NPR posted this article that shows a PowerPoint slide giving new members a suggested daily schedule - it suggests they spend 4 hours every day dialing up possible donors for donations. Studies show that in the House the one with the most money wins 90% of the time, in the Senate it's 80%. That doesn't leave enough time to legislate, but reelection is the priority.
If a congressman/congresswoman is worth about $50 an hour, that's about $100,000 in fund raising overhead every year, not to mention the waste of time.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Comments are moderated for relevance and civility. Spam is discarded.