CONGRESS SUCKS

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WASHINGTON—According to a poll released Friday by the Pew Research Center, the favorability rating of the U.S. Congress has sunk so low that the legislative body is now looked upon more negatively than the death of a close relative. “When asked whether they would prefer to select a casket for their child or endure the forthcoming congressional showdown over the debt ceiling, 89 percent of Americans said they would rather bury their own offspring,” said Pew spokesperson Diana Shostak, adding that the figure went up to 96 percent when it was specified that the political brinksmanship could go on for weeks without a single piece of legislation ever making it to the floor for a goddamn up-or-down vote. “Watching one’s grandmother weep uncontrollably at the impending death of her husband of 60 years, having the agonizing conversation about whether to pull the plug on his life support unit, and looking on as he gasps for his final breaths—these situations all enjoyed higher approval ratings than any individual member of the House or Senate.” The poll also found that the prospect of suffering one’s own death by slow asphyxiation was viewed four times more favorably than anything having to do with filibusters.

I love The Onion.

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It would be cheaper to simply abolish Congreess and have an exchange like the NYSE. Traders could wave about pieces of legislation looking for the higfhest buyers. There would be a lot more money traded this way if everyone could get in on it. Now many laws trade for less than their true value because the little guy doesn't even get a vote but with open outcry and listed prices whole voting blocks would spring up and even poor people and the 99% would get input into how things are done.

Most people don't realize the insurance industry paid a paltry 5 billion dollars to afford obamacare but the poor people in this country will be paying more money to support this EVERY MONTH.