Would the American people be better off without Congress?

It would certainly be understandable if some constituents chose to take a very hot shower after reading about the alleged seedy activities of (now former) Reps. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) and Tony Gonzales (R-Texas). Unfortunately, there is a growing fear that their vile conduct may be but the tip of a very toxic iceberg floating about the halls of Congress.  

Described as a “cesspool,” a “swamp” and a “sewer,” Congress has morphed into the largest “Animal House” like fraternity on the U.S. campus, its members rarely facing any real consequences.

At what point are the American taxpayers who fund Congress allowed to declare “Enough is enough?” When do the sexual shenanigans, the shutdowns, the expensive junkets and the endless recesses become too much?

And as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) pointed out on Facebook last December, “over half of all Members of Congress are millionaires. … Many of our lawmakers have no lived experience of working paycheck to paycheck or trying to pay rent working a low-wage job.”

If Ocasio-Cortez really wanted to call out the system to the working class, though, it would have been more illuminating if she also explained how some members of Congress can........

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