Budget Bigots

   Every day, members of Congress talk about the importance of finalizing the national budget.
   Talk, talk, talk.
   Each day gets closer to the time when the current budget will expire and government programs will run out of money to support military pay, civilian income, and many other financial programs that people rely on to survive.
   Except members of Congress.
   Their pay continues, even as their staff salaries do not.
   Along the way, politicians talk about how hard they're working to organize and approve a budget.
   Talk, talk, talk.
   Meanwhile, their paychecks remain steady, even as they say they must eliminate or reduce programs meant to help ordinary Americans.
   Clearly, that means members of Congress are "extra-ordinary." Which can also mean "beyond reality." This may explain why they feel entitled to ignore laws, especially those about their own personal income.
   Will this change? It might. But that depends partly on the ballot box, and whether voters decide they want someone to change the system.
   On the other hand, candidates who are elected on their promise to change the system ... usually don't.