Thanks for the voice of experience. To rephrase the original concern differently, I think a big part of the problem is that 90% of the opinions these legislato

Thanks for the voice of experience. To rephrase the original concern differently, I think a big part of the problem is that 90% of the opinions these legislators hear are from people who's full-time job is to get in front of them, and those people are generally for sale. Another thing, the senators and congressmen certainly say they want to do the right thing, and they probably even believe it, yet they'll often compromise between the right thing and the thing that keeps them in office. Most of them spend more time dialing for dollars than they do reading legislation. Keep that in mind when you see them interact with lobbyists.