12-22-2008, 03:43 PM
> Also--no one I know works harder than Congressional staff. Good
> Lord, what a job. Congressional staffers burn out very quickly.
Having worked in that field for awhile and being friends with people who work on Capitol Hill, I can whole heartedly agree with that. THOSE folks deserve more money. Want to double the national debt in a hurry? Pay Congressional staff by the hour with overtime and holiday-pay and have them report their real work-hours.
> I disagree that the overwhelming majority of people in Congress are dirtbags.
Aw heck, some of them are certainly not dirtbags OUTSIDE of their jobs and most of them are people whom -- upon meeting them -- immediately impress a person with their strong and likable personalities... but they ARE dirtbags. Professional dirtbags and deeply impressive scoundrels.
How they come across to you is part and parcel of it. Blink and they'll screw you six ways from Sunday and you'll thank 'em for it.
> Lord, what a job. Congressional staffers burn out very quickly.
Having worked in that field for awhile and being friends with people who work on Capitol Hill, I can whole heartedly agree with that. THOSE folks deserve more money. Want to double the national debt in a hurry? Pay Congressional staff by the hour with overtime and holiday-pay and have them report their real work-hours.
> I disagree that the overwhelming majority of people in Congress are dirtbags.
Aw heck, some of them are certainly not dirtbags OUTSIDE of their jobs and most of them are people whom -- upon meeting them -- immediately impress a person with their strong and likable personalities... but they ARE dirtbags. Professional dirtbags and deeply impressive scoundrels.
How they come across to you is part and parcel of it. Blink and they'll screw you six ways from Sunday and you'll thank 'em for it.