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— Perri Nelson, November 6, 2008

Congress failing

Published Fri, Nov 3 2006 12:14 PM
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From The University Daily Kansan:

The institution of Congress has utterly abdicated its responsibility, and has become little more than a sad caricature of its formerly important self.

At its most basic level, Congress is charged with passing laws. ...

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... the 109th Congress was a disappointment on every level. Just look at Congress today: rife with corruption, fractured by party disputes and power struggles and sinfully ignorant of important issues while sadly attentive to meaningless events.

Of course, when the Kansan talks about corruption, the only example they give is Dennis Hastert and his $2,000,000 land deal. They neglect to mention WIlliam Jefferson's $90,000 in "frozen assets", or Harry Ried's own corrupt land deal.

They go on to say this.

Can you blame us for not caring who wins and loses when we are really just electing the latest members of a corrupt spending machine that refuses to take its responsibility seriously? The apathy of young voters is disturbing to all of us, but Congress is doing its part to perpetuate it.

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If our government leaders want us to take an active interest in what they’re doing, they should start acting like leaders.

Well I can blame you for not caring who wins and loses. Yes, there's a lot of corruption in congress. I can't remember a time in my lifetime when there wasn't. But let's remember what the Kansan had to say at the outset of the article: "At its most basic level, Congress is charged with passing laws".

When you think about that, maybe it does still matter who wins and loses. I'm not sure I'd like the laws the Democrats would write.

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