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They don't, but the important point is: > 2. only rich people will run in the election. Which is not true unless you think AOC is rich. It's not unheard of th
by astrange 3y ago
They don't, but the important point is:
> 2. only rich people will run in the election.
Which is not true unless you think AOC is rich. It's not unheard of that congresspeople sleep in their office i.e. are homeless because DC rent is high.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/09/1141635119/the-first-gen-z-member-of-congress-was-denied-a-d-c-apartment-due-to-bad-credit https://www.npr.org/2022/12/09/1141635119/the-first-gen-z-me...
- somsak2 3y ago> congresspeople sleep in their office i.e. are homeless because DC rent is high any source for this? your link just mentions a representative who has bad credit, it never claims he is homeless.
- astrange 3y agoIt's in the second half of the article. > Dozens of members of Congress have even turned their Capitol Hill offices into their makeshift apartments. https://nypost.com/2018/05/01/these-politicians-are-sleeping-in-their-dc-offices-to-save-money/ https://nypost.com/2018/05/01/these-politicians-are-sleeping... Of course, sometimes they're just weird and like it. Mitt Romney lives in a small apartment and only watches TV for fun and he's a multimillionaire.