[jpl]

Using this standard, every member of Congress easily qualifies as "rich". So how come the liberal members always use the term as though they're talking about someone other than themselves?

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Unless you're talking about Patches Kennedy who piped up how he's never had to work in his life and he didn't want the Bush tax cut.
Brilliant move on the part of the congressman.

[sawyer]

Congress is filled with rich who do not need to work and both parties have them. I think congress needs to be paid the ave wage of a worker. The pay, do not laugh. was to keep them from taking out side money. We need what our founders wanted. People that move in and out of congress and not some that stay for ever.