Podcast
The Megyn Kelly Show
It explored how many politicians become wealthy while in office, questioning if they are more concerned with personal gain rather than serving the public. It detailed specific examples, such as Nancy Pelosi and Richard Burr, and proposed reforms such as banning stock trading for politicians.
How is it possible that the average member of Congress is a millionaire, but only like one percent of Americans are millionaires?
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It explored how many politicians become wealthy while in office, questioning if they are more concerned with personal gain rather than serving the public. It detailed specific examples, such as Nancy Pelosi and Richard Burr, and proposed reforms such as banning stock trading for politicians.
How is it possible that the average member of Congress is a millionaire, but only like one percent of Americans are millionaires?
It is true that more than half of members of Congress are millionaires. It's actually something like seven percent of normal Americans are millionaires. But still, you can see there's a huge disparity.
And I think that that message really resonated because I actually think that this sense that not only are our politicians richer than everybody else, but that the game is rigged, that they're cashing in on their jobs. I really think it's eroding trust in our public officials and in democracy itself.
Nancy Pelosi, she makes something like less than $200,000 a year as a salary. She would have to work 500 years based on her salary to get her current net worth, which is over $100 million.
It's a great name and it's easy to remember. And it's out today if you want to educate yourself.
