Does Congress deserve a vacation?

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   Mighty Momposted 10 years ago

   Our illustrious men and women of the House of Represenatives and the Senate just
   adjourned for 5 weeks off.
   Repubicans' job approval rating is 19%.
   Democrats' is only marginally better at 31%.
   They left a LOT of unfinished business on the table. Farm bill? Immigration reform?
   And how about those jobs we've been hearing about since the 2010 mid-term election?
   
   Congress can't be any less effective NOT in session than in.
   Still -- what if we refused to pay them for this leave?
   

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      Reality Bytesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

        If we actually had a choice, I think there would be an almost unanimous consensus:
      
      

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         Mighty Momposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Good one, RB!
         Sooooo true!!

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   janesixposted 10 years ago

   They should get a maximum of two weeks for vacation. Like normal people.

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   innersmiffposted 10 years ago

   Can they just take a permanent vacation?

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      Brenda Durhamposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Now that's a great solution!   

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   A Troubled Manposted 10 years ago

   Haven't you folks heard? Five weeks is the new two weeks, just like being seventy is the new fifty.

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      Education Answerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Seventeen trillion in debt is the new five trillion? 
      
      The downward acceleration of our country has to reach maximum velocity at some point. . .I hope it's soon, otherwise bankruptcy will be the new budget.

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         Reality Bytesposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         
         
         What is a trillion dollars among friends? 

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         Mighty Momposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Downward acceleration of our country is broader than just federal budget.
         
         Widespread idiocy and vacuousness (and so proud of it!) are the citizenry equivalent of bankruptcy.
         
         Alexis de Tocqueville said, "In democracy, we get the government we deserve."
         We're really slipping fast with this bunch.

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            GA Andersonposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            Great quote. I wish I had remembered it, there are many threads here where it would have been the most appropriate bipartisan response.
            
            Forget Tocqueville, I'm going to steal the quote and give you author's credit.
            
            GA

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            Education Answerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

            We agree on this.  Good points.

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               Mighty Momposted 10 years agoin reply to this

               How could we disagree?
               
               Education and opportunity. True upward mobility and a strong middle class.
               Is that too much to ask for? We used to have it. That's the America I grew up in.

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   Education Answerposted 10 years ago

   Would a business's board of directors get to take a vacation if they weren't able to balance the books or even come up with a budget?  I guess some would get the vacation, perhaps if they were receiving stimulus money from the government.  Still, no solvent business would be able to break for vacation without a working budget.   
   
   No, Congress deserves a one-way trip home but not a vacation.

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