How do politicians get so wealthy?

You have to sell your soul for the love of money & power!

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They tax you.

If you had an inside track on what legislation was being drafted, and what monopolies or protected fiefdoms were being created in the process, and had the opportunity to invest in said companies before the legislation passed to make that company very wealthy you could get rich quick too.

and tax you

and tax you

and tax you some more

Lobbying

bump this to the top as it is an interesting and important question.

5* and pin.

Book deals and speaking deals. THey charge incredible fees to speak at all sorts of events and conventions. That way it is money "earned" rather than "bribes paid" by lobbyists.

corruption!

this

Yep, remember they(Congress Critters) are immune from "insider trading" rules & laws....that's how Nancy P got sooo rich in office.

seriously??

well it started back when people use gold and silver coins to barter. Then these Khazar type satanists bought a safe and pleaded with everyone to let them protect their coins in their safe. In exchange, they issued IOU's to use in place of the coins so no one would have to worry about being robbed. So then the Khazars decided that they, since no one else could see in the safe and tell how much coin was in their -- could lend out more IOU's fractionally. Meaning if they had 10 dollars worth of coin they could lend out 1000 dollars worth of IOU's, with interest. By doing so, people would line up to get the easy IOU's because they were just paper and didn't need to be mined form anywhere.

So people used the IOU's with interest and became in debt to the bankers. The bankers then took their debt as a form of slavery, meaning they could have those people taking IOU's for legal tender and make them work for them to pay back the interest. The bankers could also seize land and other commodities, and even created police and forestry service in Brevard, NC to take land.

Heck, it even says that on your dollar bills. IOU's. A scam that has now enslaved the world. It isn't the bankers that built the technology and cities, it was the indebted rednecks, blacks, and Mexicans that built it all, including the cars and roads.

some in congress were trading stocks [ with inside infos/inside trading ] but it is legal for them to do so since no one went to jail like martha steward.. plus their daily ''bread '' is paid for by taxpayers, whole salary goes straight to bank acct and they can vote to increase it anytime they want....

Up until a short while ago, members of Congress and Senators that came across confidential insider corporate information were allowed to trade based upon that information and make money.

This was all legal and above board until a wonderful woman from Albany shot that down in flames - good for her.

Basically ... LIE, CHEAT and STEAL YOURE MONEY !

Then retire on YOUR MONEY, along with what they stole.

ALSO, don't forget the BRIBES they took to pass/NOT pass certain legislation that corporations were connected too that would cost THEM MONEY !

You can always tell when they are lying, as THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING !

Answer to this problem IS ... GOOD, STRONG ROPE !


Eagle

Well, it is leaning towards what I suspected, immoral and borderline illegal acts, or outright illegal acts.It is a real shame that these are the people that call the shots for all of us.Would explain why their is a serious lack of leadership nowadays.

Their job is not to lead, it is to convince and put through bs legislation.

Basically ... LIE, CHEAT and STEAL YOURE MONEY !

Then retire on YOUR MONEY, along with what they stole.

ALSO, don't forget the BRIBES they took to pass/NOT pass certain legislation that corporations were connected too that would cost THEM MONEY !

You can always tell when they are lying, as THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING !

Answer to this problem IS ... GOOD, STRONG ROPE !


Eagle

I'm not sure but I think it has something to do with the District of Columbia, if they have residence in the city. It's sort of like the Vatican, an independent district so certain laws don't apply to them.

I was told that they get inside information on stocks, etc. to invest in. Kind of like Hillary, but on a larger scale. These people, more than ever represent THEIR interests instead of the people they are supposed to represent. The word "servant" is derived from the word "slave," look it up. Who is serving who?

Sorry for the interruption, please go back into your Cowboy vs. Indians comfort zone, suckas.

they are exempt from insider trading laws

They are paid for their vote.

They become inside traders.

just watch a documentary about the ancient romans and pay your taxes. you will find the truth.