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Well perhaps you SHOULD do your research...


Congress is in fact extremely diverse. Educationally speaking, members have everything from no college at all, to Doctorates.. Religious views are wider, with representation of over 33 denominations and religious. Including mormons, catholics, buddhists, atheists, muslims, jews, quakers, anglicans, baptists, lutherans, methodists, pentacostal, and 7th day adventists. They're White, Black, Caucasian, hispanic..... gay, straight, barney franks lol. And when it comes to occupation, 204 were in law, 201 in business, 16 doctors, 16 police officials, broadcasters, bank tellers, carpenters, farmers, hotel clerks, toll booth operators, etc.

The fact is, the average everyday american would do horrible in the halls of congress, and BECAUSE they don't have legal backgrounds they'd have a difficult time understanding legislative language, parlimentary procedures, points of order, etc, etc, etc.

I appreciate your belief in more diversity, but diversity isn't whats needed.

In my opinion there is no need for hard to understand legislative language. Lawyers make it hard to understand for various reasons. Parliamentary procedures, although tricky, can be absorbed by most " average everyday Americans". I guess it's a matter of opinion real_change, for my money, I'll take 204 "average everyday Americans" over 204 lawyers any day.