Sunday, July 24, 2011

Super Congress won't be accountable to the people

But then, do you really think Congress is accountable to the people now?  If you ever thought "We, the people" had any say in anything, with the advent of a Super Congress, you can say goodbye to that notion forever.  Here comes the end of our world as we have known it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/23/super-congress-debt-ceiling_n_907887.html

EXCERPT: A Super Congress would be less accountable than the system that exists today, and would find it easier to strip the public of popular benefits. Negotiators are currently considering cutting the mortgage deduction and tax credits for retirement savings, for instance, extremely popular policies that would be difficult to slice up using the traditional legislative process.
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