You would think that an approval rating of 12% would make the US Congress take notice and at least attempt to improve it by making the country better.
But not these Congressional Leaders, particularly the Republican Leadership in both the US House and in the US Senate. They have shown their whole-scale single allegiance to US Big Corps and to the Well to do.
But on both sides of the aisle, there is this widespread interest in self aggrandizement. And they just don’t get it…..how this narcicissism is really turning off US citizens, who just want the country to function effectively on a bipartisan basis in these incredibly trying times.
These members of Congress hold all of these hearings, but instead of listening to these experts, it seems that these Congressmen are primarily interested in showing to the public how much they know on the issue by dominating the hearing. And frankly, these Congressmen seem to frequently be so off target, as compared with the experts invited to give testimony.
And here’s the thing…..after all of these hearings, just what happens? Actually, nothing, from what I can gather. It just totally frustrates US citizens.
The US economy keeps getting worse, and how does the Congress act? The Republicans attack the Obama Administration, which is the only part of the US Government which is acting responsibly, and at least attempting to create US jobs.
No doubt the American Jobs Act has flaws. It is a 50mg prescription for the US economy, when a dose of 500mg is needed to prevent a second recession.
So how do the Republicans act? Instead of attempting to improve it, and work with the Obama Administration, they instead totally reject it.
More than any other reason, this is why the approval rating of the US Congress is headed for a historic low of under 10%.
But it’s more than just that.
The US House Energy and Commerce Committee is now actually proposing for the US Government to give additional tax breaks and subsidies to Big Oil. I’m not kidding. They now want to give massive tax subsidies to Big Oil for Natural Gas. And they think that US citizens think this is perfectly OK.
And the US House Ways and Means Committee, which is responsible for US Federal Income Tax legislation, refuses to deal with the fact that so many very profitable US Big Corps continue to pay no US Federal Income Tax. And they think US citizens don’t care about this.
And the Republican Head of the US Senate’s Budget Committee strongly feels that the high US unemployment rate is primarily due to the Budget Deficit. Alabama should consider recalling him for holding such an unintelligent position on such a critical issue to the country.
And while the US economy burns, the US Senate spends nearly all of its time debating whether the funding for the country’s recent natural disasters should be offset. Kentucky should recall both of its Senators, who are severely harming the US economy and US job creation. They are both an embarrassment to their State.
And it seems that every Republican in the US Congress sees nothing wrong with a millionaire paying a lower effective income tax rate than what a middle class working stiff pays. And they ignore the polls on this key issue of fairness, and widely proclaim that the American people have it wrong here.
When the country is going down the tubes economically mainly because of a totally ineffective US Congress, something needs to be done.
As one thought, I think that any time the approval rating of the Congress drops below 10%, that should automatically trigger a requirement that all of the Congressional Leaders in any party in either the US House or in the US Senate, that has an under 10% approval rating, should resign their leadership positions and give other Congressional members a chance to lead…..after all, it can’t possibly be any worse.
The only part of the US Government that is functioning properly is the Executive Branch.
But there is still something wrong with even parts of the Executive Branch.
How in the world is it right for the FBI, IRS, and US Immigration to take full-blown Gestapo actions against an IHOP restaurant in Evansville, Indiana just because the restaurant manager is Muslim and several of the workers are Latino?
My wife and I think the two best things in Evansville area are the new Fresh Market and the local IHOP.
These Government Suits need to be investigated for their clearly inappropriate actions here. Just what kind of country have we become, when Gestapo actions like these on so many innocent non-Caucasians has become so common place?
There needs to be consequences for clearly inappropriate actions taken in menacing raids on innocent citizens by US Government Suits. It almost seems like it is now a throwback to the McCarthy Era.
