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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
I blame it on gerrymandering. Unless someone retires from their seat - what is the average percentage of incumbant re-election? Something like 95%
Congressmen from both sides of the aisle can spend like drunken sailors because there is never any reprisal on election day.
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And Bush doesn't have to veto anything for the same reason.
(whatever happened to the line-item veto?)
I'm not sure your reason is quite right, because it "proves too much". One could explain any bad law by the same rationale. With spending, if it's pork, that will get them more votes not less. If it's not pork, they can blame the wasteful spending on 534 other people, not themselves.
