Poor Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston. He’s so put upon. You may recall he was one of the bellyachers complaining at the inordinate amount of suffering that would be caused if Congress was forced to actually work for 5 days like the rest of us American slobs.

“Keeping us up here eats away at families,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), who typically flies home on Thursdays and returns to Washington on Tuesdays. “Marriages suffer. The Democrats could care less about families — that’s what this says.”

Indeed.

But it’s a whole different story for those below the poverty line.

“If the Democrat Party truly wanted to take on poverty, they would have to say what is the relationship between marriage and the poverty level and between hours worked and the poverty level, because the truth of the matter is, if people end poverty, many of them would marry and work 40 hours a week, they would be out of poverty.”

Maybe on one of those 2 extra days of work he can vote himself another pay raise.

(Edit: yes, I misspelled “hypocrisy” the first time through. I cower in trepidation.)

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