The new Gallup poll shows approval for Congress at 10 percent.

Congress -- especially the 112th one -- is a corrupt and failed institution. I'm not saying that they're no decent people in Congress; I know that there are. But, the institution as a whole is a failure and it's doing catastrophic damage to our country.

You could blame the culture in Washington or horrible campaign finance laws, but the fact remains that too many out of 435 members have submitted entirely to the status quo. They are selfish, bought by special interests, loyal to their party more than the country, and so rabid with hate for each other that they would rather hurt American people than give their opponents an electoral advantage.

The Republican members in particular, under the toxic leadership of McConnell, Cantor and Boehner, worked hard to deliberately slow down or sabotage economic recovery for electoral gain in 2012. In fact, world leaders, ratings agency and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have repeatedly told Congressional leaders to stop politicizing the economy because it's hurting not only America but the rest of the world.

Even now, the CBO keeps sending out warnings, ignored by members of Congress, that if they do not avert the fiscal cliff, a deep recession will ensue. They just don't seem to care. They're too busy memorizing their polished lies -- err, talking points -- to voters in this vicious election season.

The bottom line is that Congress members would rather win than govern even if it requires burning the whole house down. And that's not why Congress was created, why we vote for members and why we pay them. They're just not doing their jobs. Even worse, they're playing a game with our lives.



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Just say NO! based on thier voting records and get the corrupt incumbants OUT!

Make it a $40,000 a yr job (standard family income) and if they get rich "in office" (Ried, Polosi, Boehner and 70% of the others)....well, you can figure that one out for yourself!

10% approval rating yet 90% or more will get reelected. We the sheeple deserve everything we get!