Funny how the same party that argued “if people can’t survive on minimum wage, they need to work more” is bitching like a bunch of children about having to work a full 5 day week. The Politico has an article up with such quotes as this:

“They should really work us so we get things done, then give us a few weeks off so we can do the Kiwanis Clubs and all that,” said Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. “If you leave early Monday, yes, you can get here for a 4:30 vote, but you lose the whole working day of Monday.”

American workers work some of the longest hours in the world. Our lawmakers should be held to the same. If you can’t handle the hours then it is time to quit. That is what any employer would tell an employee whining like this. Well guess what! We are your employers and this employer is saying exactly that.

The fact of the matter is the Republicans created this mess themselves. The last session of Congress had the most days off in over 50 years. America has a lot of problems going on that needs addressed, yet they chose to take constant days off. Well the Democrats put a stop to it. I bet a lot of our soldiers are tired of working 7 days straight for 8-12 months straight in Iraq. Why don’t you fix that problem then maybe you can have your time off.

On a related note – this is the perfect reason why we need term limits and election reform placed on Congress. They get there and stay there for years and then can’t adjust to “real world’ situations. On the same note, they do have to raise a lot of money to even run. Election reform, including public financing of elections, would put an end to that. Instead of working their 2 years to just run again, then that 2 years would be more focused on our problems.