petrified_eel4615 t1_ir9ti0g wrote on October 6, 2022 at 12:23 PM

Reply to comment by bastardosybastitdos in Bomb threats, credit card fraud: state rep Stacie-Marie Laughton of Nashua by Final_Act6703

>Some do. Some don’t. It’s just like police. Some are corrupt. Some are not.

Like, the 90% who are corrupt making the other 10% look bad?

Ballotpedia has an excellent Personal Gain Index that shows it.

bastardosybastitdos t1_ir9umxx wrote on October 6, 2022 at 12:34 PM

I just looked up the source you mentioned.

“The average member saw his or her net worth increase by an average of 15.4 percent per year.”

As I said there were some egregious examples but on average I am not too worried about 15%. My net worth went up more than that and is higher than many of their top 100 offenders.

Money has no place in politics and we should fight to have Citizens United reversed.

But to say that every politician is an evil money grabber with no interest to serve her community is ignorant.

Have a good day and good luck!