Millionaire Congress Members
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Dumb. Trying for the most part to create controversy w a bs narrative
If they did nothing wrong it should be easy enough for them to explain their wealth. Politicians are not voted in to feather their nest and fleece taxpayers.
They were voted in to work for the people. It’s clear that they are working for someone else. We deserve to know who.
They were voted in to work for the people. It’s clear that they are working for someone else. We deserve to know who.
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Congress members' net worth is estimated from public disclosures required by the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
They must file annual financial disclosure reports detailing their assets, liabilities, income, and transactions like stock trades. These forms, submitted to the Senate or House, are accessible online through platforms like the Senate’s database or third-party sites like OpenSecrets.org. Estimates involve taking midpoints or averages. Outside income, spousal earnings, and investments like real estate or stocks are included, but exact values aren’t always precise due to the range-based reporting.
1) What famous policitian can we think of who is rich and is missing from this list? Trump. Why list everyone but him?
2) JB Pritzker’s family owns the Hyatt hotel chain and we worth billions. What does that have to do with him being governor of IL?
3) this just seems like left-wing wealth hating. The democrats used to put out lists like these in the early 2000s and they were stupid then too.
If people are posting and consuming information, like this, and term limits are not their number one issue, then what’s the point of consuming this information at all?
Do you know who’s not talking about term limits in any way shape or form? The president and vice president.
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The list is bipartisan, fwiw (e.g. McConnell & Burgum). Regardless, the bigger issue are the members who have no legitimate explanation for their wealth prior to government service.
I agree but “outing” people for being successful is weird. And left-wing.
Again, if we want congress to not accumulate wealth, limit their terms to 8 years max, or something.
- I think "outing" members with explainable independent wealth outside of government service is stupid
- It's not exactly "outing" when it's publicly available information of supposed public servants
- Some of the wealth is only "explainable" by legal modern-day bribery/money laundering schemes like ridiculous book deals
- If we shed light & turn off the "join congress & get rich!" schemes, getting Congress to pass term limit legislation would be much easier...simply limiting terms doesn't fully solve the problem
So, I disagree that "outing" information like this is a bad thing. Could it be presented better & in more useful ways? Absolutely
Elizabeth Warren has a net worth of $8m, not $67, and is the only one who gained true wealth from being a politician(book deals and such)… Schumer is worth 1m. So not accurate again. McConnell’s wife comes from ridiculous $$. Prizker is the heir to Hyatt Hotel fortune. Burgum sold a tech co to Microsoft for 1b 30 years.
It is a dumb list intended to rile up stupid uninformed people
I think all information requires context.
As I stated elsewhere, claiming that the governor of Illinois is a multibillionaire and trying to frame that as a bad thing is weird. He comes from a billionaire family and is of course a billionaire himself.
But listing him with Congress people who are reported to have done, illicit trading, is trying to imply that somehow his gains are ill-gotten. Most readers are not gonna know who he is or take the time to Google him.
Also, Nancy Pelosi‘s husband is a super rich hedge fund guy. So to say that her net worth is over 200 million, when the vast majority of that is his net worth is also misleading.
Again, a news organization wouldn’t do that, but people on Twitter will post anything. And news organizations have their own problems with slant.
I neither made the list nor shared the original tweet...and I think most of what I posted in this thread doesn't disagree with you. So, not sure why you quoted me? 🤷♂️
“Regardless, the bigger issue are the members who have no legitimate explanation for their wealth prior to government service”
Cause this list really doesn’t have any. Warren being the 1 exception, though not really as her net worth was vastly exaggerated
I don't disagree. But, specifically on Pelosi...she's a good example of the problem: Family members potentially making trades based on her info. She's certainly not the worst (it's a bipartisan problem), but there are numerous members of Congress that consistently succeed in the stock market at rates much higher than the public.
My comment wasn't specifically for the list, but the overall issue. I thought that was clear in the context of the post (use of "bigger issue" and the word "members" vs "those listed") I was responding to. But, apologies if it wasn't.
No need to apologize. Point still remains the same if I were responding to you or someone else. Was more general that this OP and thread is pure garbage and there are unfortunately too many dumb people that will look at this and get all riled up. I agree the issue is politicians who have somehow gained wealth inexcusably. The OP should have listed them instead. Problem is, there probably aren’t enough of them and they also would not have the staggering wealth of the people mentioned
I agree the list in and of itself doesn't mean much. Pritzker is a 100% douche but he was wealthy before entering government service. Otoh, yeah, McConnell's wife comes from a insanely wealthy family but that family is also connected to the Chicom leadership. One could even argue their shipping company is controlled by Xi's government.
Wealth alone is not good nor bad but I would like a press corp that tried to shine light on how some of our pols go from small fortunes to large fortunes in just a couple of yrs by doing real investigative journalism. Imo, Samantha Powers would be a great place to start.
None of these people should have been listed. I don’t care how douschey they are. Or any of that. The point of the post was political corruption to get wealthy. And this list of names proves none of that. It is pure garbage in every single sense
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