They call DC “the Cocoon” for Good Reason, while Americans suffer high unemployment, Home foreclosures, and financial ruin, Members on the Hill fortunes continue to climb. The top Fifty members of congress are worth almost 1.4 Billion. We wonder if the Stimulus was directed more toward themselves than toward the average American. Here to hoping for 30 percent unemployment for Congress in November!
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Post Published: 31 August 2010
Author: Ironmill
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World Tags: billion, Congress, Democrats, economy, financial disclosure forms, John Kerry, lawmakers, Members of Congress, million, Patrick Kennedy, pelosi, poor, Recession, Rich, richer, Ron Wyden, Top 50, wealthiest members of Congress
