Representatives, NOT!

Poputonian at Hullabaloo writes about the distance between the representatives and those represented.

This is something I've been thinking about for sometime. 99.9% of our congresspeople and senators do not represent the people who elect them. And most of them don't even pretend to.

They are so convinced that money and the public's gullibility will get them elected and re-elected (and it does, just look at Lieberman) that they have no fear in ignoring, denigrating or even having their constituents arrested just for visiting their offices and trying to set up meetings with them or even handing them a petition or letter.

We pay them but they determine how much. We provide for their excellent health insurance and retirement, but the don't think we deserve the same. They work only a few hours a week (when Republicans are in control) but they think there should be no limit to how many hours we work. The list of what they take at our expense goes on and on.

What do they give in return? A great show at election time.