How Do Politicians Keep Getting So Rich?

Second Thought Jul 15, 2022 How Do Politicians Keep Getting So Rich? – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every Friday! Citations and Further Reading: Average American salary https://www.ssa.gov/oact/cola/AWI.html 0.1% of Americans by wealth https://economics.princeton.edu/worki… Wealth increases in congress https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-… Majority of lawmakers are millionaires https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2020… Pelosi net worth https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-… Pelosi investments and returns https://jacobin.com/2021/12/house-spe… https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/in… Pelosi says no https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/statu… Richard Burr’s pandemic article https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/coron… Burr’s stock dump https://www.propublica.org/article/se… Stock dump investigations closed https://www.npr.org/2020/05/26/862692… https://www.npr.org/2021/01/19/958622… Business insider investigation into insider trading https://www.businessinsider.com/congr… Studies on congress stock returns https://www.researchgate.net/publicat… 2017 Public Citizen report ​https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/up… $3.7 spent on lobbying https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l… Top spenders https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l… https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l… Nancy Pelosi $180,000 in lobbying https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l… $1 lobbied = $760 return https://sunlightfoundation.com/2014/1… ⅔ of politicians go into lobbying https://www.citizen.org/news/revolvin… Lawmakers get pay raise for going into lobbying https://www.thenation.com/article/arc… Nancy and Paul Pelosi Visa lobbying/investment https://www.reuters.com/article/us-us… https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-deta… https://www.investors.com/politics/ed… Lobbying https://youtu.be/FZVfTCBUkgM Revolving door https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/ Insider Trading https://youtu.be/TdYqE60-8E8 Being wealthy going in https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-is-c… Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com/_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondth… CashApp: $JTChapman Watch More Second Thought: Latest Uploads: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… Spaaaaaace!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… What If…: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… Popular Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a Leftist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com