Simply being in Congress allows a person to become almost three times richer through investments than those who are not “serving” in Congress. As the graph, from carpediem.com, shows, Representatives have been getting richer from investments at an accelerating rate since 1986.
The divide portrayed in the graph shows another divide, the disconnect between those who serve the bureaucracy and those who are forced to support it. The wider the gulf, the more clearly we can hear them saying “Screw ’em!” when they think and speak about us.
An interesting example of how members of the Worldwide Bureaucracy can profit from scaring people to justify funding. From greeniewatch:
“Getting rich and famous through alarmism: Al Gore is well-known but note also James Hansen. He has for decades been a senior, presumably well-paid, employee at NASA. In 2001 he was the recipient of a $250,000 Heinz Award. In 2007 Time magazine designated him a Hero of the Environment. That same year he pocketed one-third of a $1 million Dan David Prize. In 2008, the American Association for the Advancement of Science presented him with its Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award. In 2010 he landed a $100,000 Sophie Prize. He pulled in a total of $1.2 million in 2010. Not bad for a government bureaucrat.”
