http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/index.php
The cost of all political campaigns for 2010
$4,000,000,000
Too bad we could not put that on the debt.
How about all Congress members willingly donate any thing over a million a year to the debt?
Richest Members of Congress
Name------------ Minimum Net Worth----- Average----- Maximum Net Worth
Darrell Issa (R-Calif)- $156,050,022---- $303,575,011---- $451,100,000
Jane Harman (D-Calif)- $151,480,522---- $293,454,761---- $435,429,001
John Kerry (D-Mass)--- $182,755,534---- $238,812,296---- $294,869,059
Mark Warner (D-Va)---- $65,692,210---- $174,385,102---- $283,077,995
Jared Polis (D-Colo)-- $36,694,140---- $160,909,068---- $285,123,996
Herb Kohl (D-Wis)----- $89,358,027---- $160,302,011---- $231,245,995
Vernon Buchanan (R-Fla)- $-69,434,661---- $148,373,160---- $366,180,982
Michael McCaul (R-Texas)- $73,685,086---- $137,611,043---- $201,537,000
Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa)- $61,446,018---- $98,832,010---- $136,218,002
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif)- $46,055,250---- $77,082,134---- $108,109,018
You can also see where the PAC money went at this link.
http://www.opensecrets.org/overview/industries.php
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