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Members of congress HEAR about the miseries of the people, but they themselves don't LIVE in the miseries. This graphic is a bit dated, but you get the idea.
The people closest to the pain should be in charge. In our system, we have the opposite.
One Democrat bucked the system. JFK donated his entire presidential salary to charity because he didn't need the money. He's the POTUS who established USAID and the Peace Corps to help poor people worldwide.
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