Millionaires
…another reason campaign finance reform is completely necessary.
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where has this information come from? Just curious, I’m the 99%.
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Fairly true! Actual numbers as of 2011: 45.5% of congress are millionaires compared to 3.4% of Americans.
Another curious 99%er…
Wiki says there were 10,541,000 millionaire households in the US as of May 2011. The census website says there are 112,611,029 households 2005-2009. That’s 9.36%.
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Additional detail – Income below $100,000: America, 80% – Congress, zero!
David, Congress is made up of individuals so the comparison is between individual Americans—not households.
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[...] The people who make decisions about the rules of the game are not like us: The United States Congress does not reflect America with women, minorities, and those with lower incomes grossly underrepresented. If women were to make up half of Congress, as they proportionally would, there would be 218 US Congresswomen; there are only 93. Minorities would have 180 seats in Congress; currently they only have 81 seats. On that income thing, a blog I follow, Caveat Emptor, recently noted: ”It’s possible that millionaires are just the people to decide what’s good for the rest of us. It’s also possible that millionaires aren’t really in touch with what’s good for the other 99 percent of Americans.” The blog included an incredible Drawing by Chris Piascik [...]
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To get into US parliament or congress you need to be a millionaire to pay for your way to get there. It’s UNATTAINABLE for an ordinary person. In some other western countries the funding of political parties and candidates is carefully monitored so that the inequity that money brings is somewhat levelled. Also it means that if a lobby group sponsors you it is known publicly so that a candidate is less likely to be “bought.”
[...] The people who make decisions about the rules of the game are not like us: The United States Congress does not reflect America with women, minorities, and those with lower incomes grossly underrepresented. If women were to make up half of Congress, as they proportionally should, there would be 218 US Congresswomen; but there are only 93. Minorities would have 180 seats in Congress; currently they only have 81 seats. On that income thing, a blog I follow, Caveat Emptor, recently noted: ”It’s possible that millionaires are just the people to decide what’s good for the rest of us. It’s also possible that millionaires aren’t really in touch with what’s good for the other 99 percent of Americans.” The blog included an incredibleDrawing by Chris Piascik [...]
The President isn’t representing the average American either, despite his attempt to fool them into believing so on the campaign trail. Obama was worth just over $1 million when he was elected. 3 years into his term in office and he is worth more than $10 million. So his wealth has increased 10 fold in 3 years while millions of Americans lost their jobs and the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line and on public assistance has skyrocketed. How’s that for bringing change? He can’t stimulate the economy, but he has certainly had no problem stimulating his own paycheck.
Robert, I don’t think anyone believes that Obama is an average American. If they do, I’d be surprised. Obama has made a huge amount of money from the sales of both of his books. I don’t think Obama has done enough. He hasn’t, so far, proved to be the progressive candidate I was hoping for. Moreover, he seems to be fairly moderate and when you combine that with a congress that will block anything he proposes not much can get done.
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