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14 Reasons Why My Kids Are Smarter Than Congress
In a Huffington Post article, it was reported that Congress’s approval rating was now lower than porn, polygamy, and the BP oil spill. This shouldn’t come as any surprise, given our elected official’s track record. You think that that Senators and House Representatives would be a smart, savvy bunch given what’s been entrusted to them, but sadly, that’s not the case. In fact, if Congress and my kids were to engage in an intelligence contest, my kids would have to take out their brains to make sure it was a fair fight. Here’s 14 reasons why:
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Elliot commented on Dec 13 11 at 12:36 amThe difference is that your kids don’t get rewards for ethics violations or have a million people breathing done their neck. Essentially, kids generally are idealists: they’re not “smarter” than Congress; they just see greater rewards than green paper with numbers and a face.
Celeste commented on Jan 26 12 at 1:04 pmEh, the kids ARE smarter – because they know money isn’t everything. Plus, when my 15 year old watches the news and is able to roll his eyes at what congress is saying/doing…and then make intelligent reasoning on why it isn’t a good idea – I’m pretty sure that makes kids one up on on congress. And, I should add – he’s been able to outsmart them for years…lol.
(Also – at my house – it only got better after Weiner’s situation, Bohner made the news…we couldn’t watch the news at all for awhile! haha)
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