2%. That’s the amount straight off the top of the (soon-to-be-bankrupt) Social Security “trust” fund.

Everybody in Washington wants to extend a tax cut that is a little good for your wallet today, a lot bad for your Social Security tomorrow. Nobody in Washington can get it together to extend that tax cut that is a little good for your wallet today, a lot bad for your Social Security tomorrow.

Where have I heard this before?

Why am praising these mutts? Because Congress shows us over and over and over again how good they are at this stuff. Gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling about throwing ’em all out, now doesn’t it? Even the 2% of them who might know what they are doing.