re: Somebody explain this and how specifically it works

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So the salary of a congressperson is $174,000 annually.
How did they get all this wealth?

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Add to that, the high cost of living in DC or Va plus maintaining a home back in their home state. Your question is rhetorical obviously, but as an example, Bennie Thompson's net worth is north of 1 Million (meager compared to those on your list) but the highest paying job he had prior to becoming D2 Representative was a school teacher. Seems he served as a county supervisor while here but that doesn't really pay much.