I have written on the subject in the past but it just will not leave my head. The American people are the most generous in the world. We donate more money for helping the down trodden and the desperate people of the world than any other country. Americans are there when needed for aid and assistance anywhere in the world, whether fire, flood or wind. That is not what bothers me. I consider that most of the money for those things is used properly (we hope). My gripe is this:
Men and women run hard and spend countless dollars (not theirs) in order to get elected to a seat in Congress, either House or Senate. Now the idea (they tell us) is to serve those in the district they represent. Good. Swell idea. Go to work.
Sooner or later they leave the office. Either voted out or retire. Herein lies the problem. They retire after a given time (not long) and continue to receive pay from the tax payer who is now represented by some other hard working and dedicated Senator or Representative (tongue in cheek). Now they are being paid for doing nothing (which is normal for some). Now instead of paying salaries of 535 elected reps. the number has exploded to, you pick a figure.
Our founders expected those sent to represent the people would do the job assigned to them and then come home and go back to work. No one expected it to be their life's work. That has changed, you say, and more is expected of them and more time is spent by them on the job (make that position). That may or may not be true and so now we keep them for the rest of their lives and in pretty good fashion too. And there, you have heard my GRIPE!
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