40% of the Senators are millionaires

[Nutmegger]

Analysis of financial disclosure forms by CNN in June 2003 revealed that at least 40 of the then senators were millionaires.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_senate#Members_and_elections

This makes me feel so goooood.:eyes:

[sam sarrha]

1. and the rest are looting their way up to the top as fast as they can..

[unblock]

2. that's IT??

how the hell to you get to be a senator if you're NOT a millionaire?

[Poppyseedman]

3. No wonder the rethugs "own" 55 seats

[serryjw]

4. Who is NOT a milliionaire?

n/t?

[Egalitariat]

5. How much is family/married wealth???

1. McCain
2. Kennedy
3. Frist
4. Kerry
5. Clinton
6. Dole
7. Rockefeller
8. Feinstein

That's 20% of all the millionaires and I wasn't even looking at a list. Who else is there?

Edited to include Rockefeller and Feinstein.

[charlie]

8. Rockefeller's bound to be sitting on a pile n/t

[Ron Green]

6. I'm surprised it's not 100%.

Nowadays, almost anyone who's been successful in business, law or even government administration has put together a sizable equity. A million dollars is not nearly what it was when the term "millionaire" became part of our language and mythology.

[corporate_mike]

11. me too

[sam sarrha]

7. i may be wrong but i heard Bu$h is worth 2 billion, and his job as Governor

of texas was the first real job he ever had.. he only made about average interest on his $660,000 team investment over about 10 years, the other owners all pitched in $12,000,000 for him.. which amounted to illegal campaign contributions cause he then ran for Governor.. in a state where the legislature only meets a few months every 2 years.. so it wasn't much of a job, he had a lot of time to execute the 152 prisoners..

the no child left behind program he started in Texas that is now destroying our educational system was a total fraud, the miraculous statistics that proved it a success was later revealed to not count the dropouts which amounted up to 45% in some places..

[LSdemocrat]

9. That's much lower than I expected

I would have expected that their house in their home state and their place in DC alone would put almost everyone over the top.

[Freedom_Aflaim]

10. Only 40%? I figured it would be closer to 100%

Heck google and amazon proably has higher %

[sleipnir]

12. I'm sure that 40% of Rome's Senators will also UberRich, if not more.

Welcome to the new Rome!