Hate The Rich (Until Donation Time)
Bret Stephens writes in the WSJ on the two sides of Barack Obama. There's the man who talks about "ordinary folks" and how unfair it all is to them thanks to the richies, and then there's the man who turns right around and goes on a Hollywood handout bender:
To illustrate the evils of income inequality, the president said this:"Ordinary folks can't write massive campaign checks or hire high-priced lobbyists and lawyers to secure policies that tilt the playing field in their favor at everyone else's expense. And so people get the bad taste that the system is rigged, and that increases cynicism and polarization, and it decreases the political participation that is a requisite part of our system of self-government."
This is coming from the man who signs legislation, such as Dodd-Frank, that only high-priced lawyers can understand; who, according to the Guardian newspaper, has spent much of 2013 on a "record-breaking fundraising spree," making "30 separate visits to wealthy donors," at "more than twice the rate of the president's two-term predecessors."
That's why I'd like to see a House that would represent no more than 300K citizens per representative.
And the representative's pay would be based off the prior year's median income from his district.
Basically it would make the House have to get 500 people to vote together. It would destroy the two party system and gerrymandering. For the rep to do better, the people he represents would have to do better.
Jim P. at January 1, 2014 1:47 AM
Oh, whatever. ALL politicians try to act folksy and talk about "average Americans" "real Americans" or whomever. It's ridiculous but it's how it is.
NicoleK at January 1, 2014 4:19 AM
Politicians 'pay' is nothing compared to the potential legal and illegal graft and kickbacks they can receive. And it doesn't even need to be pervasive, the gov't is so big and throws so much money around that if a paltry .01% (one penny out of every $100)was diverted to politicians pocketbooks, it would still be 370 million/yr. More than enough bribe money for the 1000 reps you talk about Jim P.
Joe J at January 1, 2014 5:56 AM
That would be added to a bunch of other amendments. Put in term limits and automatic reviews of laws, and a lot of the fed would go away.
Grab a copy of the Liberty Amendments. Basically prune the fed back to size.
Jim P. at January 1, 2014 7:35 AM
Yeah, that eat-the-rich stuff is all pretty transparently for domestic consumption, so to speak. It keeps the welfare client classes showing up at the voting booth.
Cousin Dave at January 2, 2014 7:10 AM
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