"The List" of the Elite 80 : Skyrocketing Net Worth

The Video Congress Does Not Want You To See

By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives July 14, 2011

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Editor’s Note: In the information overload that has become our every day, worrisome world, it is often difficult to see the forest for the trees. This video may explain the hubris of constant political distractions keeping us from the truth. It is the bottom line of the Truth For Our Times:

Here is “The List” that we speak of in “The Video Congress Does Not Want You To See”. Check to see if your representative in Congress is on this list. This is a trend analysis of the data compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics using their average net worth calculations.

"The List" of the Elite 80 : Skyrocketing Net Worth

Name	Avg '04	Avg '08	Growth '04-'08	% Change	2009 Net Worth
Gutierrez, Luis V (D-Ill)	$47,503	$1,790,508	$1,743,005	3,669	$2,358,005
Scott, David (D-Ga)	$107,262	$3,008,001	$2,900,739	2,704	$3,758,001
Sanchez, Loretta (D-Calif)	$196,505	$2,547,501	$2,350,996	1,196	$2,474,001
Sanchez, Linda (D-Calif)	-$32,500	$342,500	$375,000	1,154	$751,010
Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie (D-SD)	-$112,000	$1,152,510	$1,264,510	1,129	$1,332,853
Obama, Barack	$300,002	$3,670,505	$3,370,503	1,124	$4,960,505

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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.

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