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Congress has a shitty approval rating, but the most representatives get voted into office by a decent margin. People hate everybody else's reps.
by jedrek 11y ago
Congress has a shitty approval rating, but the most representatives get voted into office by a decent margin. People hate everybody else's reps.
- jazzyk 11y agoYes, because their reps bring pork from D.C. back to their district. Who does not like a new school built/paid for by Fed money? Voters don't realize that the money is actually the tax money that they themselves paid into the system. It is all very calculated, and in my opinion, is the epicenter of what's broken in the US political system.
- jedrek 11y agoI don't know how calculated it is, it seems it's one of those things that developed and people smart enough to realise what's happening decided it's a-ok with them. But, yeah, the disconnect is huge. I've seen Americans on the internet brag about not taking advantage of unemployment benefits, completely ignoring that they spent years paying into them for that exact reason. And, to be honest, ever since I've started looking at the government as an entity that I've outsourced a lot of my needs/wants to (roads, physical safety, parks, etc), I've been a lot happier paying taxes.