It was a very good year-- for those "serving" in Congress.
I guess this explains why nearly $4 Billion is being spent on the current midterm election.
The combined minimum net worth of Congress jumped — up more than $150 million to $2.1 billion — according to a CQ Roll Call ANALYSIS of the financial disclosure forms for every member of Congress and delegate who filed one for 2013.
That’s an increase of about $300,000 to $3.9 million per lawmaker — although, as with the general public, most of the wealth is concentrated at the top.
The top five lawmakers on the list had more than 37 percent of the combined minimum net worth reported of all 538 members and delegates, according to the CQ Roll Call ANALYSIS. The minimum net worth of the 50 Richest was $1.7 billion, or more than 80 percent of the total for the entire Congress.
The wealthiest person in Congress: Darrell Issa. Formerly I believe it was John Kerry.
Again, this is not representative government, folks.
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