Posted by
tenurecorrupts.com on Friday, July 18, 2008 4:54:37 PM
A SIMPLE RECIPE TO FIX CONGRESS.
This is the political season. It is the time to think seriously about how and whether we are going to vote. And particularly about our votes for the people in Congress.
Judging by its poll ratings (about 9% favorable), it is arguably one of the worst Congresses ever.
Yet, if we go by the current trend, close to 98% of them will be reelected!
How to explain this?
The reasons are simple and fundamental and basically our (the voters) fault:
1. The voters who want to vote for challengers never win, and so they stop voting.
2. The voters who vote for incumbents always win, so they keep voting.
3. As a result, only 45% of Americans vote, mostly for incumbents, so incumbents win 98% of the time.
How to fix this? Always vote, but never vote for incumbents. In other words, NEVER REELECT ANYONE!