Retiring from Congress, by the numbers - 20 Democrats, 15 Republicans, 1 Independent

[Strider*]

Again, Tiger.. it's easy to be like you.

[King Tiger]

The entire ideology of the Republican party serves corporate interests in either small ways or big. Whether it be inadvertently or with more sinister motives, every Republican action forwards corporate interest.

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=King Tiger;38798004]Congressmen get high salaries to reduce bribe effectiveness. Do you realize how easy it would be to buy a senator if he only made median wage? And your entire system would entice only very rich people to become congressmen because they can already support themselves and don't need to worry about a low salary.[/QUOTE]

You're implying they don't already get bribes and that there are some actual non-rich Congressmen in there.

[person12]

The USA ranks pretty well in the CPI, so it is not like our Congressmen are getting bribed left and right. And no, getting election funds from lobbyists and superpac support do not count as bribes, since they are legal. They should not be allowed, however.