Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Congress Gets Richer Since Crash



An analysis by Roll Call has found from financial disclosure documents that members of Congress have only gotten richer during the years since the financial collapse. In 2010, Members of Congress had a collective net worth of more than 2 billion dollars, a nearly 25% increase over their 2008 total. But they weren't doing so bad then either, with a Congressional total of 1.65 billion. So does this help put it into perspective for us, as to why they're in no rush to pass jobs bills, or hear Occupy Wall Street's demands? Zaid Jilani for Think Progress weighs in.

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