Comment on Several members of Minnesota delegation are millionaires, none are the 1 percent by Nelson

Anyone with a net worth more than a million dollars in my book can rightly be proclaimed as a member of the %1. Nothing says that this is bad, but it’s what is done to 1) acquire that wealth, 2) help those who are less fortunate and 3) how does this person view paying taxes and helping with their fair share of the tax burden that is a constant in the minds of those who make up the %99.
What should be done is a thorough auditing of the members of Congress and an audit of how the members of the Congress made their money. This is not an onerous task and one which should be undertaken for the purpose of showing the commitment that people have to serving the people rather then themselves at the feeding trough of public expense.
Should those in Congress not want to explain their sudden increase in wealth, it then becomes incumbent on the voters to send that senator or representative packing in the next election. Nothing about government service in either the House or Senate should be seen as a lifetime appointment to an exclusive club, which only the political class are able to enjoy.
The privileges which go along with a seat in either the House or Senate should not be a license to steal from the public, to entitle that person to a lifetime of health care, retirement benefits that any other person would dream of and a sense of honour and dignity above that wihich should be granted to one who is a member of those august bodies.