If he couldn’t find a lobbyist’s pockets to warm up his hands, he doesn’t deserve to be in Congress. Let’s review how the system works: Congresscritters do not steal directly from the public; that would be illegal. They instead take perfectly legal bribes campaign contributions from lobbyists, and then assure that appropriation-and-spending bills funnel money to the groups the lobbyists represent (e.g., the 2000 tanks that the Army doesn’t need or want, but are still in each year’s military appropriations bill because there’s a factory in PA with a good lobbyist).
If he couldn’t find a lobbyist’s pockets to warm up his hands, he doesn’t deserve to be in Congress. Let’s review how the system works: Congresscritters do not steal directly from the public; that would be illegal. They instead take perfectly legal bribes campaign contributions from lobbyists, and then assure that appropriation-and-spending bills funnel money to the groups the lobbyists represent (e.g., the 2000 tanks that the Army doesn’t need or want, but are still in each year’s military appropriations bill because there’s a factory in PA with a good lobbyist).