> we have more millionaires and billionaires in political positions than ever
I was curious about the numbers on this in terms of congress members. It doesn't appear that anyone in congress specifically is actually a billionaire as of 2016[0], but over half of them are millionaires as of 2014[1]. Of course there are non-congress members that are billionaires (Trump, DeVos, Ross, some governors, etc)[2].
I was curious about the numbers on this in terms of congress members. It doesn't appear that anyone in congress specifically is actually a billionaire as of 2016[0], but over half of them are millionaires as of 2014[1]. Of course there are non-congress members that are billionaires (Trump, DeVos, Ross, some governors, etc)[2].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the...
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/10/us/politics/more-than-hal...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_richest_American_polit...
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