Don't have a degree and want to make more than 50k?

Good point Adoniah I forgot all about the retirement package of politicians. I can't think of any job where you can work for 2-4 years and have a retirement package. I would love to know exactly how much money could be saved if we did away with that one, well that is if it were possible to do away with.

Did some more digging and for congress the minimum is 5 years with an average time of 15.6 to 18.8 years varying before and after being elected in 1984. 5 years is still a lot better than teachers or military which is twenty.

http://www.senate.gov/CRSReports/crs-publish.cfm?pid=%270E%2C*PLC8%22%40%20%20%0A

I think the "elite" of any society are always an enemy to education and knowledge. If reason and knowledge prevailed they wouldn't be able to justify their actions.

What astounds me is how "they've" managed to get people to fight against their own interests! I guess the best lie is the biggest one that can to told .. such as, you don't need no stinkin' medicare ... then, keep your hands off my medicare ... then, medicare is NOT government sponsored ... and then, I can't wait 28 days for my government administered health care plan to effectuate! The latter was the best ever!

"What astounds me is how "they've" managed to get people to fight against their own interests!" I actually agree with you on this one. I'm amazed at how people are willing to fight tooth and claw to be dependent on the government. I never thought I'd see the day where people would be using fear to convince people that the best thing they could do is get old and wait on government SS checks so they could scrape by on a Ponzi scheme that is paying back their (forced) investment with money from new (forced) investors. Convincing people to be dependent on the government for their healthcare is almost as bad since people who buy into that are completely unprepared to take care of themselves when the government rejects a claim.

I can't speak for state and local, but at the federal level they typically have at least a masters degree with a large number, if not the majority, having doctoral degrees (typically JD).

Good articles. I was right about the law degrees too. A large number in the House have them and the majority of senators do.

The Metallion, good question. On the federal level: I came across this link which says we have had ten presidents without a degree. http://freedomarizona.wordpress.com/2009/09/13/10-presidents-10-ceos-without-college-degrees/ This link says 1 in 20 in congress do not have a degree (in 2009) http://thechoice.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/congress/ I can't find anything on the break down on state levels but it would be very interesting to find.

Well in all fairness sometimes they only have to lie to thousands...lol