"Nemo scit stercore" - I love it. I bet you have been looking for a way to include this in a newsletter for some time now. Regarding congressional pay, perhaps we are getting what we pay for. Maybe the reason Congress is failing to address our really big problems is that we are not recruiting the kind of people who can and want to meet today's challenges. A strong legislature and judiciary are necessary to offset the executive branch. An unchecked executive is the definition of authoritarianism. Americans love to mock our Congress, and they often provide great material for us to do so, but we need it to preserve our freedom and liberty.
"Nemo scit stercore" - I love it. I bet you have been looking for a way to include this in a newsletter for some time now. Regarding congressional pay, perhaps we are getting what we pay for. Maybe the reason Congress is failing to address our really big problems is that we are not recruiting the kind of people who can and want to meet today's challenges. A strong legislature and judiciary are necessary to offset the executive branch. An unchecked executive is the definition of authoritarianism. Americans love to mock our Congress, and they often provide great material for us to do so, but we need it to preserve our freedom and liberty.