We’ve gone through a very tough year and I’ve been working Congress pretty hard. So I know, there may not be an appetite immediately to dive into another controversial issue. There’s still work that needs to be done on energy. Mid-terms are coming up. So, I don’t want us to do something for the sake of politics that doesn’t solve the problem.
I'm sorry, but this is totally unacceptable for me. No "appetite"? These men and women actively campaigned for these jobs. Nobody held a gun to their head and forced them into these positions. The Senators and Representatives make $174,000 a year. The leaders make even more.
We're not talking heavy manual labor here, folks. These guys dress up in suits and business attire and sit on their butts pontificating, bloviating and arguing with each other. Hardly debilitating work, wouldn't you say? We have urgent decisions that need to be made, such as immigration and energy. And the President thinks these poor babies don't have an "appetite" to deal with them? And we have to forestall solutions that are desperately needed for another year or more because of a lack of "appetite"? Bull puckey!
Do you have any idea how many of the 9% unemployed in this country would love to make that kind of salary? And, I'm sure they would work their butts off to earn it. Hey, they might even start on immigration or energy bills right this minute if they had the job. And, maybe, just maybe, they would plug all those freebies that the current elected members of Congress gave to Wall Street, the mining industry, the oil multinationals, etc.
This president needs to quit mollycoddling Congress. Make them earn their money. Get on the stick, Mr. President!
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