Politics and Money

[lesgetrich]

Again, why does everyone on this board give a complete pass to the Democrats in DC? They take the same millions from taxpayers for their cooks, dog trainers, chauffeurs, 1st class travel, 18 interns, etc., but you give them a pass. WHY? All of Congress should have term limits because they are ALL takers and scum.

Maybe because we'd rather pay them over the table than see them take money under the table. Have you ever visited a congressional office before? I have. They're not exactly in the lap of luxury. In fact, their spending is so restricted, my congressman can't even return a phone call from his office to discuss arrangements for a political dinner (it's not government business). Their large staffs are there to take complaints from yokels who are continually urged to call about nazi death panels and Obama's birth certificate by you teabaggers.

Now that's not to say that there aren't a few unscrupulouse ones who are there just for the money (i.e. to make sure the government they hate doesn't get anything done). But at least most of the Democrats are there because they want to see the government solve problems (not create more of them).

Oh, and about the term limits, there's no better way to create a class of politicians that don't know what they're doing and need to rely on government lobbyists to tell them what the score is... like all the newly elected teabaggers.