Congress Isn’t Broken — It’s Corrupted! No It’s Evil!

Congress Isn’t Broken — It’s Corrupted

The problem with Congress isn’t incompetence. It’s corruption, plain and simple. You can watch any hearing, vote, or headline and see that most decisions aren’t being made for the public’s benefit. They’re being made for donors, lobbyists, and anyone willing to write a big enough check. The system rewards the people who play along, not the people who serve honestly.

Money controls everything in Washington. Members of Congress spend more time fundraising than legislating, which tells you exactly where their priorities are. If a policy helps regular people but doesn’t please the donors, it dies instantly. Meanwhile, bills that nobody asked for—except the corporations and lobbyists who paid for them—fly through without hesitation.

Lobbyists basically run the place. Whole sections of legislation are written by industry insiders and handed directly to the lawmakers who then pretend they wrote it themselves. The people we elect become messengers for the companies that bankroll them. It’s legal, and that’s the scariest part.

Insider trading is another joke. Members of Congress make “lucky” stock trades that perfectly time major market moves, sometimes days before legislation or economic data gets released. If anyone else did this, they’d be in handcuffs. In Congress, it’s just another Tuesday. They investigate each other, clear each other, and go right back to cashing in.

The corruption also shows in how long they stay in power. Career politicians cling to their seats for decades, building networks of donors and influence that make them nearly impossible to unseat. Their focus shifts from representing people to protecting their own careers, and the public gets pushed further out of the equation.

Both parties are guilty. They argue loudly on TV, but behind the scenes they’re often working together to protect the same donors and the same financial pipelines. The fights are mostly theater designed to keep voters distracted while the real deals happen in private rooms.

Accountability is almost nonexistent. Scandals break, outrage explodes, committees form, statements are made—and nothing changes. The investigations drag on until the public stops paying attention, and then everything quietly returns to the way it was.

At this point, expecting Congress to fix itself is a fantasy. The system is designed to keep the corrupted structure intact. Real change would require outside pressure, term limits, strict financial rules, and a complete overhaul of how money flows through politics. Until that happens, Congress will keep serving everyone except the people who actually put them in office.