At Least They Seem To Be Working
Apparently a number of Congressmen have been sleeping on cots in their House offices rather than in an apartment somewhere. Why these guys are a bigger threat to democracy than, say, Congressmen who are never in the House and miss tons of votes, is a mystery to me.
morganovich:
i think we should make them all do that...
February 11, 2011, 12:11 pmVitaeus:
Hmm, this must make them harder to lobby or something, I don't really see a down side for the citizens.
February 11, 2011, 3:57 pmPat:
The taxpayer pays for the office either way. The taxpayer pays the Congressman's salary. Neither change based on where the Congressman sleeps. How is this a problem? How could it possibly be unethical?
February 11, 2011, 4:43 pmSol:
Wait, what? I would have thought Congressmen that are lazy bums are wildly preferable to workaholic Congressmen. That government is best which governs least...
February 12, 2011, 8:00 amCraig:
You can be sure, Sol, that the Congressmen that are the most egregious spenders, regulators, and morons wouldn't be caught dead sleeping on a cot in their offices.
February 14, 2011, 3:20 pm