$2 billion
Collective net worth of members of Congress in 2010, a nearly 25% increase over the 2008 total, Roll Call reports. Nearly 90% of that increase is concentrated in the 50 richest lawmakers.
Connect:
Congress Full of 1 Percenters
Poetic Justice
Pundits say that Trump’s $5,000 midterm bribe was an overreach,
And they agree that if lies were a crime, he’d be impeached.
Despite all the dividend promises he’s made,
The fact is, not one has ever been paid,
So even before the midterms, he already owes us $8,000* each.
*$5000 stimulus checks via “DOGE dividend”; $2000 stimulus checks via a “tariff dividend”; $1000-plus checks via “savings” from expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies
Well, at least we know where all the money went, and that it’s in safe hands.