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We need more people in Congress who know what it's like to live from pay check to pay check, or at least by people who know that if they lost their job for a year they would be wiped out. The ones who get into office that are worth millions really have no clue what the average American faces day to day. I have a nice house but i don't think I could swing an $1800 a month apartment on top of it much less a $20 million yacht.
The electoral process is heavily tilted in favor of those who have large personal fortunes and because of that our laws often don't take into effect the economic ramifications on average Americans. Were all victims of our own frame of reference and what seems affordable to a guy who has $30 million in the bank would crush most of the people who post here, myself included. I wouldn't be surprised if the average wealth of this last Congress would place them in the top 5% nationally.
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