michaelgizzi:

Twenty years ago I first read a book by this title - “The Best Congress Money Can Buy,” and today it is more relevant and out of control than ever.   

Professor William Domhoff provides a great deal of data on wealth distribution in the United States, but I want to focus on just one chart:

We supposedly live in a democratic Republic, yet,  42% of the House and 43% of the US Senate are in the top one percent of American households when it comes to wealth distribution.   Do they represent you?  

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    Are there any working Artists in Congress? Are there any working steelmen or boilermakers? How many food service people...

17. rev-rev-revolution answered: no
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27. davidmanheim answered: I don’t need a congress that looks like me - I need one that represents me. And no, it doesn’t. Until we ban corporate political speech…
28. tmpi answered: NO!
29. unverifiableclaims answered: Uh - nope.
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31. just-deviate answered: Hell no.
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35. liberalforever answered: Congressmen/women represent best whichever person(s) or organization(s) that donates (legal bribery) the most to their reelection funds.
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44. dylanagibson answered: Nope. I have been researching about my local rep, Sam Graves, and wrote about it here digginghisowngraves.tumblr.com
45. thuggishruggishnone answered: Absolutely Not ;)
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