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Matt Welch Talks About Why the Public Hates Congress on Fox Business Network

Matt Welch | 8.12.2013 2:31 PM

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This morning, I appeared on Fox Business Network's Markets Now program with host Connell McShane to discuss the latest polls showing widespread disregard for Congress, and how the GOP civil war plays into it all:

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

PoliticsPolicyEconomicsCivil LibertiesCongressRand PaulGovernment failure
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  1. Pro Libertate   13 years ago

    You could do a miniseries on that issue.

  2. mr simple   13 years ago

    Does the video quit at about 54 seconds for everyone, or am I the only one who bothers to actually watch the vids?

    1. Corning   13 years ago

      No problem for me. saw the whole 3+ min of it.

      You did not miss anything. Everything said can be found here at reason.

      1. Brett L   13 years ago

        3 minutes? Can you read 530 names in 3 minutes?

  3. R C Dean   13 years ago

    The real question isn't why the public hates Congress (because its hateful, duh).

    The real question is why big chunks of the public support so much of what Congress does.

  4. Brandon   13 years ago

    Why the public hates Congress:

    http://reason.com/blog/2013/08.....e#comments

  5. Anonymous Coward   13 years ago

    Some TEAM Red constituents actually expect their representatives to behave morally and not put a boot on the people's necks.

    What a bunch of fools.

  6. Teaching Student   13 years ago

    Exhibit A: http://reason.com/blog/2013/08.....rveillance

  7. MappRapp   13 years ago

    Dude is talking a LOT of smack.

    http://www.AnonTactics.tk

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