THESE STATISTICS ARE SCARY!! (non GMC)

[marlene meineken]

I saw this on the morning CBS program Brian Gumbel read it out loud but
didn't give a source.
Marlene Meineken

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Bartz, Paul
To: 'GMC Motorhome Mailinglist'
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 12:57 PM
Subject: GMC: THESE STATISTICS ARE SCARY!! (non GMC)

> Anyone know the source and validity of this??
>
> Paul Bartz
>
> Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over
500
> employees with the following statistics:
>
> *29 have been accused of spousal abuse
> *7 have been arrested for fraud
> *19 have been accused of writing bad checks
> *117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
> *3 have been arrested for assault
> *71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
> *14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
> *8 have been arrested for shoplifting
> *21 are current defendants in lawsuits
> *In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving
>
> Can you guess which organization this is? Give up?
>
> It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that
> perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep
> the rest of us in line.
>

 

[bartz paul]

Anyone know the source and validity of this??

Paul Bartz

Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over 500
employees with the following statistics:

*29 have been accused of spousal abuse
*7 have been arrested for fraud
*19 have been accused of writing bad checks
*117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
*3 have been arrested for assault
*71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
*14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
*8 have been arrested for shoplifting
*21 are current defendants in lawsuits
*In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving

Can you guess which organization this is? Give up?

It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that
perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep
the rest of us in line.

 

[balcom robin s]

I found this site that discusses this topic:
www.snopes.com/spoons/faxlore/congress.htm

> ----------
> From: Bartz, Paul[SMTP:s9d3452]
> Reply To: gmcmotorhome
> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 3:57 PM
> To: 'GMC Motorhome Mailinglist'
> Subject: GMC: THESE STATISTICS ARE SCARY!! (non GMC)
>
> Anyone know the source and validity of this??
>
> Paul Bartz
>
> Can you imagine working at the following Company? It has a little over
> 500
> employees with the following statistics:
>
> *29 have been accused of spousal abuse
> *7 have been arrested for fraud
> *19 have been accused of writing bad checks
> *117 have bankrupted at least two businesses
> *3 have been arrested for assault
> *71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit
> *14 have been arrested on drug-related charges
> *8 have been arrested for shoplifting
> *21 are current defendants in lawsuits
> *In 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving
>
> Can you guess which organization this is? Give up?
>
> It's the 535 members of your United States Congress. The same group that
> perpetually cranks out hundreds upon hundreds of new laws designed to keep
> the rest of us in line.
>

 

[roy cummings]

>
> Anyone know the source and validity of this??
>

I, for one, believe this to be true. Here's where I first saw it.

http://www.lp.org/rel/990902-Congress.html

The source is given within. Note the release date. It's too bad this
sort of thing isn't news.

Roy Cummings