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Ohiogal

(34,789 posts) Tue Dec 31, 2019, 11:07 AM Dec 2019

Andy Borowitz on the Minimum Wage - For Congress

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Andy Borowitz on the Minimum Wage - For Congress (Original Post) Ohiogal Dec 2019 OP

An underpaid Congress will actively seek bribes and kickbacks. eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #1

eppur_se_muova

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1. An underpaid Congress will actively seek bribes and kickbacks.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 01:56 PM

Dec 2019

Texas tried this, with pretty much the result you'd expect. Rich landowners could easily afford to hold office, while men of more modest means were open to influence by "beef, bourbon, and blondes" which were gifted to them by lobbyists seeking influence, which was the whole intent.

The founders of (US) Texas hated gov't, so they created a weak gov't, and kept the power and influence for themselves. The Founding Fathers of the USA had more honest motives, which is why they agonized at such lengths about checks and balances.

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