>Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than >500 employees and has the following statistics: > >* 29 have been accused of spousal abuse >* 7 have been arrested for fraud >* 19 have been accused of writing bad checks >* 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses >* 3 have done time for assault >* 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit >* 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges >* 8 have been arrested for shoplifting >* 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits >* 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year > >Can you guess which organization this is? > > > > >Give up yet? > > > > > >It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group >of idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to >keep the rest of us in line.