PLUTOCRACY NOW: Eleven Charts that illustrate Government by the WEALTHY -Mother Jones

[Mira]

Unable to show you the charts i encourage you to go look at them at the link

Here's one i could copy:

max. est. net worth

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
$451.1 million
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
$435.4 million
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
$366.2 million
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
$294.9 million
Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.)
$285.1 million
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
$283.1 million
Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.)
$231.2 million
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas)
$201.5 million
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
$136.2 million
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
$108.1 million
combined net worth:
$2.8 billion

10 richest members of the Senate
ALL OF THEM Democrats and Republicans, voted to extend the Bush taxcuts,

to see the other fascinating charts click on the link


http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

[notesdev]

1. One chart is missing

and it's probably the most to-the-point chart of all... the one showing how a person's net worth increases dramatically the moment they are elected to office - regardless of economic conditions.

[cui bono]

4. I would like to see those stats. Do you know where to see it laid out? n/t

[Frustratedlady]

2. So, what can we do? We don't have the money to fight...

but we do have the people.

Are we doomed, or headed for confrontations for equality?

Or do we just sit at our computers and beech?

[Mira]

3. Yesterday was a wonderful example of

that we still have it in us to march, of course we do have some other problems to overcome ....

such as indicated here:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip

[cui bono]

5. Darrell Issa might have broken $460mn if not for his greedy attempt at becoming governor.

Seeing how much he's worth I guess he didn't feel the sting.