This is what I wrote, please READ IT.
Generally all of the elite are rich, but not all rich are elite.
Whatever wrote:Tzor you are an ignorant clown. It took 3 seconds to google "nancy pelosi net worth" and find this on her goddamn wikipedia page:
Nancy Pelosi is among the richest members of Congress,[107] with an estimated net worth of approximately $58 million, the 12th highest estimated net worth in Congress, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics[108]
You know, if Bill Gates has to fly across the continent ... he has to pay for it.
If Nancy Pelosi has to fly across the continent ... it's FREE. Yea, not having the exclusive military jet she had when she was speaker sucks, but it is still free.
If Bill Gates wants something special out of congress in order to benefit one of his investments, he has to personally bribe (I mean make a political donation to) a bunch of people in congress.
If Nancy Pelosi wants a special perk for one of her husband's investments she snaps her fingers and one of her aids hands her the magic wand and POOF, it happens.
If Bill Gates actually violated the law he would have his ass dragged into court. (Gee didn't the EU do that to Microsoft?)
If Nancy Pelosi actually violated the law, she would laugh at how you could possibly be serious.
Never underestimate the power of the elite; which cannot be measured in terms of money.
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Vice President Joseph Biden heralded the Energy Department’s $529 million loan to the start-up electric car company called Fisker as a bright new path to thousands of American manufacturing jobs. But two years after the loan was announced, the job of assembling the flashy electric Fisker Karma sports car has been outsourced to Finland.
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Yes, the car is named the Karma, in what can only be called delicious irony. Not so delicious are the car company’s connections, and its performance. Want to guess what famous name is behind Fisker? Surprise, surprise: it’s Al Gore, whose venture capital firm invested heavily in Fisker, an investment that got quite a boost from taxpayer dollars.
If that sounds familiar, just do a search on this site for “George Kaiser.” Once again, a taxpayer-funded loan guarantee ends up benefiting the commercial venture of a man with deep political connections to the Democratic Party and/or Barack Obama. What a coincidence!
So this is the real power of the elites, it is not their wealth alone. They also have the wealth and full faith and credit of the United States government, which makes even the richest man seem only slightly wealthy.
They wield the real power.