• DancingBear
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    4 hours ago

    You’re just going off on tangents, over half of congress are millionaires.

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      2 hours ago

      More than half of Congress’ networth is held by its top 12 members. Being able to earn no more than half of a congressional salary while campaigning allows poorer people to run for Congress when they otherwise could not afford to leave their job.