Saturday, February 7, 2015

From Vox: Confessions of a congressman 9 secrets from the inside

I want to make this required reading.

- Click here for it.

It's allegedly from a sitting member of Congress and makes the following arguments:

1) Congress is not out of touch with folks back home
2) Congress listens best to money 
3) Almost everyone in Congress loves gerrymandering 
4) You have no secret ballot anymore 
5) We don't have a Congress but a parliament 
6) Congressional committees are a waste of time 
7) Congress is a stepping-stone to lobbying 
8)The best people don't run for Congress 
9) Congress is still necessary to save America, and cynics aren't helping