Budgeting — The Avoidable Train Wreck
The morons in the US Congress just conducted the latest version of the Sky Is Falling budget crisis. It was predictable, boring, and completely avoidable.
How avoidable, Big Red Car, how?
Simple the Congress could just do their damn job for a change. Let me explain.
First, the US Congress is the laziest, well paid public institution in the entire country. A US Congressman will work for 112 days during which the Congress is in session. Think about that — a full time job in which you work 112 days.
Conversely, they will be “out of session” for the remaining 253 days.
This is not a hard job. It pays grandly and you get a lot of great perks. Continue reading