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12/24/2008 3:12:36 PM

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"My assertion, evidenced by looking at congressional net worth, is that the "citizen legislator" is largely a myth and that congress is already full of rich power whores."

*flails arms wildly in disbelief*

Do you not get what a _median_ is? You didn't look at the net worths of individuals. You looked at the median. Goddamn, how dense are you?

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&year=2007&filter=S&sort=A

Let's see here. Joe Biden himself has a net worth of, um ... -52,000. I have a higher net worth than freaking Joe Biden!

OMFGBBQ Congress is paid too much and I can show you with a median figure! OMFGBBQ the citizen legislator is a dead concept!



[Edited on December 24, 2008 at 10:47 PM. Reason : link]

12/24/2008 10:47:17 PM