Zim: An interesting article.
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2011/11/18/why-congress-cant-stop-stealing.aspx
Salary of rank-and-file members of the U.S. Congress: $174,000.
Average annual Civil Service Retirement System benefits for retired members as of 2007: $63,696.
But the profits they can make by trading on inside information?
Priceless
(Article does continue. Zim.)

Mad Poet Strikes Again.