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    47% of Congress Members Millionaires — 1% of Americans are

    47 Percent of Congress Members Millionaires — a Status Shared by Only 1% of Americans

    By Tom Shine | ABC News – 3 hrs ago...

    It’s no secret that many members of the U.S. House and Senate are millionaires — 47 percent of them — their salaries paid for by the American taxpayer.

    The Center for Responsive Politics has crunched the numbers and released the results on its Open Secrets blog:

    “About 47 percent of Congress, or 249 current members are millionaires. … In 2010, the estimated [b]median net worth of a current U.S. senator stood at an average of $2.56 million,â€
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    And we wonder why we are loosing our country. These crooks are selling us out as faster than they collect our taxes.

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    Congress: Trading stock on inside information?

    Congress: Trading stock on inside information?

    Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets? As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access to powerful political intelligence, and many have made well-timed stock market trades in the very industries they regulate. For now, the practice is perfectly legal, but some say it's time for the law to change.

    The following is a script of "Insiders" which aired on Nov. 13, 2011. Steve Kroft is correspondent, Ira Rosen and Gabrielle Schonder, producers.

    The next national election is now less than a year away and congressmen and senators are expending much of their time and their energy raising the millions of dollars in campaign funds they'll need just to hold onto a job that pays $174,000 a year...

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    BOOK REVIEW : THROW THEM ALL OUT



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    Publication Date: November 15, 2011


    One of the biggest scandals in American politics is waiting to explode: the full story of the inside game in Washington shows how the permanent political class enriches itself at the expense of the rest of us. Insider trading is illegal on Wall Street, yet it is routine among members of Congress. Normal individuals cannot get in on IPOs at the asking price, but politicians do so routinely. The Obama administration has been able to funnel hundreds of millions of dollars to its supporters, ensuring yet more campaign donations. An entire class of investors now makes all of its profits based on influence and access in Washington. Peter Schweizer has doggedly researched through mountains of financial records, tracking complicated deals and stock trades back to the timing of briefings, votes on bills, and every other point of leverage for politicians in Washington.

    The result is a manifesto for revolution: the Permanent Political Class must go.

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    This should not come as a suprise. These people are professional liars and do it for a living. The people have no one to blame but themselves if we keep putting these liars and thieves in office. Not only are they stealing, they are exempt from the very laws that they pass. They are no better than old Bernie whom they put in prison. The only difference is they are not held to the same laws that the rest of us are. Shame on us if we reelect a one of them. People go to Goooh.com and sign up to fire the bunch of them. Of course it will not bother them as they have their salaries for life.

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