Perhaps When The Middle Class is on The Verge of Extinction, We Will See The Light . . . . Perhaps...

You cannot say dear readers, that we don't deserve the bastards that we elect:

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - For the first time ever, more than half of Congressional lawmakers are millionaires.

The Center for Responsive Politics looked at the 2012 disclosed finances of the current Congress, and found 268 of the 534 members are worth at least a million dollars. 22News talked to Massachusetts voters who said they don't see how lawmakers can understand the average American when they aren't average themselves.

“I think they're completely out of touch with what most of this country needs and wants, and is even asking for,” said Coby Daboul of Longmeadow.

A new Rasmussen Report done this week found that only 8 percent of likely US voters think Congress is doing a good or excellent job.

http://www.wwlp.com/news/national/majority-of-congress-members-are-millionaires

http://www.opensecrets.org/

ar·is·toc·ra·cy

 noun \ˌa-rə-ˈstä-krə-sē, ˌer-ə-\

: the highest social class in some countries : the people who have special titles (such as duke and duchess ), who typically own land, and who traditionally have more money and power than the other people in a society

plural ar·is·toc·ra·cies

Full Definition of ARISTOCRACY

1

:  government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class

2

a :  a government in which power is vested in a minority consisting of those believed to be best qualified

b :  a state with such a government

3

:  a governing body or upper class usually made up of a hereditary nobility

4

:  the aggregate of those believed to be superior

And that is pretty much about all that The Gadfly has to say about this sordid matter.



----TFG