US Congress's strengths and weaknesses

Quote of the Day

"Were we directed from Washington when to sow, and when to reap, we should soon want bread."
Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, 1821


What Congress is good at:

Creating new taxes

Raising existing taxes

Filibustering

Grandstanding

Slandering and disrespecting people they grill at committees and hearings.

Catering to their own interests (AKA Pork Barrel legislation)

Writing incomprehensible laws

Micromismanagement

Usurping individual rights guaranteed by Our Constitution

What congress is bad at:

Managing Automobile Companies

Managing Banks

Managing Insurance Companies

Managing Investment Companies

Managing Mortgage Companies

Managing Tobacco Companies

Managing the US Government

Managing the US Economy

Protecting Individual Liberties