Commentary: Rich politicians will take care of their own

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Commentary: Rich politicians will take care of their own
By Fred Grimm | The Miami Herald
Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2010

The rich are different from you and me. Well, me anyway. And they're damn well positioned to keep it that way.

Florida not only got itself a fabulously wealthy governor (after he spent $73 million of his own money to get elected, maybe it's more accurate to suggest Rick Scott got himself a state) but a Legislature laden with millionaires.

Eighteen millionaires will be slumming in the state Senate. That's 18 out of 40 senators.

Down the hallway, 34 millionaires vote in the House. Out of 120 state reps. Rich reps are forced to mingle with the unwashed rabble.

The U.S. Congress wallows in even more disproportionate affluence than our elected moneybags in Tallahassee. According to the Center for Responsive Politics (a name plucked from the land of wishful thinking) 261 members of Congress are millionaires, and 55 are worth more than $10 million.

[RandomThoughts]

1. That is a bit of a problem, but just like having money does not say you are worth more.

Having money also does not say you do not do good.

It is the drive for money first above thought and feeling of what you think that is better, not the money, that causes the problems.


Many rich people do much good also. It is the mindset that matters, and the heart, in my view.

[RegieRocker]

2. Government supplied money for advertising of a campaign

everyone gets the same amount. That would take care of this fiasco.