{"id":917,"date":"2005-06-05T22:17:16","date_gmt":"2005-06-06T02:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/wordpress\/?p=917"},"modified":"2005-06-05T22:17:16","modified_gmt":"2005-06-06T02:17:16","slug":"j-accuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=917","title":{"rendered":"J’ Accuse"},"content":{"rendered":"

“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain – that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.” <\/p>\n

Lysander Spooner<\/a><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON<\/a> – The US Congress, the domed bastion of democracy in the capital of capitalism, abounds with deep-pocketed politicians whose fortunes have made the legislative branch of government a millionaire’s club. <\/p>\n

In the 435-member House of Representatives, 123 elected officials earned at least one million dollars last year, according to recently released financial records made public each year. <\/p>\n

Next door in the ornate Senate, whose blue-blooded pedigree includes a Kennedy and a Rockefeller, one in three people are millionaires. <\/p>\n

By comparison, less than one percent of Americans make seven-figure incomes. <\/p>\n

The American greenback is bipartisan, filling the pockets of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans without discrimination.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The previous entry is an artefact. Voting is obsolete.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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