I’m with you. For years we made a big deal of corruption in other countries and pretended it didn’t exist here, never bothering to wonder how someone who made $130,000 to $174,000 could become a multi-millionaire after a relatively short time in Congress. Shrewd investing, I’m sure...
Regarding my post above, here’s one example: http://news.muckety.com/2014/03/06/the-lucrative-post-election-career-of-dick-gephardt/46151