Non-Essential Work

One of my sons was just informed he will be laid off this week, and will be out of work until at least the end of June. His company had already laid off the vast majority of its employees because its primary business could not continue given the Cononavirus restrictions imposed by our government. In other words, his job, along with the jobs of thousands of his colleagues, is considered by the "experts" to be non-essential. As a result, none of those employees will be paid. 

Interestingly, though, some highly paid non-essential workers have continued to receive every nickel of their pay, even though they are performing no useful work. Yes, indeed, the members of the United States Congress, both senators and representatives, haven't done a lick of legislative work in weeks, but you and I keep paying them. Okay, the Senate finally returned to work this past week, but not the House. Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House -- a woman, by the way, who speaks entirely too much -- apparently agrees that she and her House colleagues are completely non-essential since she has stated it would be unhealthy for them to return to work. In this, however, she's mistaken. It's not our legislators who will have to worry about their health. No, it's the people -- that's you and me -- who will suffer when House members return to what they euphemistically call work. When Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler, and the rest of Madam Speaker's fawning toadies return to the Capitol, everything you have, including what remains of your health and wealth, will be at greater risk.

Do you think they'll continue to stay home until January 3? Perhaps that's the question we should be asking. Would it be worse if our House legislators returned to Washington or just stayed away? 

What the heck! We already know they're non-essential, and it's only eight months until January.