297 Congress Members Have Earmarked $3.8 Billion for Organizations Tied to Them or Family MembersMelissa Melton Well, check out what the board of directors has been up to. According to watchdog groups Legistorm and CREW Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington a total of 297 members of Congress have earmarked $3,776,001,807 for organizations that are connected directly to them or to their family members. For just one example of how this works, check out this research into the conflicts of interest and crony dealings of Dem. Rep. Rosa DeLauro here and shes just one example. Other interesting tidbits: Cronyism rules the day in Washington. Its all about who does the most fundraising. In fact, 91% of the time, it is the candidate with the most money who gets elected. That might be why the people were supposedly electing to help run things in this country are more concerned about fundraisers than their constituency and doing their actual their job. But I guess thats obvious by now and goes without saying (even though I just said it anyway). And America just keeps re-electing these people. Despite the fact that Congress had a pathetic 10% approval rating in 2012, a whopping 90% of them were re-elected regardless. As Todd Phillips, founder of LocalElectors.org wrote, If ever there was an indication that democracy in America is broken, this is it Members of Congress enjoy some of the best job security in America and the least amount of accountability. Why do we even go through the rigamarole of having elections? Why keep up pretenses that our system isnt completely and utterly broken? Its actually (sadly) a lot like this: So come November, the choice is clear: do you want another spineless mouthpiece for special interests and lobbyistsor a spineless mouthpiece for special interests and lobbyists? Related selfnews Post Article: Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared, and a co-creator of Truthstream Media with Aaron Dykes, a site that offers teleprompter-free, unscripted analysis of The Matrix we find ourselves living in. Melissa also co-founded Nutritional Anarchy with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper, a site focused on resistance through food self-sufficiency. Wake the flock up! 