The statistic you don't often see.
In a CBS News poll released last week, "only 15% of Americans approve of how Congress is handling its job." 15%?!?! Are you kidding me? How many of us would still have a job if our bosses only approved of our work 15%?? We'd all be skidded in a heartbeat. And yet, here we are essentially Congress' bosses, because we give them their jobs with our votes, and we let them get away with poor work by not voting them out. Something to consider when the elections roll around, "in the entire House of Representatives, only 57 out of the 435 total seats are considered competitive in November."
(For perspective, polls show even George W. Bush has a higher job approval rating at 22%.)
If politicians thought there was a chance they could get voted out, they might actually start doing their jobs. But wait a minute, maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. Maybe this is the direction I should be headed in career wise. Cushy job, don't have to do good work, from what I understand the retirement is great, hmmm...I think I could be on to something here. Although as they say, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. But this is America!
(The text in quotation marks was taken from a story that ran on the show CBS News Sunday Morning about Congress compromising on a bailout plan. The article can be accessed here.)
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You betcha! Your darn tootin' you should be runnin' for the government. As a NASCAR fan also you are right there with us Joe and Jane Six Packs hopin' to be blest by takin' over the reins of leadership also. Just one little thing ta watch out for... ya really need to do some thinkin' about your bein' a soccer fan. Kickin' a ball around is like sort of like, ya know, an elitist sport. I suggest that you might want to start lookin' into hockey if ya are serious about bein' one of us mavericks. Heres winkin' at ya.
Great Post.
I'll be supporting Jimmy when he comes to TMS in a couple of weeks.
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