Common Sense
不是我自大用了佩因的书名，除此之外没有更好的表达了！
Since Obama and Average Joe keep hammering McCain as being a wealthy insider who’s out of touch with the average American, I thought I’d look up the net worths of senators and representatives just to amuse myself. Notice the list of richest senators, based on 2006 numbers which are the latest available: (http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php?type=W&year=2006&filter=S).
Leader of them all is John Ketchup Kerry, who was enough in touch with the average American for the Dems to field him as a down-to-earth alternative to the rich boy Bush in 2004. Bush the Socialist was worth only about $14 million in 2006, just over one twentieth that of Ketchup, even if the latter’s money does all belong to his “better half”.
Notice also that the top 6 in the Senate are all Democrats, with McCain coming in at #8, just ahead of Hillary Clinton. Average Joe Biden managed to come in dead last, and the only one with a negative average net worth. Obama was not in the bottom 25; presumably he’s somewhere in the third quartile.
Rank | Name | Minimum Net Worth | Average | Maximum Net Worth |
1 | $221,589,484 | $267,789,805 | $313,990,127 | |
2 | $117,798,026 | $171,423,011 | $225,047,997 | |
3 | $43,351,040 | $102,822,519 | $162,293,999 | |
4 | $55,878,022 | $91,713,012 | $127,548,003 | |
5 | $49,392,297 | $79,555,657 | $109,719,018 | |
6 | $45,501,164 | $79,051,090 | $112,601,017 | |
7 | $18,523,145 | $43,867,072 | $69,211,000 | |
8 | $27,817,187 | $36,431,099 | $45,045,011 | |
9 | $10,360,009 | $30,691,003 | $51,021,998 | |
10 | $11,622,675 | $27,800,155 | $43,977,636 | |
11 | $14,709,141 | $23,686,571 | $32,664,002 | |
12 | $8,236,081 | $23,352,570 | $38,469,059 | |
13 | $5,243,021 | $20,469,011 | $35,695,001 | |
14 | $9,626,062 | $18,963,031 | $28,300,001 | |
15 | $8,164,267 | $15,601,634 | $23,039,001 | |
16 | $7,011,053 | $13,383,027 | $19,755,001 | |
17 | $10,040,085 | $13,341,046 | $16,642,007 | |
18 | $8,031,074 | $13,203,037 | $18,375,001 | |
19 | $5,185,070 | $7,895,035 | $10,605,001 | |
20 | $3,641,104 | $7,881,552 | $12,122,000 | |
21 | $4,311,028 | $7,726,014 | $11,141,001 | |
22 | $2,907,079 | $6,446,039 | $9,985,000 | |
23 | $2,074,013 | $6,181,006 | $10,288,000 | |
24 | $5,307,825 | $6,112,319 | $6,916,813 | |
25 | $2,258,032 | $5,364,515 | $8,470,999 |
108 Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del) $-302,980 $-12,491 $277,997
