The decay of Congress
Posted August 27th, 2009 at 7:54 PM by Jon HamIf any good comes from the economic and political turmoil of this long summer it’s that the corruption and dysfunction of the U.S. Congress has been exposed to enough voters to make a difference in 2010.
What better exemplifies the rot in D.C. than the fact that the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Charles Rangel, D-NY, is a tax cheat. The man who writes the tax laws that all of us poor schlubs must obey feels he is above the law. And with the current ethically challenged and politicized Justice Department leadership appointed by dear leader Barack Obama, it’s likely nothing will be done about it.
That’s why God and our Founders invented the two-year term.
August 27th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Let’s just see if someone actually stands up to challenge such morally-bankrupt politicians as Rangel, Pelosi, and Frank. Given that these three are all fairly safely ensconced in Congressional districts gerrymandered to protect their incumbencies, it may actually fall to other Democrats to decide they’ve had enough and to challenge the incumbents in their own districts.
If not, then at least we can hope for the GOP to take back the House and demote these degenerates back to mere committee memberships.
August 28th, 2009 at 3:13 am
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