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Do elected lawmakers work and are they reliable? (Original Post)
elehhhhna
Jul 2012
OP
For certain definitions of "work" and "reliable", yes I suppose they do and they are.. n/t
Fumesucker
Jul 2012
#1
No, and yes. You can always rely on them to screw you over for their own purposes.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#10
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)1. For certain definitions of "work" and "reliable", yes I suppose they do and they are.. n/t
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)3. Thought this was a dupe...
...thread for a minute. Too funny. I need my COFFEE!!!
2on2u
(1,843 posts)4. You don't charge them, they charge you. n/t
IDemo
(16,926 posts)5. They're like Santa's elves if you're a One Percenter n/t
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)6. Only the ones with a grassroots movement supporting them.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)7. They are if you have enough money. nt
Pool Hall Ace
(5,849 posts)8. Best copycat!!
It made me lol.
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)9. yeah, they work. On their re election campaigns
making promises to corporations and their lobbyists in exchange for $$$ that will get them re-elected. We all know they don't do the job they were elected to do, which is legislate. Hell, they can't even take time out from selling themselves to the highest bidder to read a bill let alone write one. They even have ALEC paying them to legislate for them.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)10. No, and yes. You can always rely on them to screw you over for their own purposes.
(And to all the faithful, I'm not talking about your "good" lawmaker only the other 534 "bad" ones)