Who did you elect? Congress or 'K Street'?

I just read one of the most scathing rebukes of this so-called healthcare reform bill process, that continues to stumble - like a hapless drunk - through Congress, by Bill Moyers. Here is an excerpt:

“Three out of four of the big health care firms lobbying on Capitol Hill have former members of Congress or government staff members on the payroll – more than 350 of them – and they’re all fighting hard to prevent a public plan, at a rate in excess of $1.4 million a day.”

And, there you have the ‘why’ as in why nothing ever seems to quite get done. Somebody forgot to take down the big ‘For Sale’ sign on the front of Congress.

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