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Right, It basically boils down that the senators and representatives are essentially slaves of the party and the system. There's not much they can do if they wa
by nojvek 10y ago
Right, It basically boils down that the senators and representatives are essentially slaves of the party and the system. There's not much they can do if they want to keep on bringing food to the table every evening.
Wall street knows this, the politicians themselves know it, its a democracy purely for display purposes. Its essentially been hacked.
- bogomipz 10y agoSure, it's a good gig. They're entitled to full pensions once they've been in office for 5 years, they have indemnity health care plans for them and their family(the best money can buy), and they collect a 174K a year in salary. But other than that they are just regular working millionaires.[1] http://time.com/373/congress-is-now-mostly-a-millionaires-club/ http://time.com/373/congress-is-now-mostly-a-millionaires-cl...