Taxpayer-Funded Research Helps Congressmen Become More Popular

This Friday, taxpayer funded researchers will brief politicians in Congress on how to improve their approval ratings by avoiding face-to-face townhall meetings with voters.   

After receiving tongue lashings from outraged taxpayers across the country at townhall meetings this summer, career politicians no doubt will eagerly listen to this briefing to learn how to avoid direct contact with voters and simultaneously increase their approval ratings.  Taxpayers already upset by out of control, wasteful Washington spending would, however, probably be even more upset if they were told that  this research was all paid for with tax dollars by the National Science Foundation.

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