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by ncphil
1526 days ago
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No. Congress is not "part of the government". Sure, they get government paychecks, but they're the legislature not the executive. They don't "do" anything, just direct that it be done. All but a few are millionaires who make more income from non-government sources than that paycheck. By virtue of their office, they're also well connected: able to get lucrative board memberships for their kids in Ukraine, or Arkansas. As part of the upper echelon of society they share the interest of the rest of their class in not only making the government appear ineffective, but also ineffective in fact. A competent government might be a threat to their power, after all: as would an unbought section of their own chambers. Hence the critical need for a disciplined two party duopoly that savagely suppresses all competition. |
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The government has multiple branches... They're the legislative branch.
If we're going by your logic, the executive branch is the one that is not part of the government because they don't get to decide how to govern.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/our-governm...
https://www.usa.gov/branches-of-government
https://people.howstuffworks.com/three-branches-government.h...
> All but a few are millionaires who make more income from non-government sources than that paycheck. By virtue of their office, they're also well connecte
All of this is true for the executive branch too.