Special Reports & Tweets - 20150122_SpecialReport-2_Alex Aired: 2015-01-22 Duration: 02:57 === Congressional Wealth Gap (02:18) === [00:00:00] We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. [00:00:14] The average member of Congress is worth 18 times the average American household, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. [00:00:21] The average net worth of a lawmaker is $1,029,505 in 2013, a 2.5% increase from 2012, whereas the average American's household is worth $56,355. [00:00:26] $505 in 2013, a 2.5% increase from 2012, whereas the average American's household is worth [00:00:35] $56,355. [00:00:39] Not only that, but 50.8% of Congress are millionaires. [00:00:46] While the median net worth of an American family has declined by nearly one-third between 2007 and 2013, members of Congress have recovered quite well from the recession. [00:00:58] The Senate's median net worth went from $2.3 million to $2.8 million over that period. [00:01:04] While for members of the House, the numbers went from 708,500 to 843,507. [00:01:14] Overall, CRP's annual analysis of lawmakers' financial statements once again shows that they are not remotely similar to the typical American in terms of wealth, investments, and economic security. [00:01:27] Whether voters elect them because they are successful or because people of modest means do not run, or for other reasons, is unclear. [00:01:36] But struggling Americans should not assume that their elected officials understand their circumstances. [00:01:44] Making sure that these kids have a shot at the American dream. [00:01:49] My God, it's important. [00:01:53] The globalists have controlled the mainstream media for a long time, but now they're expanding, === Kids Belong to Us (00:53) === [00:02:06] making the weaponization even more vicious and deceptive. [00:02:09] All the major networks are state-run. [00:02:11] We are partnering this year with the NFL. [00:02:14] The NFL has become a political weapon against the Second Amendment and pushes Obamacare. [00:02:18] MSNBC tells us that our children belong to the state. [00:02:22] We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. [00:02:29] It is more important than ever to realize that we are not the alternative media. [00:02:33] We are the true media. [00:02:35] The establishment dinosaur press is dying. [00:02:38] We are in an information war and we are losing that war. [00:02:42] Join us at InfoWarsNews.com and PrisonPlanet.tv. [00:02:46] Members can share their memberships with up to 11 people. [00:02:49] By subscribing, you will literally be buying war bonds in the Info War. [00:02:54] To expand our operation in the face of the tyrants.