Actor and comedian Albert Brooks clearly isn’t impressed with the progress of fiscal cliff negotiations. This afternoon, he proposed a way to force legislators to get serious: don’t pay them.
Many of his followers were right behind him:
@AlbertBrooks agree. if i didnt work this kind of thing out at my job, i would have been fired already.
— Joshua “yeah?” Conti (@analoguepilot) December 27, 2012
YES!!! “@AlbertBrooks: How about if Congress doesn't work this out they don't get paid. Watch what would happen.”
— Laura Gentle (@thelauragentle) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks sounds like an excellent idea!
— RWD (@dwr_dodger) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks agreed!!!
— kcpats2 (@kcpats2) December 27, 2012
#Truth!!! RT @AlbertBrooks: How about if Congress doesn't work this out they don't get paid. Watch what would happen.
— Jill Wilkes (@jillewilkes) December 27, 2012
"@AlbertBrooks: How about if Congress doesn't work this out they don't get paid. Watch what would happen." Let's demand just that!
— John de Beixedon, MD (@drjohn10) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks capital idea Watson!
— Red Bird (@61TAMBO) December 27, 2012
https://twitter.com/Bodogged/status/284425043100983298
https://twitter.com/GloverTroy/status/284424655933149185
@AlbertBrooks My thoughts exactly.
— Maggie Ringland (@Margiemargaret1) December 27, 2012
“@AlbertBrooks: How about if Congress doesn't work this out they don't get paid. Watch what would happen.” Yes!!
— Anthea Peña (@antheapena) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks sounds like an excellent idea!
— RWD (@dwr_dodger) December 27, 2012
It’s an interesting idea, but others aren’t convinced that it would produce the desired effect, simply because many in Congress aren’t exactly lacking when it comes to income:
https://twitter.com/chrisobrien89/status/284424742700720128
https://twitter.com/Jbperren/status/284426413803724802
@albertbrooks Actually I think most of them would still be financially OK. Not a lot of working class members. Some, but not a lot.
— MikeSCohen (@MikeSCohen) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks Your idea is strong but you're assuming that they would behave like us because they are like us and not our monied betters.
— Rory McNally (@TheRoryMcNally) December 27, 2012
@AlbertBrooks The few honest ones who don't make it rich would suffer, and those who take big lobbyist cash in both parties would do fine.
— Sunny McSunnyface (@sunnyright) December 27, 2012
What do you think?
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