Last year Quote by Joseph Befumo

“Congressional representatives on balance rank among the wealthiest of wealthy Americans, and boast financial portfolios that are all but unattainable for most of their…

— Joseph Befumo

The average net worth of the lower half of the distribution, representing 62 million households, was $11,000 in 2013. About one-fourth of these families…

— Janet Yellen

In 1985, the top five percent of the households - the wealthiest five percent - had net worth of $8 trillion - which is…

— David Stockman

I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a millionaire. But…

— Russ Feingold

“the roll call votes cast by U.S. senators are much better accounted for by their own partisanship than by the preferences of their constituents.…

— Larry M. Bartels

During the last two years the wealthiest 14 Americans saw their wealth increase by $157 billion. This is truly unbelievable. This $157 billion INCREASE…

— Bernie Sanders

“One last question: how much personal wealth did our Republican and Democrat politicians lose as a result of the financial meltdown?”

— Joseph Befumo

“In the 1970s, 3 percent of retiring members became lobbyists. Thirty years later, that number has increased by an order of magnitude. Between 1998…

— Lawrence Lessig

We tend to think of the House as a less historically significant legislative body than the Senate. There are more representatives than there are…

— S.E. Cupp

The distribution of wealth is even more unequal than that of income. ...The wealthiest 5% of American households held 54% of all wealth reported…

— Janet Yellen

400 obscenely rich people, most of whom benefited in some way from the multi-trillion dollar taxpayer "bailout" of 2008, now have as much loot,…

— Michael Moore

A lot of so-called rich, according to this legislation, make $250,000. That's a lot of money, but it is not rich.

— Bernard Goldberg