1.2 million people are unemployed in the United States.
Congress, collectively in their most pious tone, lacking complete wisdom, believes the unemployed are enjoying their benefits too much .
In addition, the latest buzzwords, "fiscal restraint" take precedence over the 1.2 million unemployed, not counting their families-
When the "Eat Cake " politicians come off their collective clouds, they might find themselves on the unemployment line come fall.
"Stupid is as Stupid does" says  Mama.

Congress represents WHO??

Congress is truly a group of old white men, many who have not worked a REAL job-claiming their years as politicians grant them the expertise needed to make decisions for the rest of us.
Take a look at the numbers. Over 400 of our representatives list their occupations as politics.
Talk about being totally out of touch with the rest of us.
These numbers are from Wikipedia.



441 members of Congress are male (83%) and 92 are female (17
269 members (227 Representatives, two Delegates, and 40 Senators) served in state or territorial legislatures
214 members (182 Representatives and 33 Senators) list their occupation as public service/politics
225 (168 Representatives and 57 Senators) list law [www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40086.pdf]
201 (175 Representatives and 27 Senators) list business
94 (78 Representatives and 16 Senators) list education
At least 112 members are former congressional staffers, i
Currently 42 members (9.5%) of the House are African American.
 As of 2009 there is only one Africam American. Hispanics represent over 14% of the U.S. population, while the Senate is 3% Hispanic and the House is approximately 5% (25 members
As of 2009 there is only one African -American currently serving in the Senate 1.5% of the population, are the most underrepresented group. Tom Cole, a Chickasaw, is the only registered American Indian currently in Congress.
GI Generation 1901–1924 3
Silent Generation 1925–1942 33
Boomer Generation 1943–1960 56
Generation X 1961–1981 7
Generation Y 1982–2001 0[1]

Senator Party Birth Year Generation Noted for:

Hawaii Daniel Inouye D 1924 GI
New Jersey Frank Lautenberg D 1924 GI
Hawaii Daniel Akaka D 1924 GI
Pennsylvania Arlen Specter D 1930 Silent
Kentucky Jim Bunning R 1931 Silent
Indiana Richard Lugar R 1932 Silent
California Dianne Feinstein D 1933 Silent
Iowa Chuck Grassley R 1933 Silent
Utah Robert Foster Bennett R 1933 Silent
Alabama Richard Shelby R 1934 Silent
Michigan Carl Levin D 1934 Silent
Oklahoma James Inhofe R 1934 Silent
Utah Orrin Hatch R 1934 Silent
Wisconsin Herbert Kohl D 1935 Silent
Arizona John McCain R 1936 Silent
Kansas Pat Roberts R 1936 Silent
Maryland Barbara Mikulski D 1936 Silent
Ohio George Voinovich R 1936 Silent
Illinois Roland Burris D 1937 Silent
Mississippi Thad Cochran R 1937 Silent
West Virginia Jay Rockefeller D 1937 Silent
Delaware Ted Kaufman D 1939 Silent
Iowa Tom Harkin D 1939 Silent
Missouri Kit Bond R 1939 Silent
Nevada Harry Reid D 1939 Silent