The one-party system: America's "Green Party"

Is anyone surprised that, in a recent sweep of the net worths of our elected national representatives, 237 are millionaires?

That's nearly half.

This speaks to the insulation of the powerful and how they are, in large measure, too ignorant and ill-equipped govern the common from the seats of the elite.

In America we have one party, in the strictest sense, full of elitists from the same class, directed by the unifying motivation of money and power.

From Politico:

Talk about bad timing.

As Washington reels from the news of 10.2 percent unemployment, the Center for Responsive Politics is out with a new report describing the wealth of members of Congress.

Among the highlights: Two-hundred-and-thirty-seven members of Congress are millionaires. That’s 44 percent of the body – compared to about 1 percent of Americans overall.

CRP says California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa is the richest lawmaker on Capitol Hill, with a net worth estimated at about $251 million. Next in line: Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), worth about $244.7 million; Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.), worth about $214.5 million; Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), worth about $209.7 million; and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), worth about $208.8 million.