Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents

[beefeater]

kpete
 


But the financial gap between Americans and their representatives in Congress has widened considerably since then, according to an analysis of financial disclosures by The Washington Post.

Between 1984 and 2009, the median net worth of a member of the House rose by more than 2 1 / 2 times, according to the analysis of financial disclosures, from $280,000 to $725,000 in inflation-adjusted 2009 dollars, excluding home equity.

Over the same period, the wealth of an American family has declined slightly, with the comparable median figure sliding from $20,600 to $20,500, according to the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from the University of Michigan.


The growing disparity between the representatives and the represented means that there is a greater distance between the economic experience of Americans and those of lawmakers.

 


more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/growing-wealth-widens-distance-between-lawmakers-and-constituents/2011/12/05/gIQAR7D6IP_story.html

This from Kathy Peterson who lives in a million dollar McMansion in a gated San Diego community.


But, somebody caught something interesting.

Burge
1. Interesting that the net worth of the Democrats has steadily increased while

the net worth of the Republicans has declined.

What's up with that?

[jukin]

Until Billy Jeff was elected there was no going to WDC and becoming a multimillionaire.  Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president. While the economic times were good due to a republican congress, the cold war dividend, and the computerization of business the country made a hard sharp turn for the worse under Billy Jeff. Guess character does count. That was the Arkansas mafia. Now we have the Chicago mob running the country.....into to ground.

[GOBUCKS]

I believe these numbers are bogus. People earning at the level of congressmen for the past twenty years or so, and considering most of them came from comfortable circumstances before taking office, should have net worth far in excess of the $700K this C&P suggests.
 
This sounds like one of those reports that claim medical doctors average in the low $100s, i.e., wrong.

[vesta111]

Until Billy Jeff was elected there was no going to WDC and becoming a multimillionaire.  Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president. While the economic times were good due to a republican congress, the cold war dividend, and the computerization of business the country made a hard sharp turn for the worse under Billy Jeff. Guess character does count. That was the Arkansas mafia. Now we have the Chicago mob running the country.....into to ground.

Excuse me but who was the rapist in office you speak of????

Are you speaking of Tom Jefferson who fathered children by his SLAVES ??


 Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president.
[/quote]

Naturally Clinton lied, an American tradition to save the virtue of a young woman.   

C&W music lovers---Anyone  know the song called " A long black vale"  [ man accused of murder but he would not tell he at the time was with a woman, he was hung by the neck  but kept her reputation intact ] . 

Clinton no more raped any female then had a long time relationship with her then any other man that has a woman who knew they were married come knocking on his door when she knows the wife is asleep.

 Quote/ Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president.

Vulnerable you say, all these woman were over the age of 14, all had some experience with sex, and ALL knew he was married and they gave a shit about that, they were at his beck and call to destroy his wifes life just to put themself in her place.

Were it not for securiety these crazy woman would have been in the kitchen boiling a rabbit or two.

This is not about Joey Butti****o and Amy Fisher.

[JohnnyReb]

Burge
1. Interesting that the net worth of the Democrats has steadily increased while

the net worth of the Republicans has declined.

What's up with that?

Inflation has even inflated the purchase price of cheap-ass democrat politicians.

[AprilRazz]

Excuse me but who was the rapist in office you speak of????

Are you speaking of Tom Jefferson who fathered children by his SLAVES ??


 

There is no definitive proof of that.

[zeitgeist]

Excuse me but who was the rapist in office you speak of????

Are you speaking of Tom Jefferson who fathered children by his SLAVES ??


 Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president.


Naturally Clinton lied, an American tradition to save the virtue of a young woman.   

C&W music lovers---Anyone  know the song called " A long black vale"  [ man accused of murder but he would not tell he at the time was with a woman, he was hung by the neck  but kept her reputation intact ] . 

Clinton no more raped any female then had a long time relationship with her then any other man that has a woman who knew they were married come knocking on his door when she knows the wife is asleep.

 Quote/ Of course we had never had a president get a blow job by a young vulnerable woman in the Oval Office and lie about. Nor did we have a known rapist as president.

Vulnerable you say, all these woman were over the age of 14, all had some experience with sex, and ALL knew he was married and they gave a shit about that, they were at his beck and call to destroy his wifes life just to put themself in her place.

Were it not for securiety these crazy woman would have been in the kitchen boiling a rabbit or two.

This is not about Joey Butti****o and Amy Fisher.

Vesta darling, bless your heart, you know I love ya like a brother, but I think you have finally managed to pull off the Forest Gump of posts with this one.  Stupid is as stupid does.   I realize you like to write in stream of unconsciousness and to ankle bite at folks, but really, you have managed to generate a bizarre distortion of reality with this one.  You need to give the synapses a rest darling you are pushing them too hard.

You need to read about Clinton and Whitewater, not the whitewash put out by the Clinton Whitehouse and the Bimbo Eruption Team.  I am sure much of the information is still on line.   Now about them slaves, wasn't that actually a former presidential candidate and Jeffersonian Republican Strom Thurmond?

[Ballygrl]

But the financial gap between Americans and their representatives in Congress has widened

Yes, yes it has, just ask Nancy Pelosi who just checked into a $10,000 a night Suite in Hawaii, the same Nancy who refuses to allow her Employees to Unionize.

[Vagabond]

There is no definitive proof of that.

Even if it did, the evidence of rape seems to be lacking.  Thomas Jefferson promised his wife he would never marry again.  Sally Hemmings could have chosen to remain in France, and did not.

A further historical note is that Sally Hemmings was listed as a white woman living in Virginia in the census after her she was freed.

[AprilRazz]

Even if it did, the evidence of rape seems to be lacking.  Thomas Jefferson promised his wife he would never marry again.  Sally Hemmings could have chosen to remain in France, and did not.

A further historical note is that Sally Hemmings was listed as a white woman living in Virginia in the census after her she was freed.

There is a family that is claiming that they are the decedents of George Washington and one of his slaves as well. Problem being that a case of smallpox probably left him unable to father children. The only DNA evidence to Jefferson is inconclusive and could possibly be a male relative if anything.

[jukin]

Vesta, your lack of knowledge about the women that Klinton raped..well not raped raped but they came out penetrated and beaten is very, very lacking. The only positive out of his numerous raping incidents was that National Organization of Women went to protect BJ and publicly defamed the women that came out accusing BJ. This opened the eyes of tens of millions of Americans that all the supposed organizations that support the democrat-communist party but claim a certain section of the demography (i.e. NAACP, NOW, La Raza,..) do not support the supposed faction but the furthering of the communist big government state. IIRC NOW lost about 30% of their membership when they bad mouthed JUANITA BROADDRICK (http://www.apfn.org/apfn/juanita.htm) and took the side of the rapist William Jefferson Clinton.

Your counter pooint of unproven Jefferson claims is total bullshit!  The Clinton rapes were numerous and proven....and paid offf, Paula Jones anybody?

[Vagabond]

There is a family that is claiming that they are the decedents of George Washington and one of his slaves as well. Problem being that a case of smallpox probably left him unable to father children. The only DNA evidence to Jefferson is inconclusive and could possibly be a male relative if anything.

Sally Hemmings was most likely Jefferson's wife's half-sister as well.  It doesn't mean anything, but she was remarked upon to have been a beauty.  Her sons were looked after by Jefferson, he basically had them doing errand boy work before he freed them.  Jefferson begged Sally to return from France to the United States, slavery was outlawed in France and she had intended to quit his service.  There is no absolute proof, but the circumstantial evidence indicates that he likely was involved in a relationship of some sort with her.  I tend to think she filled a role that would have been his second wife, though I know that is arguable.

[vesta111]

Sally Hemmings was most likely Jefferson's wife's half-sister as well.  It doesn't mean anything, but she was remarked upon to have been a beauty.  Her sons were looked after by Jefferson, he basically had them doing errand boy work before he freed them.  Jefferson begged Sally to return from France to the United States, slavery was outlawed in France and she had intended to quit his service.  There is no absolute proof, but the circumstantial evidence indicates that he likely was involved in a relationship of some sort with her.  I tend to think she filled a role that would have been his second wife, though I know that is arguable.

Interesting family here.

Jefferson's wife had a half sister that was a SLAVE ????

How does a SLAVE get the money to head for France ----how does a Slave end their service with the people that OWN her lock, stock and barrel ??

Now, IIRC Jefferson had a brother that was a ner'e do well, handsome, a real Lady's man.  He was know to visit the slave quarters at night and became friends with both sexes of slaves much to his brothers embarrassment. 

Men of refinement did not party with the help even if they were freed slaves.   Sort of like it  is in the Military, it is a NO-NO for Officers to socialise with the enlisted.  [  One exception was the Sub Service, have a party and everyone from the Skipper to the boat cook came--all were family.  None of that nonsense that the Chief of the boats wife was any different from the wife of the lowest in rank aboard ]

Back on subject, flight of ideas got to me there.

Could it be that it was not old Tom that fathered these children but his brothers????    Were the children not his but his nieces and nephews and Tom did the gentlemanly thing to help raise them ???

DNA would show today a link with the family, but, the question of what brother fathered what child would be up in the air.

[AprilRazz]

Interesting family here.

Jefferson's wife had a half sister that was a SLAVE ????

How does a SLAVE get the money to head for France ----how does a Slave end their service with the people that OWN her lock, stock and barrel ??

Now, IIRC Jefferson had a brother that was a ner'e do well, handsome, a real Lady's man.  He was know to visit the slave quarters at night and became friends with both sexes of slaves much to his brothers embarrassment. 

Men of refinement did not party with the help even if they were freed slaves.   Sort of like it  is in the Military, it is a NO-NO for Officers to socialise with the enlisted.  [  One exception was the Sub Service, have a party and everyone from the Skipper to the boat cook came--all were family.  None of that nonsense that the Chief of the boats wife was any different from the wife of the lowest in rank aboard ]

Back on subject, flight of ideas got to me there.

Could it be that it was not old Tom that fathered these children but his brothers????    Were the children not his but his nieces and nephews and Tom did the gentlemanly thing to help raise them ???

DNA would show today a link with the family, but, the question of what brother fathered what child would be up in the air.

She did not go on her own. Jefferson took her to France with him as a servant along with a few others. Martha may have had a half sister who was a slave. It was not as common as some would like to think but it did happen. The offspring would still be considered 'colored' and would not have the same privileges.
The DNA evidence in Sally Hemming s offspring was probably fathered by a male Jefferson but has never been without a doubt proven that Thomas Jefferson was the father.
As far as the military wives go. I could care less who your husband is. His rank is not yours and I cant stand it when some c*&k holster wears her husbands rank on her sleeve. Your husbands rank means nothing to me.
Now speaking as someone who also has a DD214 I have been to an admirals house on a few occasions for holiday parties and the like. It was open to everyone in the command (no not a sub either). You can't as an officer single out one enlisted person to invite to your party nor have a relationship with one unless it was pee-existing before commissioning or enlistment.
You really should not talk about things you really know nothing about.

[GOBUCKS]

You really should not talk about things you really know nothing about.

Vestanumbers should be mute?

[AprilRazz]

Vestanumbers should be mute?

Probably!
Dependant wives like that tend to annoy me to no end.

[cmypay]

Probably!
Dependant wives like that tend to annoy me to no end.

Agreed! I have always wondered about these women who trade on their husband's rank. "I'm the Captain's Wife." Goody, and what will you be when he is retired???

[JohnnyReb]

Growing wealth widens distance between lawmakers and constituents...I guess democrat politicians have upped the purchase price of their votes.

Capitalism at work, sort of a supply and demand thing, huh.