The Party of the Rich. Not!

An interesting story hit the news both in print and the airways yesterday. For some time, certain politicians have been declaring another group of politicians "the party of the rich". I have always questioned that moniker as the people I know never seem to be as rich as say, John Edwards-someone who typically levels the accusation.

Fox News cited a recent study by the Heritage Foundation:

A review of Internal Revenue Service data conducted by Michael Franc, vice president of government relations at Heritage — a conservative think-tank — found that Democrats control the majority of the country's wealthiest congressional jurisdictions, and that more than half of the most affluent households are located in the 18 states where Democrats control both Senate seats.

Party of the rich indeed!

Read the entire article here.

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