Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 26, 2016
Transcript:
Zonker: Maybe you better bring me up to speed, Duke. Duke: It's Simple, my boy. The Lords cannot actually kill a bill outright, but we can block and revise it! In its current form, Thatcher's tax rate bill is an abomination. Once again, she is trying to line the pockets of the idle rich at the expense of the working poor! Zonker: Oh. But aren't we the idle rich? Duke: Quite! But haven't you ever betrayed your class? It's enormous fun!
T’would never happen in the US….besides the rich need their money to buy elections.