We would do well to add this to the oath our new Congresspersons are taking today.
There is not a man in the country that can’t make a living for himself and family. But he can’t make a living for them *and* his government, too, the way his government is living. What the government has got to do is live as cheap as the people.
Will Rogers
Sure, they’ll forget it as soon as the breath leaves their lips, but at least we can say they knew about it.