Community Reinvestment Act

[gugi]

Term Limits is the only long term answer.

Why would one need term limits or start a civil war instead of simply voting the people in power out of office? I've posted this many times, but the real approval ratings of congress are pretty much where they've always been at 90%.
My take on it is that the only reason is that people like the gentleman on the video are only good for talking the talk. Until 50%+1 of the american voters look at the mirror and start acting there's not going to be any change whatsoever.

Obama hasn't submitted a budget since he's been in office.

I've got two words "Kool Aid".

[Crotalus]

Why would one need term limits or start a civil war instead of simply voting the people in power out of office? I've posted this many times, but the real approval ratings of congress are pretty much where they've always been at 90%.
My take on it is that the only reason is that people like the gentleman on the video are only good for talking the talk. Until 50%+1 of the american voters look at the mirror and start acting there's not going to be any change whatsoever.


I've got two words "Kool Aid".

Congress' approval rating 90%? I don't know where you get your poll numbers, but I've not heard a number over 40% in years. A Gallop poll says 10% today.

[gugi]

Congress' approval rating 90%? I don't know where you get your poll numbers, but I've not heard a number over 40% in years. A Gallup poll says 10% today.

I said real ratings, the ones that are based not on what people say, but on what they do. Check the numbers yourself. Talking is easy, but I am not as gullible as to take everything I hear at face value. On the other hand actions is what really matters.

[hoglahoo]

Congress' approval rating 90%? I don't know where you get your poll numbers, but I've not heard a number over 40% in years. A Gallop poll says 10% today.

The last congressional election - or should I say reelection - saw about an 80% retention rate. Gugi cherishes his 90% number but you can look up the real numbers for yourself It's true that only 10% of people polled approve of what Congress is doing, but that is as a whole. So we like the people we vote for (or at least consider them the least rotten choice), but we dislike the people others vote for

[gugi]

The last congressional election - or should I say reelection - saw about an 80% retention rate. Gugi cherishes his 90% number but you can look up the real numbers for yourself

No, it's just that the government school was able to teach me the correct mathematical rounding.

It's true that only 10% of people polled approve of what Congress is doing, but that is as a whole. So we like the people we vote for (or at least consider them the least rotten choice), but we dislike the people others vote for

Or in other words the system the founding fathers set up is flawed at its core. I didn't realize you're even more cynical than me

[hoglahoo]

Or in other words the system the founding fathers set up is flawed at its core. I didn't realize you're even more cynical than me

Democracy is the worst form of government except for all those other forms that have been tried

[Crotalus]

The last congressional election - or should I say reelection - saw about an 80% retention rate. Gugi cherishes his 90% number but you can look up the real numbers for yourself It's true that only 10% of people polled approve of what Congress is doing, but that is as a whole. So we like the people we vote for (or at least consider them the least rotten choice), but we dislike the people others vote for

The problem with this statement is that not all the Congressmen were up for election last time. Only about 1/3 of them were and a LOT of seats changed hands. Last election was a huge win for the Republicans. The republicans took back the House.

[hoglahoo]

The problem with this statement is that not all the Congressmen were up for election last time. Only about 1/3 of them were and a LOT of seats changed hands. Last election was a huge win for the Republicans. The republicans took back the House.

There's no problem with that statement. Of the seats which were decided, about 80% returned to the same legislator. Just for clarification sake by the way, regarding the small fraction you mentioned, almost 90% of all Congressional seats were up for election last time (1/3 of the 100 Senate seats plus all 435 House seats). Besides, "huge win" and a "LOT" are opinions; it only took a few seats change to shift the majority in the house from democrat to republican because the majority was so slim to begin with. 80% retention is what it is