Where do the Republican Senators keep their money?

[Raven]

I would like to know. Do they have it in some special place where it's not impacted by this abysmal economy? Really, where can one find this information?

[Jamastiene]

1. Most likely they keep it in offshore accounts and they keep pocket change

in the spot where their cold dead hearts used to be.

[Wapsie B]

2. You'd have to be a Forensic Accountant to know for sure.

My guess is that more than 1 or 2 have money offshore.

[FLAprogressive]

3. up their asses, so they can keep an eye on it....

[HillWilliam]

8. Duzy! n/t

[FLAprogressive]

11. it would be my first :)

[HillWilliam]

13. I've gotten a nom but never an award

so here's hoping! :)

[screembloodymurder]

14. LOL

:hi:

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

4. It would be poetic justice if a boatload of them were in feeder funds to Madoff. nt

[katmondoo]

5. Also would like to know what they eat and drink since

they seem not to care where our food comes from or what kind of contamination is found in our fish and our water, mercury OK for them too.

[peekaloo]

6. privatized prisons and nursing homes?

:shrug:

[lonestarnot]

7. Good answer!

[SergeyDovlatov]

9. They don't have to keep their money at all. Their pension plan is amazingly good...

Of course, 'cause we the people are paying it through out taxes

Pension is about $140,000 now. Not much, but you can manage on that. ;-)

http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa031200a.htm

Members of Congress are not eligible for a pension until they reach the age of 50, but only if they've completed 20 years of service. Members are eligible at any age after completing 25 years of service or after they reach the age of 62. Please also note that Member's of Congress have to serve at least 5 years to even receive a pension.

The amount of a Congressperson's pension depends on the years of service and the average of the highest 3 years of his or her salary. By law, the starting amount of a Member's retirement annuity may not exceed 80% of his or her final salary.

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An interesting trivia bit is that Ron Paul is the only congressman who opted out of the congressional pension plan. According to him:

"Members of Congress are elected by the people to handle the affairs of this nation in a responsible, efficient manner, not to enrich themselves for a lifetime," he said. "To participate in a pension plan at taxpayers expense would for me be hypocritical and immoral. I hope everyone in the 105th Congress will do as I have done: reject the pension and prepare for retirement without burdening the taxpayers for decades to come. To do any less is to perpetuate what is at it's most basic level an arrogant insult to the people we were elected to represent."

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

10. In Nancy Pelosi's Or Harry Reid's Pockets?

Ok ok, so that was just a throwout to all the "Nancy and Harry are sellouts!" folk lol.

[Ioo]

12. Death Star has a vault