The double standard is made all the more relevant since the borrowing that goes to pay those salaries and pensions of Congress are paid for by taxpayers, not Congress.

It is presumed that if the Executive Office and Congress was doing its job, America would not be in this mess, nor having to borrow heavily from overseas in order to provide such funding.

That the bulk of it goes to Congress and pet projects is no small concern, and the idea of handups vs handouts seems long gone, corporate self indulgence being the key to successes.

If getting rid of incumbents was a cure, they’d all be gone already, but that is obviously not the solution, so looking for other solutions makes sense.

No-bid contracts doesn’t appear to be the problem either since, in practice, all of the firms receiving military spending appear to be the only ones capable of it, and have long been siphoning taxpayer dollars for that reason.

Obviously, there must be a new entrance fee for whatever is disturbing the American economy, and the probability of looking to Congress and its processes, rules, and procedures appears to be the best method of uncovering the disease that afflicts both parties.

While Wall Street may be blamed, the privileges of Wall Street and the banking and insurance industries are under control of Congress, just as labor and other industry is – so chances are the perpetrators must be Congressionally connected to make victims of all Americans – and that road leads to Congress as holding the keys.

http://computationallegalstudies.com/2009/03/26/visualizing-the-campaign-contributions-to-the-united-states-senators-in-the-110th-congress-%E2%80%94-the-tarp-edition-the-image/

Thanks
Nadine