052</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)</td>
<td>$61,446,018</td>
<td>$136,218,002</td>
<td>$98,832,010</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)</td>
<td>$64,210,256</td>
<td>$125,529,976</td>
<td>$94,870,116</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>$46,055,250</td>
<td>$108,109,018</td>
<td>$77,082,134</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Frank R. Lautenberg (D-N.J.)</td>
<td>$49,083,204</td>
<td>$104,690,018</td>
<td>$76,886,611</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>-$7,356,915</td>
<td>$124,229,990</td>
<td>$58,436,537</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gary Miller (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$19,365,053</td>
<td>$84,302,000</td>
<td>$51,833,526</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bob Corker (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$9,778,047</td>
<td>$91,656,998</td>
<td>$50,717,522</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diane Lynn Black (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$14,673,049</td>
<td>$84,145,990</td>
<td>$49,409,519</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)</td>
<td>$19,898,179</td>
<td>$67,697,000</td>
<td>$43,797,589</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rick Berg (R-N.D.)</td>
<td>$19,347,579</td>
<td>$58,981,451</td>
<td>$39,164,515</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$14,900,036</td>
<td>$63,125,000</td>
<td>$39,012,518</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$13,303,385</td>
<td>$63,106,351</td>
<td>$38,204,868</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.)</td>
<td>$6,598,014</td>
<td>$56,244,997</td>
<td>$31,421,505</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Scott Rigell (R-Va.)</td>
<td>$11,618,078</td>
<td>$48,200,000</td>
<td>$29,909,039</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine)</td>
<td>$12,556,055</td>
<td>$44,669,000</td>
<td>$28,612,527</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James B. Renacci (R-Ohio)</td>
<td>$17,571,131</td>
<td>$39,297,044</td>
<td>$28,434,087</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)</td>
<td>$11,522,909</td>
<td>$44,209,871</td>
<td>$27,866,390</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$7,045,017</td>
<td>$41,899,994</td>
<td>$24,472,505</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Petri (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$5,111,026</td>
<td>$43,765,999</td>
<td>$24,438,512</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Campbell (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$9,227,063</td>
<td>$37,282,000</td>
<td>$23,254,531</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Steve Pearce (R-N.M.)</td>
<td>$8,368,014</td>
<td>$37,945,000</td>
<td>$23,156,507</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richard L Hanna (R-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$10,960,117</td>
<td>$33,276,000</td>
<td>$22,118,058</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)</td>
<td>$15,681,206</td>
<td>$27,543,006</td>
<td>$21,612,106</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Blake Farenthold (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$10,359,086</td>
<td>$31,381,997</td>
<td>$20,870,541</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Hoeven (R-N.D.)</td>
<td>-$12,829,960</td>
<td>$52,851,999</td>
<td>$20,011,019</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)</td>
<td>$7,102,036</td>
<td>$32,756,000</td>
<td>$19,929,018</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kay R. Hagan (D-N.C.)</td>
<td>$3,549,596</td>
<td>$33,149,981</td>
<td>$18,349,788</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$14,990,621</td>
<td>$20,923,567</td>
<td>$17,957,094</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)</td>
<td>$1,056,768</td>
<td>$34,566,596</td>
<td>$17,811,682</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Michael F Bennet (D-Colo.)</td>
<td>$6,217,020</td>
<td>$27,780,000</td>
<td>$16,998,510</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)</td>
<td>$10,447,125</td>
<td>$23,082,001</td>
<td>$16,764,563</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.)</td>
<td>$9,542,219</td>
<td>$23,259,000</td>
<td>$16,400,609</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fred Upton (R-Mich.)</td>
<td>$7,010,173</td>
<td>$25,651,000</td>
<td>$16,330,586</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rosa L. DeLauro (D-Conn.)</td>
<td>$5,429,018</td>
<td>$26,697,997</td>
<td>$16,063,507</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John McCain (R-Ariz.)</td>
<td>$9,769,247</td>
<td>$22,072,994</td>
<td>$15,921,120</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)</td>
<td>$7,790,095</td>
<td>$20,949,999</td>
<td>$14,370,047</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cynthia Marie Lummis (R-Wyo.)</td>
<td>$4,939,028</td>
<td>$23,591,999</td>
<td>$14,265,513</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)</td>
<td>$6,393,295</td>
<td>$20,874,000</td>
<td>$13,633,647</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)</td>
<td>$6,593,088</td>
<td>$20,654,033</td>
<td>$13,623,560</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)</td>
<td>$4,561,077</td>
<td>$20,503,000</td>
<td>$12,532,038</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tom Price (R-Ga.)</td>
<td>$7,653,606</td>
<td>$17,121,588</td>
<td>$12,387,597</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)</td>
<td>$8,010,107</td>
<td>$16,623,001</td>
<td>$12,316,554</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trent Franks (R-Ariz.)</td>
<td>$4,100,005</td>
<td>$20,250,000</td>
<td>$12,175,002</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas)</td>
<td>$6,126,070</td>
<td>$18,078,998</td>
<td>$12,102,534</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.)</td>
<td>$6,407,085</td>
<td>$17,427,999</td>
<td>$11,917,542</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rob Portman (R-Ohio)</td>
<td>$5,544,075</td>
<td>$17,468,999</td>
<td>$11,506,537</td>
<td>Senate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>David Dreier (R-Calif.)</td>
<td>$5,264,092</td>
<td>$17,715,000</td>
<td>$11,489,546</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>David B. McKinley (R-W.Va.)</td>
<td>$5,216,060</td>
<td>$14,316,000</td>
<td>$9,766,030</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John A. Yarmuth (D-Ky.)</td>
<td>$2,850,009</td>
<td>$16,349,999</td>
<td>$9,600,004</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Fleming (R-La.)</td>
<td>$2,153,834</td>
<td>$16,797,770</td>
<td>$9,475,802</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jon Runyan (R-N.J.)</td>
<td>$5,000,034</td>
<td>$13,674,999</td>
<td>$9,337,516</td>
<td>House</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>Source: <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.php" target="_blank">Center for Responsive Politics</a></div>
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