What the hell are we paying these guys for? We'll give fat cats a rebate for a car...that costs 10 times what some people earn in a year. And THIS provision (registration required) is what falls through the cracks? This takes outrage to a whole new level for me.

Can't we fire someone? Oh yeah - they're called elections. So why in god's name do so many of these imbeciles return to office term after term? Because people don't get outraged enough. And this is not a cry for term limits. We already have term limits - they're called elections. If the public is so numb to what's happening - or not happening with their elected representatives - maybe the system is working. Which just pisses me off even more.

Do members of Congress even know what it is they vote on? And I worked on Capitol Hill - so I know they don't read - but don't they pay people who are supposed to read? Isn't there one staffer - JUST ONE - that this was important enough to verify and confirm it survived the conference feeding frenzy? None of this is new - this is how bills become law. So where the fuck was everyone? They were more concerned with capital gains and stock dividends than they were about people who pay taxes and earn $25,000 a year - with children!

When is the revolution we so desperately need going to start? And what outrages me is the revolution is so simple - find candidates who are not career politicians and can relate more to clipping coupons to make ends meet than to what to do about stock dividend income. Once we find them, deliver a majority vote.