Cronyism rules the day in Washington. It’s all about who does the most fundraising. It’s a sad fact that 91% of the time it is the candidate with the most money who gets elected. That might be why the people we’re supposedly electing to help run things in this country are more concerned about fundraisers than their constituency and doing their actual their job.
A total of 297 members of Congress have earmarked $3.7 billion for organizations connected directly to them or to their family members. 85 family members of 67 Congressmen have worked as federally registered lobbyists connected to lobbying contracts worth $1.2 billion. 19 members of Congress have paid 19 family members a total of $6.8 million from their congressional office payroll.
But the saddest part: America just keeps re-electing these people. Despite the fact that Congress had a pathetic 10% approval rating in 2012, a whopping 90% of these gutless wonders were re-elected.
