With all of the VERIFIED bank and other robberies of the distant past

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

I’ll do better than that. Here are the top 100 names along with their increased net worth. I don’t make “specific claims” about them, that wasn’t the point. The point was people suddenly increasing their net worth by more than their income would support and I said the person who
Posted that was talking about members of Congress. You asked for names. Here are names. Lots of them. Cut and pasted from the linked article.

Top 20: The average increase in net worth in the Top 20 was 422% a year, excluding Chellie Pingree.
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)[26]
Pedro Pierluisi(D-PR)
Patrick Murphy (D-FL)
Marc Veasey(D-TX)
Jeff Denham(R-CA)
Judy Chu (D-CA)
Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL)
Jerry McNerney (D-CA)
Trey Gowdy(R-SC)
Adam Kinzinger (R-IL)
Ted Poe (R-TX)
Mike Pence(R-IN)[27]
Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Susan Collins(R-ME)
Rob Wittman(R-VA)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
C. W. Bill Young (R-FL)[28]
Total by party (1-20)	11 of the Top 20 are Republicans. 9 are Democrats.
Top 21-40: The average increase in net worth in the Top 40 was 240% a year; for those in spots 21-40, it was 68%.[24]
Frank Pallone Jr. (D-NJ)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)
Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Martha Roby(R-AL)
Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Steve Daines(R-MT)
Jeff Landry(R-LA)
Cory Gardner(R-CO)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
David Scott(D-GA)
Robert Pittenger (R-NC)
Sam Graves(R-MO)
Tom Harkin(D-IA)
James P. McGovern (D-MA)
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega(D-AS)
Randy Forbes(R-VA)
Tony Cardenas (D-CA)
Chip Cravaack(R-MN)
Total by party (1-40)	23 of the Top 40 are Republicans. 17 are Democrats.
Top 41-60: The average increase in net worth in the Top 60 was 173% a year; for those in spots 41-60, it was 42%.[24]
Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
Richard Burr(R-NC)
Alan Lowenthal (D-CA)
Matt Salmon(R-AZ)
Sheila Jackson Lee(D-TX)
John Garamendi (D-CA)
Mac Thornberry(R-TX)
Trent Franks(R-AZ)
Roger Williams (R-TX)
Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Ann Kirkpatrick(D-AZ)
Howard Berman (D-CA)
John Olver (D-MA)
Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Ami Bera (D-CA)
Ron Wyden(D-OR)
Scott Tipton(R-CO)
Randy Weber(R-TX)
Brett Guthrie(R-KY)
Kelly Ayotte(R-NH)
Total by party (1-60)	32 of the Top 60 are Republicans. 28 are Democrats.
Top 61-80: The average increase in net worth in the Top 80 was 137% a year; for those in spots 61-80, it was 30%.[24]
John Boccieri(D-OH)
James Lankford (R-OK)
John Cornyn(R-TX)
Jim Costa (D-CA)
Reid Ribble(R-WI)
Richard Nugent (R-FL)
Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Brian P. Bilbray (R-CA)
Trey Radel (R-FL)
Mark Pocan(D-WI)
Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Richard Hudson (R-NC)
Justin Amash(R-MI)
Don Young (R-AK)
John Yarmuth(D-KY)
Frank Lucas(R-OK)
Michael G. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Ron Barber(D-AZ)
Dan Boren (D-OK)
Total by party (1-80)	45 of the Top 80 are Republicans. 34 are Democrats.
Top 81-100: The average increase in net worth in the Top 100 was 114% a year; for those in spots 81-100, it was 22.2%.[24]
David Joyce(R-OH)
John Hoeven(R-ND)
Tim Kaine (D-VA)
Jerry Costello(D-IL)
Dana Rohrabacher(R-CA)
Jeff Sessions(R-AL)
Tom Rice (R-SC)
Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-Guam)
Paul Ryan (R-WI)
Scott Peters(D-CA)
Jan Schakowsky(D-IL)
John Boozman (R-AR)
Mike Kelly (R-PA)
Ed Royce (R-CA)
Max Baucus(D-MT)
Todd Rokita(R-IN)
Jim Matheson(D-UT)
Donna Christian-Christensen(D-VI)
Morgan Griffith (R-VA)
Total by party (1-100)	56 of the Top 100 are Republicans. 43 are Democrats.

[th]
Name

[/th][th]
Year elected

[/th][th]
Increase in average net worth
in dollars

[/th][th]
Annual % increase
(rounded)[25]

[/th]
[td]
2008

[/td]​

[td]
$40,450,969

[/td][td]
73,039%

[/td]​

[td]
2008

[/td]​

[td]
$2,657,074

[/td][td]
1,707%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$2,979,329

[/td][td]
1,449%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$208,078

[/td][td]
994%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$14,950,520

[/td][td]
661%

[/td]​

[td]
2009

[/td]​

[td]
$2,114,405

[/td][td]
539%

[/td]​

[td]
1992

[/td]​

[td]
$2,406,313

[/td][td]
521%

[/td]​

[td]
2006

[/td]​

[td]
$365,779

[/td][td]
335%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$178,596

[/td][td]
278%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$162,818

[/td][td]
211%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$413,795

[/td][td]
161%

[/td]​

[td]
2000

[/td]​

[td]
$195,707

[/td][td]
155%

[/td]​

[td]
1996-2008, 2010

[/td]​

[td]
$3,188,966

[/td][td]
147%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$2,752,664

[/td][td]
144%

[/td]​

[td]
2002

[/td]​

[td]
$224,056

[/td][td]
144%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$2,635,243

[/td][td]
138%

[/td]​

[td]
2006

[/td]​

[td]
$704,340

[/td][td]
117%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$1,189,060

[/td][td]
115%

[/td]​

[td]
1992

[/td]​

[td]
$686,995

[/td][td]
109%

[/td]​

[td]
1970

[/td]​

[td]
$366,275

[/td][td]
93%

[/td]​

[td]
1992

[/td]​

[td]
$3,864,650

[/td][td]
87%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$804,060

[/td][td]
84%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$1,399,128

[/td][td]
83%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$291,139

[/td][td]
80%

[/td]​

[td]
1990

[/td]​

[td]
$1,380,192

[/td][td]
78%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$661,156

[/td][td]
77%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$135,563

[/td][td]
77%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$10,532,917

[/td][td]
76%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$5,786,600

[/td][td]
73%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$89,730

[/td][td]
71%

[/td]​

[td]
1984

[/td]​

[td]
$19,106,612

[/td][td]
64%

[/td]​

[td]
2002

[/td]​

[td]
$627,632

[/td][td]
60%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$20,513,031

[/td][td]
60%

[/td]​

[td]
2000

[/td]​

[td]
$2,935,098

[/td][td]
58%

[/td]​

[td]
1984

[/td]​

[td]
$14,821,804

[/td][td]
58%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$2,629,891

[/td][td]
57%

[/td]​

[td]
1988

[/td]​

[td]
$416,914

[/td][td]
56%

[/td]​

[td]
2001

[/td]​

[td]
$2,343,406

[/td][td]
55%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$104,570

[/td][td]
54%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$1,208,094

[/td][td]
53%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$2,079,350

[/td][td]
52%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$2,542,341

[/td][td]
52%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$561,800

[/td][td]
51%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$86,024

[/td][td]
50%

[/td]​

[td]
1994

[/td]​

[td]
$750,245

[/td][td]
49%

[/td]​

[td]
2009

[/td]​

[td]
$4,297,396

[/td][td]
46%

[/td]​

[td]
1994

[/td]​

[td]
$346,015

[/td][td]
43%

[/td]​

[td]
2003

[/td]​

[td]
$25,640,241

[/td][td]
43%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$5,616,366

[/td][td]
41%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$702,304

[/td][td]
41%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$781,362

[/td][td]
40%

[/td]​

[td]
1982

[/td]​

[td]
$1,939,667

[/td][td]
40%

[/td]​

[td]
1991

[/td]​

[td]
$2,648,294

[/td][td]
40%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$1,444,000

[/td][td]
40%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$1,437,149

[/td][td]
39%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$5,504,912

[/td][td]
39%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$3,366,748

[/td][td]
37%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$220,074

[/td][td]
36%

[/td]​

[td]
2008

[/td]​

[td]
$884,543

[/td][td]
36%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$496,403

[/td][td]
36%

[/td]​

[td]
2008

[/td]​

[td]
$218,075

[/td][td]
36%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$120,497

[/td][td]
35%

[/td]​

[td]
2002

[/td]​

[td]
$511,937

[/td][td]
34%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$2,804,672

[/td][td]
34%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$1,710,369

[/td][td]
31%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$556,807

[/td][td]
31%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$101,614,818

[/td][td]
31%

[/td]​

[td]
1995-2001, 2006-2013

[/td]​

[td]
$1,156,068

[/td][td]
31%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$935,007

[/td][td]
30%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$176,039

[/td][td]
30%

[/td]​

[td]
2006

[/td]​

[td]
$320,123

[/td][td]
29%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$37,302

[/td][td]
28%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$700,625

[/td][td]
28%

[/td]​

[td]
1973

[/td]​

[td]
$600,853

[/td][td]
28%

[/td]​

[td]
2006

[/td]​

[td]
$13,202,242

[/td][td]
28%

[/td]​

[td]
1994

[/td]​

[td]
$1,074,682

[/td][td]
27%

[/td]​

[td]
2005-2006, 2010

[/td]​

[td]
$296,135

[/td][td]
26%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$694,262

[/td][td]
26%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$237,624

[/td][td]
26%

[/td]​

[td]
2004

[/td]​

[td]
$1,479,090

[/td][td]
26%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$862,513

[/td][td]
25%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$15,700,072

[/td][td]
24%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$269,522

[/td][td]
24%

[/td]​

[td]
1988

[/td]​

[td]
$702,191

[/td][td]
24%

[/td]​

[td]
1988

[/td]​

[td]
$99,182

[/td][td]
24%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$4,589,580

[/td][td]
23%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$1,010,090

[/td][td]
23%

[/td]​

[td]
1984

[/td]​

[td]
$873,376

[/td][td]
23%

[/td]​

[td]
2002

[/td]​

[td]
$3,296,405

[/td][td]
22%

[/td]​

[td]
1998

[/td]​

[td]
$3,455,342

[/td][td]
22%

[/td]​

[td]
2012

[/td]​

[td]
$20,248,262

[/td][td]
22%

[/td]​

[td]
1998

[/td]​

[td]
$149,707

[/td][td]
22%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$2,259,240

[/td][td]
22%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$5,444,290

[/td][td]
21%

[/td]​

[td]
1992

[/td]​

[td]
$243,438

[/td][td]
21%

[/td]​

[td]
1978

[/td]​

[td]
$322,591

[/td][td]
21%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$283,402

[/td][td]
21%

[/td]​

[td]
2000

[/td]​

[td]
$1,112,497

[/td][td]
20%

[/td]​

[td]
1996

[/td]​

[td]
$400,730

[/td][td]
20%

[/td]​

[td]
2010

[/td]​

[td]
$87,488

[/td][td]
20%

[/td]​

I will agree to not refute your specific claim at least until such time as you make it.

 

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[treasureguy56]

Did you bother to look at the article I linked (here, in case you missed it)? It has a rather lengthy list of names of congress persons with their change in net worth while there. It states plainly that among the top 20 gainers, quote, "The average increase in net worth in the Top 20 was 422% a year, excluding Chellie Pingree." (They excluded Chellie Pingree because her increase in wealth was by marrying a billionaire.)

My suggestion that you "pick a name" wasn't meant to imply that you should search out the data yourself, but simply that you could just about pick any name of a congress person and find they became dramatically wealthier during their tenure than their salary plus benefits would have enriched a non-congress person.


I answered your question by giving several specific names you asked for in that link. I can't help it if you failed to read it.

Ok that cut and paste didn’t work well. (It looked great until I hit “post”). But you can still get the gist (and the names) from the first column that did post correctly.

Rob , you are correct - it doesnt take a rocket scientist to understand the point your trying to make .. Sometimes folks just wanna make something out of what ever !