Comment Re:The system sucks to begin with. (Score 1) 510
of the 535 members of congress:
*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
*3 have been arrested for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are current defendants in lawsuits
*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving
Half of these don't neccesarily constitute bad things in my opinion. 117 have bankrupted businesses? Many, no doubt, started out as small businessmen. Being that the great majority of small businesses fail, it would stand to reason that this would be the case. And it isn't bad - quite the opposite in fact.
Bad credit? So what. I have great credit, but I know lots of wonderful people that have bad credit, and a good measure of those I know are very intelligent and would make good lawmakers.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting. When? As teenagers? Yeesh.
21 are current lawsuit defendants. In this day and age, I'm surprised that figure isn't higher, given the fact that they are such high profile people.
That said, some of the other stats are sad, particularly those of drunk driving and spousal abuse. Sad that we can't see into the moral character of people - and moral character is important.
It's not that the stats don't mean anything, just not in the context that they are blurted out. Besides, Ted Kennedy being alive and well skews any stats like these.
-burp.
*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
*3 have been arrested for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are current defendants in lawsuits
*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving
Half of these don't neccesarily constitute bad things in my opinion. 117 have bankrupted businesses? Many, no doubt, started out as small businessmen. Being that the great majority of small businesses fail, it would stand to reason that this would be the case. And it isn't bad - quite the opposite in fact.
Bad credit? So what. I have great credit, but I know lots of wonderful people that have bad credit, and a good measure of those I know are very intelligent and would make good lawmakers.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting. When? As teenagers? Yeesh.
21 are current lawsuit defendants. In this day and age, I'm surprised that figure isn't higher, given the fact that they are such high profile people.
That said, some of the other stats are sad, particularly those of drunk driving and spousal abuse. Sad that we can't see into the moral character of people - and moral character is important.
It's not that the stats don't mean anything, just not in the context that they are blurted out. Besides, Ted Kennedy being alive and well skews any stats like these.
-burp.
