The Millionaires Club
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245
The number of millionaires in Congress, including 66 of 100 Senators
$4 million
The median net worth of freshman Senators elected in 2010
43
Percent of Congressmen who took lobbying jobs after leaving Congress between 1998 and 2006
$2 million
The average salary they landed as lobbyists
20
Percent increase in the number of U.S. taxpayers who made more than a million dollars in 2010 from 2009
$26,364
The median income (half made more, half made less) of U.S. taxpayers in 2010, or $507 a week
25
Percent of U.S. millionaires that paid federal taxes of less than 24 percent of their income in 2006 when all federal taxes are taken into account
35
Percent, the top marginal tax rate on earned income in the U.S.
15
Percent, the maximum tax on investment income in the U.S.
1
Percent of tax returns with business income that have adjusted gross income of more than $1 million
Sources: Freakonomics Podcast; Congressional Research Service; Reuters; Rolling Stone; Center for Responsive Politics; CBS News