re: #44 Obdicut

I think there are more Democratic politicians in the House and Senate who are millionaires than there are Republicans.

It is not at all a partisan problem. It is why the ‘left’, the Democrats, are still wildly corporatist.

I don’t know what the exact figures are. I thought it was roughly split between the two. Might be more in number on the Democrats side while the Republicans attain a higher net worth. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) remains the richest at this time. In any case your point still stands. The “1 percenter” make-up in congress is actually 50 percent in congress. I suppose we could ask the question if being rich actually makes for a “bad” congressman.