The United States Congress has a disease that has metastasized into a disaster for the American people--Enterprise Corruption

Steve Rossiter ——Bio and Archives--May 12, 2026

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It is far past the time for a new paradigm in American politics. The United States Congress has a disease that has metastasized into a disaster for the American people. From my viewpoint that disease is enterprise corruption. How is it that a pauper can show up to Congress and in a year or two become a millionaire on a salary of $174,000 per year? In my mind, it is either magic, genius, or corruption.

In 2025, we saw DOGE let that shameful cat out of the bag by exposing massive corruption in the form of waste, fraud and abuse

“The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several states,…” Article I, Section 2, of the United States Constitution

“The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, … for six Years,…” Article I, Section 3, of the United States Constitution

I don’t believe magic is anything but trickery, deception, and illusion. However, I do believe every politician uses trickery, deception, and the illusion of actually working for the people to fool the people.

A person only must watch a few Congressional hearings to determine that genius isn’t one of our concerns about members of congress. If that’s not enough, just listen to their press conferences which also exposes the void of genius in Congress.

"Few men [or women] have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." ~ George Washington

“If serving in an elected office ever becomes a career, corruption will surely follow.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” ~ Harry S. Truman (D-MO) 33rd President of the United States

Anyone who follows politics has,........

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