Beyond Absurd: The Senate Moves To Investigate The S&P Downgrade

This is truly right out of the Randian Playbook as presented in "Atlas Shrugged."  If I didn't think the actions of our leaders were so ridiculously funny as they lead our country into collapse, I would be crying...The TRUTH is that the Senate should hold up a mirror to itself and look at the obvious reasons why Congress and the White House are complete failures.  The public approval of Congress is at an all-time low and this will take it even lower. But since the name of the game in DC is "Blame Someone Else/Pass The Buck" (note: Obama now blaming previous administration completely for his failure to deliver on his campaign promises), we may as well watch the Senate fiddle - and spend more Taxpayer money on a useless investigation - while the country burns. 

I really can't believe that the Senate wants to shoot the messenger rather than spend productive time trying to solve the real problems destroying our system.  Why don't we start by cutting Congressional salaries and benefits across the board?  And I would like to call for an investigation of every Senator expressing interest in investigating S&P.  Let's start with a complete audit of every Congressman's campaign donation bank account and generate a detailed report on who is donating and how much.  Then reconcile those donations with each Congressman's voting record.  THEN let's get a detailed audit of each Congressman's personal bank account.  They work for us, right?  The Government can now audit any citizen and monitor cellphone calls.  Let's demand quid pro quo.

This really is a modest proposal and I would urge Ron Paul to incorporate it in his campaign platform.

“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.” (Francisco D'Anconia, "Atlas Shrugged")