are there any non millionaires in congress? n/t

[ORDagnabbit]

[Truth2Tell]

1. at least 15 of the 423

are worth less than a mil...

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&year=2009&filter=H&sort=A

[dmallind]

2. in a much DU-ballyhooed recent survey, more than half of them

If median net worth is 920k, then half the members have less than that. Presumably a few fall in between 920k and 1m so yep more than half.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9626992

[GSLevel9]

3. in the world where I'M King...

every House rep would have real world experience.

I want MY representative to know what it feels like to have his electricity turned off and waiting for the man to come back out and turn it on.

I want MY representative to know what it feels like to receive a foreclosure notice or an eviction document.

I want MY representative to know what it feels like to be raped by the car dealer paying 19% interest on your car loan because your credit score is modest.








There are PLENTY of lawyers on House staffs... but the representatives themselves need to be average citizens.

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Dennis Kucinich lives in the same house he bought in 1973