Strong legal minds? Should we use the 2700 plus pages of health care reform as an example? They didn't read that, what kind of legal mind passes bills they don't read?
Leadership? Really? That in of it's self is laughable. Buying votes, okay, I'll give you influence. They really garner no respect from most Americans, they violate laws and exempt themselves from laws, get rich off their position, they don't serve the people. They take advantage of the power.
Would you prefer a one page healthcare bill?
Anyway you look at it, getting elected to Congress is not an easy process. More difficult than getting to be a CEO.
Any equivalent position gets paid ten times more
I'd prefer if they had at least read it and knew what was in the mess. Instead they pass it and the CEO of the House was brilliant when she stated " we need to pass it to know what's in it." What the hell was in her head. A moron could vote yes to something they have no clue as to what it is.
I'd take a guy that knows how to run a profitable business than a guy that passes laws with no idea of what the effect of the law. Congress throws money at problems and thinks it will fix the problem, they pass laws without thinking of the repercussions,
I'll take a CEO of a Congressmen, republican or democrat.