Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., bringing his "Fighting the Oligarchy" tour to West Virginia this weekend is fitting, considering the state's history of the poor masses being controlled by a wealthy few.
But one doesn't have to go back to the days of coal barons and company stores to discuss the problem; it's clear and present in West Virginia right now.
Of the four individuals who represent West Virginia in Congress, three are millionaires. Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., who is the nephew of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is the lone congressional member not worth seven figures, although with an estimated net worth of nearly $800,000 as of last year, he's knocking on the door.
Those supposedly representing the people of West Virginia are in a completely different world than their constitue