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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
It's a mere footnote of a sidebar BUT this is what I've pointed out for years now when I hear the ridiculous grousing about "millionaires in Congress". Virtually all were millionaires before getting elected. The reason they're millionaires (okay, mega$ often but still) in office is because {gasp} that's who you picked. There's no corruption required, no conspiracy.
The overall topic comes back to a flawed electorate and my favorite political truism of the past several years: NO candidate gets elected without a certain number of votes from complete idiots.
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They're millionaires because it's nearly impossible to win elections if you're poor. You need millions to even run for a House seat in this country. So unless you're independently wealthy or have a bunch of wealthy benefactors, you don't stand much of a chance. You can probably count on one hand the number of people who made it to Congress on a shoestring budget, and there are usually external factors that allowed that (like with AOC).